That’s debatable. There are many games I do not consider to be good, but sold many copies / licenses. Same is true for the other side, where lot of good games sold poorly. So therefore I wouldn’t say it’s bizarre. The game is just not for you (and me).
Mass appeal and quality are not necessarily the same thing, though with Mario Kart and Red Dead, people will say both qualify.
If my favourite games ever wind up on a top 10 list by sales, I’ve done something wrong. It’s fine to like what everyone else likes. Most things “everyone” likes were manufactured to be liked by the greatest number of people. You’re not wrong for liking a popular game, it was marketed to you. The new Taylor Swift album was fire, and I’m not even a Swiftie. No shame there, it’s a mass marketed product. It would be weirder if a mass market product didn’t connect with you.
But if you don’t have favourites that not everyone likes… well, that makes for a very boring person. Again, there’s nothing wrong with liking popular things. It’s only weird if you don’t venture out into the darker corners of, in this case gaming, and find something you like that not many other people do, or at least not a majority. A lot of people like the first Deus Ex game, it has kind of a cult following, and it was Game of the Year in 2000, but, it’s still not a best seller. Unreal Tournament (the first one from 1999, also a GOTY) was an amazing multiplayer shooter that does not get enough love today. It’s currently called “Fortnite” and it’s very popular, and it gets a lot of shit for being overly commercialised… but I also like that my UT’99 skills translate directly to it. I’m way better at Fortnite than I have any right being, and better than I’m proud to admit. I don’t build, I don’t buy skins, but I will circle strafe around your walls and double tap you with a pistol or SMG just like I did 26 years ago in the OG. (Notably, before most Fortnite players were born.) (And no, I don’t play Zero Build, I just play the regular mode, let people waste time building, if they’re building they’re not shooting, and if there’s an opponent on my screen, that’s all I’m doing.)
Mario Kart isn’t even the best kart racer. That would be Sonic All-Stars Transformed, not least of which because it’s playable on non-Nintendo platforms. The OG Mario Kart was the best Mario Kart that I’ve played. It’s quite dated, but I think, still good.
Fortnite using the unreal engine doesn’t make it even slightly similar to UT the original. That’s an insane claim to make. MK is great, doubtful that sonic game is better. I played one rendition of it and wasn’t impressed. Taylor Swift is not “fire”, she’s boring AF.
I suspect its lead will only widen since Mario Kart World will intercept most new purchases for that franchise, and we certainly won’t see another Red Dead Redemption for a LONG time.
Mario Kart 8 was previously at the fourth spot for best-selling games of all time (units sold), with the title pushing 78.02 million copies across the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Now Red Dead Redemption 2 has taken its place, and the only games ahead of it are Wii Sports with 82.9 million units (bundled with Wii U consoles), Grand Theft Auto 5 with over 220 million units sold-in to date, and in the first spot, we have Minecraft with over 350 million sold.
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so of course with al this money and success, Rockstar union busts.
Still impressive that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe got sold so many, as it is only a “Re-release” on a single platform.
Yes, but it had only previously been released on the Wii U, so for most people it was brand new.
At this point I’d consider the WiiU version a beta in comparison.
Bizarre because Mario Kart isn’t even a good game
That’s debatable. There are many games I do not consider to be good, but sold many copies / licenses. Same is true for the other side, where lot of good games sold poorly. So therefore I wouldn’t say it’s bizarre. The game is just not for you (and me).
Unless you like fun.
Mario Kart is a great game. It’s fun solo and with friends.
Wallace doesn’t have any friends.
Mass appeal and quality are not necessarily the same thing, though with Mario Kart and Red Dead, people will say both qualify.
If my favourite games ever wind up on a top 10 list by sales, I’ve done something wrong. It’s fine to like what everyone else likes. Most things “everyone” likes were manufactured to be liked by the greatest number of people. You’re not wrong for liking a popular game, it was marketed to you. The new Taylor Swift album was fire, and I’m not even a Swiftie. No shame there, it’s a mass marketed product. It would be weirder if a mass market product didn’t connect with you.
But if you don’t have favourites that not everyone likes… well, that makes for a very boring person. Again, there’s nothing wrong with liking popular things. It’s only weird if you don’t venture out into the darker corners of, in this case gaming, and find something you like that not many other people do, or at least not a majority. A lot of people like the first Deus Ex game, it has kind of a cult following, and it was Game of the Year in 2000, but, it’s still not a best seller. Unreal Tournament (the first one from 1999, also a GOTY) was an amazing multiplayer shooter that does not get enough love today. It’s currently called “Fortnite” and it’s very popular, and it gets a lot of shit for being overly commercialised… but I also like that my UT’99 skills translate directly to it. I’m way better at Fortnite than I have any right being, and better than I’m proud to admit. I don’t build, I don’t buy skins, but I will circle strafe around your walls and double tap you with a pistol or SMG just like I did 26 years ago in the OG. (Notably, before most Fortnite players were born.) (And no, I don’t play Zero Build, I just play the regular mode, let people waste time building, if they’re building they’re not shooting, and if there’s an opponent on my screen, that’s all I’m doing.)
Mario Kart isn’t even the best kart racer. That would be Sonic All-Stars Transformed, not least of which because it’s playable on non-Nintendo platforms. The OG Mario Kart was the best Mario Kart that I’ve played. It’s quite dated, but I think, still good.
Fortnite using the unreal engine doesn’t make it even slightly similar to UT the original. That’s an insane claim to make. MK is great, doubtful that sonic game is better. I played one rendition of it and wasn’t impressed. Taylor Swift is not “fire”, she’s boring AF.
Yeah, I guess it doesn’t have bots. Or still use the first/OG Unreal Engine. Or use any of the old maps.
But, multiplayer showcasing the latest Unreal Engine? Yeah, it’s pretty much what it is.
But the game play modes are really different and to me the third person view is radically different from UT’s first person view
I still need to finish this game. Still plugging away after all these years.
I suspect its lead will only widen since Mario Kart World will intercept most new purchases for that franchise, and we certainly won’t see another Red Dead Redemption for a LONG time.
The other thing is red dead is on sale for like 30 dollars right now.
Mario Kart never goes on sale.
I still have barely played my copy 😭