The potential of Ocarina of Time Remake saleswise

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160rmf said:

You know, theres something funny about N64. Despite the not phenomenal numbers, it got an incredible perpetuation and dissemination effect bc of its durability (media and system, that thing was really robust, i lost the count on how many times it fell straight to the ground from a higher furniture during stressed gameplay sessions lol) and couch multiplayer focused.

I for example, love many N64 games, but I am younger than most of its titles and that was only possible bc my uncle gave away to me knowing that i would give a better use and I did. After I got older, the same system was passed to several friends and relatives. Now, it is stored and malfunctioned, but it lasted for decades giving entertainment time for many. I also know a lot people from all ages that passed through the same process with their second hand N64's 

So its pretty naive to judge a N64 remaked game potential only by its software sales numbers

The used game market was also much, much healthier back then, and some of the youngsters might not believe this, but we had whole brick and mortar stores dedicated to the business of letting you rent games for a small fee. There are so many games I played and finished back in the day via rentals instead of buying them.