| NightlyPoe said: I don't see the two cannibalizing each other. Different subsets. Both games can flourish and make Nintendo a ton of money. I also don't see why you aren't recognizing that Holiday boosts are big for evergreen titles too. Nintendo would likely lose out on more sales from not releasing Animal Crossing before Christmas than a title like Link's Awakening would make in its lifetime. Something like Link's Awakening, on the other hand, would benefit from a big buildup of its own for a March release with little in the way of competition. As for carrying the Holidays... I don't think Nintendo has to worry about that either way. Might as well go big this year as Nintendo will essentially be on its own until the next gen starts. |
Different subsets can overlap as the are fans of both franchises the result is if someone can only get one game one of the franchises ends up losing sales anyway this is a factor you're not looking at, the one AC title that did release during a holiday period City Folk sold less than the following game which didn't New Leaf which released mainly in summer, Wild World had a staggered release which included holiday period and has been outsold by New Leaf regardless all of this contradicts your claim that Holiday period is key for boosting sales because looking the series performance it's going to sell what it does and make a lot of money anyway.
This is why they're evergreen titles as they're always going to sell regardless of boost hence why they generally tend to be spread out as releases goes first party titles also don't drop in price so they make money with sales over time anyway.
