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megaman79 on 02 September 2012

Or alternatively, neither is as relevant as Angry Birds.



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Boutros on 02 September 2012
Kantor said:
Boutros said:
Alternate account detector activated.

*Explodes*

Your detector is broken, because he isn't an alternate account. I just checked.

He's probably an experienced account creator who uses proxy servers to deceive the VGC police department.



Mr Puggsly on 02 September 2012

Mario Kart is one of the biggest video game series in the country. You can't say that about Uncharted.

Furthermore, Mario Kart 7 is still selling and will continue to move a ton of copies throughout the life of the 3DS.



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bananaking21 on 03 September 2012
Andrespetmonkey said:
bananaking21 said:
HappySqurriel said:
bananaking21 said:

a better game? seriously?


I would say that is open to debate, but Mario Kart (like most games that have Mario in the title) are generally better games than the vast majority of "hardcore" titles; but the hardcore titles are far better interactive storytelling experiences.


not really,  mario kart certainly isnt of higher quality than uncharted or games like red dead redemption. the only mario games that you can use to argue that are the 3D mario games because they keep proving them selfs as extremely high quality games. but mario kart certainly isnt better than most hardcore games. its freaking  fun as hell!! its extremely popular but it isnt better

Why?

It's subjective people. 


it is subjective true, its very hard to compare to genre against each other and even harder when they are a karting game and an action adventure. but going by meta score uncharted is the clear winner without a doubt. on what basis would anyone call mario kart a better game than uncharted?



Corey on 03 September 2012

It just has a broader appeal, anyone can play it and pick it up. Uncharted is more of a mature, better quality game but just has a smaller audience.



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Roma on 03 September 2012

I think its unfair to put UC up against a beast like MK...




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miz1q2w3e on 03 September 2012
RolStoppable said:
the_dengle said:
A, these two games have nothing at all to do with each other, and their comparison is pointless.

B, a game's "relevance" is not determined by its sales.

It is correct that Mario Kart 7 has sold more units in the past year than Uncharted 3. That is the only factual information anyone will find in this thread.

In the holiday season of 2011 Mario Kart 7 was the 3DS's biggest exclusive, the same goes for Uncharted 3 on the PS3. That's what these two games have in common and what everyone is missing.

The thread could have been more to the point though and simply be called "Nintendo > Sony".