Are Nintendo games held to an unrealistic standard?

[Shiken]

Jpcc86 said:
To a lower standard maybe.

As someone who plays all three consoles, this is false.  I hold Breath of the Wild as the better game when compared to Horizon Zero Dawn and Xenoblade to the same standard as other JRPGs.  You are trying too hard, your personal preference does not equate to overall quality.

OT, no I do not believe they are held to any different standard than any other.  In the WiiU days, 1-2 mil was a success sales wise and was deemed profitable.  Now the Switch is the hottest item in the market place right now, so people will naturally try to downplay success because negativity generates more attention than positivity, despite how profitable the game actually is for the sales it generates.  If 1-2 mil were a failure, long running franchises such as Ys, Persona, and God Eater would not exist.

People did the same thing to the PS4 at the start of the gen, trying to downplay everything and claiming that Infamous SS was a failure because CoD sold more (or some stupid notion like that).  It is the same result no matter who we are talking about, the #1 selling playform at a given time will be downplayed by media and those who do not want their success to continue.

Last edited by Shiken - on 21 July 2019