Wii: A Threat to Gaming?

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

So...Mario game, Mario/typical Nintendo character centric game, Mario game, Mario game, Zelda game, Zelda game, Metroid game, Mario game.

Remember what I said about success having a lot to do with household names?

There were other successes, but people associate Mario, Zelda and Metroid as Nintendo's "hardcore" franchises" which is why I used the example.

There were a lot of games this generation that sold without household recognition though I guess a point could be made they were backed by big publishers, but stuff like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Lost Planet and Assassin Creed.

That wasn't my point.
My point was that in the mid-90's a lot of comic book/graphic novel movies started to be made, so others started to follow suit. About 8 (or so) years later, the movie industry explodes with a constant stream of crappy (and sometimes not crappy) superhero/comic movies.

The analogy is that superhero movies are casual games. We won't see the impact on the market right now, but years down the line, casual games will undoubtedly envelope the vast majority of the industry. I'm not saying every casual game is crap. I'm just saying soon they will flood the market.

I get your point, but you don't look at the reasons.

Comic books movies died down near the end of the the 90s because the general public was no longer interested in them and then Spiderman came out and there was a new surge of interest.

And that fits exactly with your point, but it also works with my point. The industry will follow the leader until a new leader emerges.

You think if another string of movies prove successful, there won't be a bunch of those to replace the comic book movies?

But I completely understand your point, and to a lesser extent TheGame's.

[Vampyr]

Except for some rare cases like Beyond Good and Evil and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, if a game is really good, it will sell well. Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Assassin's Creed are good examples.

I don't see anything wrong with sequels and franchises, I actually quite like them. People become fans of certain series or games, so why not continue to please those fans if they comprise a large player base?

Not continue a formula or series that works just for the sake of not continuing it wouldn't make sense...it would be like if a band released an album that generated a huge fan base for them, then decided they would retire so that another new band could give it a go.

Would you be happy if your favorite band did that?