If you actually love opinions, you should accept that for some people Knack is more fun or more refreshing. Quality is subjective no matter what everyone says. I read a review from a certain website on Knack and the reviwer gave it a 4/10 and hated it, but then said that his (or someone else's) children loved it and even showed a video of them playing it. It's possible that it's more fun for people around 7 or something. Who knows? But to call this people "fanboys" for calling it better, is by all means unfounded and unncessary. Even if you have played AND beaten both games. 

Well, people are just happy that Knack was outselling Super Mario 3D World, even if it is only temporary. It's kind of like the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, when Detroit went up 3-1 against Chicago. Even though they ended up losing the series, people were surprised that they were even able to do that well against the best team.

It´s not funny, it´s sad. If people keep supporting mediocre games just because of the hype, this industry is going to implode.

Aww someone sounds bitter. Protip for you, Sony isn't the one making moves out of desperation in order to sell their failing next gen console. That would be your dear Nintendo. 

That's been happening since the game industry began. Plenty of mediocre games sold well on the NES purely based on hype. 

And why is it a good thing?  If a mediocre game sells well then we will be flooded by those games because they don´t require a lot of money, resources or time, and they even sell good. 

Haha you started it ;) - Bolded.

At the end of the day, Ryse will outsell it that is no doubt... but... success of a game is not just about outselling another game... Ryse took 5+ years to make and probably at least $15-20m. If you consider success that it's only going to sell more than Knack as a factor of success, then this whole conversation is pointless.

As you said in your post, fair game.....how is Ryse doing against Killzone,... how about comparing Knack to Killer Instinct or perhaps Zoo Tycoon, or Loco Cycle... pretty sure the chart might look different. haha.

So is it me trying to hard, or *you* trying to hard... We know the answer don't we :D

+1

Additionally, Nintendo tends to get the last laugh. Which Mario platformer has ever bombed? None. No matter the circumstance.

Let the Sony trolls  talk all they want. That doesn't change the fact Wii U and its games are doing pretty well lately for a "doomed console". Holiday boost or not, momentum is building and the software is coming to support it in 2014 way more consistently.

So does anyone have any idea of the Wii U's installed userbase..? Had a look at the front page here and it looks to be wildly undertracked at 4.7m. There's no way that it only sold 0.8m worldwide during the Christmas shopping season, it had sold 3.9m before the shopping season started according to Nintendo.

Lol @ people thinking that a mediocre piece of trash could outsell a mainline IP from the House of Mario