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Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game do
by zug_zug 4y ago
Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.
- bobthepanda 4y agoAlso, Nintendo famously maintains an iron grip over all its IPs, especially Mario.
- asdff 4y agoI feel like brand image considerations went out the window when you could race a mercedes benz gle in mariokart.
- parker_mountain 4y agoIt's a mild inclusion of a luxury car brand. I don't think it really hurt nintendo.
- asdff 4y agoMy head is spinning trying to fit Mario's GLE purchase into the canon
- neonnoodle 4y agoHe's leasing
- nonethewiser 4y agoMario kart canon?
- ytreyrty 4y agoMario used his coins to purchase one at the dealer in New Donk City
- fortissimohn 4y agoYou don't remember the crossover episode with Dominic Toretto?
- hanniabu 4y ago> microtransaction-centric game does brand damage Now this is pretty crazy but hear me out.....they could have just not turned the game into microtransactions
- brucethemoose2 4y agoThen it most certainly would have been a financial failure.
- pid-1 4y agoReally unfortunate how that was true for all Nintendo games I've played on mobile: Mario Kart, Pokemon Go, TCG and United. Seems mobile gaming is a lost cause.
- bakugo 4y ago> a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage How? The target audiences for games like Mario aren't going to suddenly stop liking it because a predatory mobile game exists in the same series.
- brucethemoose2 4y agoThey did generate some bad press, but I dunno how much of that translates to actual brand damage. Maybe Nintendo didn't like the trajectory, or the potential for brand damage to their treasured IP, even if the mobile games weren't even denting the reputation yet.
- AraceliHarker 4y agoNintendo tried various ways of monetizing their mobile games, from gacha to pay-per-play to time-saving. But the irony is that their most profitable game is Fire Emblem Heroes, which uses the gacha system.