| PAOerfulone said: ... |
I'm guessing you were asleep when Pokemon Go released which was as big if not bigger than what happened in the 90s and went on to cause S/M to trigger a resurgence in the 3DS. Pokemon still is a big deal and just as big if not bigger the difference now is the approach changed in according to the era Pokemon doesn't need to be all over TV with the anime and ads or needs the cards everywhere on the streets because it's far easier and more efficient to reach their target audience through social media Pokemania has taken a different form. The word of mouth from whom? The people who aren't in the target audience that want BOTW with Pokemon? It's like saying the word of mouth from vegans isn't good about McDonalds it's irrelevant to Pokemon and you still haven't explained how the Pandemic factored into S/S' sales when it sold 18m of it's 20m sales before the pandemic took any hold.
The Pandemic is a factor just not as big as you're making it out to be as Doom Eternal, FFVIIR, TLOU2 and numerous other games released in that period and not one has come close to AC this flat out suggests that the sales AC achieved were on its own merit and were always going to be a thing the pandemic just acted as a catalyst to get their quicker the sales numbers themselves were always coming oh and btw those celebs you're saying only tweeted after the pandemic here's evidence of some celebrities long before the pandemic going back even before 2016.
https://twitter.com/dylansprouse/status/347196304058875905?s=20
https://twitter.com/colesprouse/status/369618737021714432?s=20
https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/308491-random-time-chrissy-teigen-wants-animal-crossing-on-switch
https://hellogiggles.com/celebrity/chrissy-teigen-animal-crossing-pocket-camp/
Also here is an example of the anticipation of ACNH before the pandemic.
https://heavy.com/games/2018/09/animal-crossing-switch-2019-twitter/
So no your assertion that it's mainly the pandemic and not its own merit is objectively incorrect it was always coming and maybe if you never followed the game you'd think the sales is from the pandemic the actual truth of the matter is the mobile app set things in motion after the prior two games built up a huge following. Covid boost can only be used for one short period of two months and doesn't explain sales over a whole year which is why it's cynical to be saying it was never going to happen when it clearly was 20m sales at least were going to happen which is the range on GTA on a single platform.
Last edited by Wyrdness - on 03 February 2021
