| TheRealSamusAran said: "The year of our lord 2024" was figure of speech, 3D platformers not named Mario or Sonic haven't been popular since the 6th generation, and Sonic, although a household name, haven't been doing super hot with the quality and reception of their games since that same time period, although things seem to be changing there at Sega. And do I even need to mention what the Crash situation is? Kirby is a 2D platformer franchise, but they did release that 3D game a couple years back which sold pretty well, so I will give you that. I'm actually curious now on wether Astrobot really had a better launch, because Forgotten Land is sitting on over 7.5m copies sold as of March 2024. I think comparing those two would be way more interesting than comparing Astro to Mario or Zelda. |
Well Kirby actually outsold Links Awakening lol. But yes, Astro and Zelda are not obvious games to compare. The thread was just inspired by the fact that they were both platform holders respective big autumn releases. And because EOW is a spinoff, it is more approachable from a sales angle.
