The recent release of Mario Run has resulted in a number of events. People don’t seem to be happy that the whole game isn’t free. Negative reactions towards the asking price produced negative reviews of the game. Such feelings have resulted in ‘disappointing’ sales of the game, causing Nintendo’s stock to take a hit.
Princess Peach. Beloved royalty of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the constant damsel in distress that sets the tone for most Super Mario games. However, there is a darkness in this one, and she is not all smiles, pink hearts, and expensive parasols. No, no. She is not quite what she seems.
Many immediately found the negativity of Nintendo's approach to mobile gaming, but The Never Yak thinks that the move is actually a positive one for both Nintendo and gaming in general.
I really liked Mario Run's model. Pay once, unlock everything.
Unfortunately, people prefer to be whales, so Nintendo saw real money lies in microtransactions and gacha mechanics. So now I feel less and less excited for each new mobile game they announce.
Nintendo was too protective of the Mario brand to top mobile revenue charts with Super Mario Run, so it's trying to change that with Dr. Mario World and Mario Kart Tour. But is it working?
10$ for a run game??? Yea that's not going to work. I don't know how Nintendo expected people to throw money at them.
Who said it has failed? What an odd article.
lets hope not. older nintendo game seem ideal for mobile phones. they just need to change the way they approach the platform
It's weird to me how gamers and fans of Nintendo wanted them to do F2P and microtransactions for Super Mario Run, things that I thought were cancer to gaming, but now gamers want Nintendo to do that?
Drop the price. It might piss off a few people that already bought it but it could dramatically change the course of the sales.