curl-6 said:
Context is key; Wonder arrived late in the system's life, during a time when people are struggling to make rent and afford groceries much less buy luxuries like games. It also has stronger competition than any 2D Mario has faced before; of the games you mentioned for instance Minecraft and Mario Kart are among the highest selling titles ever, and Smash is a 30 million plus seller. It has moved over 13 million copies in under 6 months, it's selling great and the amount of constant downplaying it gets here is silly, especially since its the same 2 or 3 people doing it out of some weird grudge. |
Not to mention that nowadays we have digital downloads. Unfortunately, Nintendo doesn't reveal its digital sales numbers