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TK14 on 28 August 2014
vivster said:
At least they know the exact point in time where they lost a million sales.


This. LOL



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Frogger on 28 August 2014
curl-6 said:
At this point a new IP does more for their image than another Mario game.
Short term loss, long term gain.


You think a Mario shooter would be just a short term gain!? LOLOL.



curl-6 on 28 August 2014
spemanig said:
curl-6 said:
At this point a new IP does more for their image than another Mario game.
Short term loss, long term gain.


You think a Mario shooter would be just a short term gain!? LOLOL.

Mario is oversaturated. The glut of games like NSMB2, NSMBU, 3D Land, and 3D World all in a short period damaged his brand power. Further saturation would have continued to weaken Nintendo's strongest property, which in the long term would be disastrous.

Nintendo have more than ever been criticised for sticking to familiar brands, and in particular milking Mario. A new IP helps counter this negative image.



Frogger on 28 August 2014
curl-6 said:

Mario is oversaturated. The glut of games like NSMB2, NSMBU, 3D Land, and 3D World all in a short period damaged his brand power. Further saturation would have continued to weaken Nintendo's strongest property, which in the long term would be disastrous.

Nintendo have more than ever been criticised for sticking to familiar brands, and in particular milking Mario. A new IP helps counter this negative image.


It damaged his brand power. Right. That's why four out of the five top selling Wii U games have his name in the title, two of which you just listed. All that criticism comes from the loud minority. A game no one will ever hear of definitely won't help their image.



binary solo on 28 August 2014

The sad thing is sales of this game will suffer because of that decision. It would be great to think Wii U owners would embrace a new game that has none of the characters of yore, but i have no confidence that the Wii U audience will do such a thing.

But in the case of this game I don't think it sounds very compelling so I expect it will probably get the sales it deserves, which will not be all that much.



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Cobretti2 on 28 August 2014
curl-6 said:
spemanig said:
curl-6 said:
At this point a new IP does more for their image than another Mario game.
Short term loss, long term gain.


You think a Mario shooter would be just a short term gain!? LOLOL.

Mario is oversaturated. The glut of games like NSMB2, NSMBU, 3D Land, and 3D World all in a short period damaged his brand power. Further saturation would have continued to weaken Nintendo's strongest property, which in the long term would be disastrous.

Nintendo have more than ever been criticised for sticking to familiar brands, and in particular milking Mario. A new IP helps counter this negative image.

Mairo Tennis, Mario Gold, Mario Soccer. goes on and on and on.

Sure the "core" love mario but that the Nintendo core. Variety is what will retain people from shifting consoles who appreciate more than just Mario games.



 

 

Locknuts on 28 August 2014

I'm hoping this game is as deep as I'm imagining it is. Then it could survive as a new IP for sure.



XanderXT on 28 August 2014

Ok.



tak13 on 28 August 2014
curl-6 said:
spemanig said:
curl-6 said:
At this point a new IP does more for their image than another Mario game.
Short term loss, long term gain.


You think a Mario shooter would be just a short term gain!? LOLOL.

Mario is oversaturated. The glut of games like NSMB2, NSMBU, 3D Land, and 3D World all in a short period damaged his brand power. Further saturation would have continued to weaken Nintendo's strongest property, which in the long term would be disastrous.

Nintendo have more than ever been criticised for sticking to familiar brands, and in particular milking Mario. A new IP helps counter this negative image.

it isnt!MARIO KART wins watch dogs(new ip ) per platrform, ps4.....installbase! do note delude yourself!if it was a mario it would be a hit,splatoon success is uncertain  ,however i m optimistic,2.5m maximum!mario has still huge sales and is the first selling franchise of all time....other games ,are far more saturated but also still have great sales!i only agree ,that a new  ip is  enhancing nintendo image!edit: plus that the three best selling games  of wii u are mario games!



tak13 on 28 August 2014

double post....