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[Thesuffering79]

I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with me but Nintendo selling Pokémon and Mario to Nintendo loyalists isn't nearly as impressive as this stellar performance from a new IP from a lesser known developer.

You are missing my point. If a game is good enough, it will sell units of the console. The problem here is that there are no PS5 units to buy even if people are interested in the game.

As for pokemon. Pokemon snap is a adored niche game. It selling #1 or close to #1 is a pretty great feat on its own.

 

[GuinGuin]

You are missing my point. If a game is good enough, it will sell units of the console. The problem here is that there are no PS5 units to buy even if people are interested in the game.

As for pokemon. Pokemon snap is a adored niche game. It selling #1 or close to #1 is a pretty great feat on its own.

Pokémon isn't niche. It's the biggest IP of all time. And yes I'm sure plenty of people will continue to buy PS5s and will be happy to be able to play Returnal and other next gen exclusives.

 

[Thesuffering79]

Pokémon isn't niche. It's the biggest IP of all time. And yes I'm sure plenty of people will continue to buy PS5s and will be happy to be able to play Returnal and other next gen exclusives.

Pokemon Snap is niche however.

 

[Jaysen]

Returnal didn't sell well, even for the number of consoles already sold. The daily challenge leaderboard often tops out at around 30 players. Housemarques own stats and trophy completion percentages point to a very low number of players, which makes sense given the price and stated difficulty of the game. Same reason analysts have been saying Demons Souls underperformed.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with me but Nintendo selling Pokémon and Mario to Nintendo loyalists isn't nearly as impressive as this stellar performance from a new IP from a lesser known developer.

Ah yes, stellar performance... Very subtle trolling

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

 

[DForce]

Pokemon Snap is niche however.

Only in comparison to other Pokemon titles.

 

[Darlingcognito]

If it wasn't for the magical SSD it would've been quadruple.

 

[pratyush]

What kind of nonsense story is this? Ofcourse it sold more. It would have been a story if it hadn't

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Only?

 

[Griffon]

Pokemon is the single largest entertainment property. It's on a console with 10x the player base currently.

Yeah no, someone fucked up the Yen to $ conversion (or is more likely straight up making shit up).

There's no fucking way Fist of the North Star makes 17billions $ in video games.

 

[Kenpachii]

€79 in Europe is ridiculous, and I don't think it's supply constrained at least here, took this pic myself:

Jup same here, was in a shop the other day, PS5 games are pretty much stockpiled to the bone, nobody buys 80 euro games.