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happydolphin on 11 September 2012
Jay520 said:

But Nintendo has been games since 1983. Or course, they're going to have an advantage. If Sony started making games in 1983, I'm sure the margin of difference would be much closer.

To make this fair, you should only include Nintendo games from 1995 or later.

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Andrespetmonkey said:

That's a pretty pathetic list imo (game-wise). A pre-wii list would be amazing. Do it.


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Unbelieveable... But I'll do something for you, I'll remove all the "pathetic" games (game-wise). I made a list ensuring a great distance between one entry and another in a series (SMB -> NSMB, Pokémon R/G/B -> Diamond Pearl), and no more than 2 entries in a series. I also removed Wii Sports because it's pathetic but allowed myself the liberty to include Resort since it was a more complete product and certainly not pathetic (unless you haven't played it).

Pos Game Plat Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
2 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
4 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1 31.37
5 Tetris GB 1989 Puzzle Nintendo 23.2 2.26 4.22 0.58 30.26
6 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 13.6 10.38 3.05 2.89 29.92
8 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.49 8.71 6.46 2.83 28.49
9 Duck Hunt NES 1984 Shooter Nintendo 26.93 0.63 0.28 0.47 28.31
11 Nintendogs DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 9.02 10.75 1.93 2.72 24.42
20 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.32 4.31 6.04 1.34 18.01
35 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 2.43 3.21 5.33 0.83 11.79
42 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Fighting Nintendo 5.61 2.24 2.4 0.9 11.16
                  Total: 253.97

 

In the mean time, we're counting:

 

6 Gran Turismos

3 Hot Shots Golfs

Eye Toy Play

4 Socoms

5 crash games

3 spyros

Sports Champions

4 uncharteds

5 halos

4 Forzas

3 Fables

3 Project Gotham Racings

Kinect Adventures

Kinect Sports

 



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Andrespetmonkey on 11 September 2012
happydolphin said:
Jay520 said:

But Nintendo has been games since 1983. Or course, they're going to have an advantage. If Sony started making games in 1983, I'm sure the margin of difference would be much closer.

To make this fair, you should only include Nintendo games from 1995 or later.

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Andrespetmonkey said:

That's a pretty pathetic list imo (game-wise). A pre-wii list would be amazing. Do it.


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You're absolutely right... so I'll do it, I'll remove all the shitty games (game-wise). I made a list ensuring a great distance between one entry and another in a series (SMB -> NSMB, Pokémon R/G/B -> Diamond Pearl), and no more than 2 entries in a series. I also removed Wii Sports because it's pathetic.

Pos Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
2 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
4 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1 31.37
5 Tetris GB 1989 Puzzle Nintendo 23.2 2.26 4.22 0.58 30.26
6 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 13.6 10.38 3.05 2.89 29.92
8 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.49 8.71 6.46 2.83 28.49
9 Duck Hunt NES 1984 Shooter Nintendo 26.93 0.63 0.28 0.47 28.31
11 Nintendogs DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 9.02 10.75 1.93 2.72 24.42
20 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.32 4.31 6.04 1.34 18.01
35 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 2.43 3.21 5.33 0.83 11.79
42 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Fighting Nintendo 5.61 2.24 2.4 0.9 11.16
                  Total: 253.97

I've played Wii Sports Resort... I'll allow it.

Beautiful.

Fun fact: Nobody I know has ever beaten my mums high score in Tetris.



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Andrespetmonkey on 11 September 2012
pezus said:
Wii Sports has been hard-bundled from the beginning of time. I don't think that's fair. Just imagine if MS and Sony had bundled their consoles with the same game from the start. They would be dominating Nintendo

PS2 would probably have a 100 million seller by now.

edit: but would, coulds and shoulds mean nothing! Nintendominates



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happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

PS2 would probably have a 100 million seller by now.

edit: but would, coulds and shoulds mean nothing! Nintendominates

Not in my world, chap

Denial, your best friend

The point of this thread was to point out the obvious, that Nintendo dominates sales. Am I saying they make the best games? I'm not, because that's not the point of the thread.

But if you don't see the truth in numbers, then there's no hope. I can do one more thing for you, and that's remove all the bundled games. You will still deny it. Wanna try?



happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:
happydolphin said:
pezus said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

PS2 would probably have a 100 million seller by now.

edit: but would, coulds and shoulds mean nothing! Nintendominates

Not in my world, chap

Denial, your best friend

The point of this thread was to point out the obvious, that Nintendo dominates sales. Am I saying they make the best games? I'm not, because that's not the point of the thread.

But if you don't see the truth in numbers, then there's no hope. I can do one more thing for you, and that's remove all the bundled games. You will still deny it. Wanna try?

The removal of Wii sports was enough on its own, was it not?

For me it was, yet for some reaso in your world Nintendominates is a lie. Yours is a fascinating one.



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Peterisyum on 11 September 2012

they sell more games because they makes lots of games that many kinds of people want to buy and play. Thats the jist of it really.



happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:
happydolphin said:
pezus said:

The removal of Wii sports was enough on its own, was it not?

For me it was, yet for some reaso in your world Nintendominates is a lie. Yours is a fascinating one.

No, since Nintendo clearly don't dominate when Wii Sports is removed. It's actually the other way around. Nintendo is dominated by everyone else.

Wat? I removed Wii Sports, I removed Mario Kart, I removed New Super Mario Bros, I removed a higher-selling pokemon game, I removed many many games just to please your world, and yet at 250 some million stacked up against ALL consoles for ALL manufacturers it still does not dominate.

Y'all got issues. That's like a father brawling with his 5 kids, nerfing his strength to make sure he doesn't hurt them, making sure he's having fun and still you'll say "He doesn't dominate them". eLol



happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:
happydolphin said:
pezus said:
happydolphin said:
pezus said:

The removal of Wii sports was enough on its own, was it not?

For me it was, yet for some reaso in your world Nintendominates is a lie. Yours is a fascinating one.

No, since Nintendo clearly don't dominate when Wii Sports is removed. It's actually the other way around. Nintendo is dominated by everyone else.

Wat? I removed Wii Sports, I removed Mario Kart, I removed New Super Mario Bros, I removed a higher-selling pokemon game, I removed many many games just to please your world, and yet at 250 some million stacked up against ALL consoles for ALL manufacturers is still does not dominate.

Y'all got issues.

GRAND TOTAL for all manufacturers, for all their consoles: 302.85m 

You can say that again! This proves Everyone>Nintendo

And I have yet to perform the same treatment for them. That means you're in denial. Not only that, but you don't even acknowledge the hefty concessions made. Want me to put them all back? no you don't, because Nintendo will tear "Everyone" a new "one".

 

In the mean time, we're counting (just in case you missed that part): 

6 Gran Turismos

3 Hot Shots Golfs

Eye Toy Play

4 Socoms

5 crash games

3 spyros

Sports Champions

4 uncharteds

5 halos

4 Forzas

3 Fables

3 Project Gotham Racings

Kinect Adventures

Kinect Sports



happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:

I think I asked you to do one that only excludes Wii Sports. I'm sure the results would be the same

How sure are you?

Pos Game Plat Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
2 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
3 Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Racing Nintendo 13.75 11.96 3.55 3.11 32.38
4 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1 31.37
5 Tetris GB 1989 Puzzle Nintendo 23.2 2.26 4.22 0.58 30.26
6 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 13.6 10.38 3.05 2.89 29.92
7 Wii Play Wii 2006 Misc Nintendo 13.76 9.09 2.93 2.83 28.6
8 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.49 8.71 6.46 2.83 28.49
9 Duck Hunt NES 1984 Shooter Nintendo 26.93 0.63 0.28 0.47 28.31
10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo 12.79 6.25 4.58 2.17 25.79
11 Nintendogs DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 9.02 10.75 1.93 2.72 24.42
                  Total: 299.78

Yup, Everyone just makes it over with a little under 3 million.

I guess you win then.



happydolphin on 11 September 2012
pezus said:

Told ya! The jig is up, son

You just had to cut off its legs, then yeah! Good job! Everyone wins the race by 5 seconds (against Nintendo, after getting its legs cut off)!