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MDMAniac on 05 January 2010
ChichiriMuyo said:
We already know a similar game wouldn't do nearly as well without the Mario name

And which is similar game without the Mario name? I honestly have no idea what you're talking about and why it hasn't sell millions already



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Xoj on 05 January 2010

considering the advertising it have this holiday.

nintendo even have tons of cable channels with adds on it.



68soul on 05 January 2010

The "niche" argument may be explained this way: most FPS appeal to the "avid gamers" crowd, mainly young boys from 10 to 30 years old... it's quite a huge potential userbase, but it's also very limited when you compare it to the public of most Hollywood blockbusters, by example... i'd say that userbase is "only" 30 million people, playing mostly on PS3, X360 and PC...

Now, the name "Mario Bros" is a kind of legend in itself, and has a "real" universal appeal: it's the most famous brand in gaming for more than 20 years, so it may appeal to the old gamers generations, the actual gamers generation, the young kids of today, women as well as men, newcomers as well as veterans... now, THAT potential userbase isn't 30 million people, it's easily the double, if not three times more...

Of course, not everyone will buy it, and it will have a "saturation point" around 20-30 million copies... but you can't deny a game like this isn't in the same league as the most famous and successful games of today: GTA, CoD, Halo... it's a game for everyone, and not for the niche of "hardcore gamers playin' with virtual guns", simple as that...


 

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miz1q2w3e on 05 January 2010
Avinash_Tyagi said:
jefforange89 said:
no it's not it's a flop

it may have outsold 99.5% of PS360 titles, but it's a flop, you just can't deny it

Sony and MS dream of flopping so hard


LOL, +A MILLION



Paul on 05 January 2010

This game was just bumped up by 400,000 in the Americas. Crazy sales so far.



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miz1q2w3e on 05 January 2010

^^ omg, it's doing BETTER than we thought??? :-O

i know people have been talking about "the bet" a lttle too much lately, but NSMBWii HAS passed CoD:MW2 X360 in sales, i just can't remember if that means if Reggie won the bet... :/



Raistline on 07 January 2010
MDMAniac said:
Raistline said:

You first say that people are not Mario fans in point 1.

Second you point you say that other 2D platform games don't count but that people are still interested in Mario.

That is a pretty big contradiction there pal.

 

Contradiciton? Only in your mind, Sir.

You recoursed to Mario fans and blame them for massive sales of NSMB:Wii just to put the title in a box and call it niche, too.

If anyone, from every age group and cultural background, can engulf joy fest which is known as Mario, and you call all that masses of people a Mario fanboys, well... carry on. I feel just feebleness and boredom in such a case as yours.

 

I don't know how I am at al "Blameing" Mario fans for massive sales in a negativce sense at all. But more saying that Mario fans are a huge part of why it sells well.

I honestly don't know how or why you think I called masses of people Mario Fanboys. Can you point out to me where I said this?

Get your facts straight, or don't say anything at all please.