Kyuu said:
Whatever they're allowing on eshop, you know very well that it isn't comparable to advertising their strongest competitor and its entire history. There will probably be special conditions and taxes. Goes without saying it's not a sure thing that Sony wants to port it in the first place. If they accelerate porting their few exclusives and to more platforms, they will slowly follow Xbox's fate, and they won't have Microsoft's software power to make up for it. I hope they'll go ahead and port AstroBot to Switch 2, coz I think it's a special case where the benefits outweigh the risks. |
Their (Mario) strongest competitior ever was Sonic. Astro is a dwarf compared. And Nintendo even allowed that. Ok Sega is out of the Hardware business since nearly a quater century now but Sonic is still a "competitior somehow. If Nintendo is not afraid of Sonic (Even Sonic Racing is on Switch and Part 3 if you want to name it like that will follow and they do not seem to be afraid of it hurting Mario Kart) why should they be afraid of Astro? I would not even wonder if Sega announces Sonic Shuffle 2. Sure Nintendo would not want to launch Mario Party 11 on the same day but nobody can match Mario, neither Astro nor Sonic, at least saleswise. If you put Mario games as a whole franchise its total sales are even even higher than all GTA games combined!!
Last edited by killer7 - on 09 February 2025
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