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Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
You guys think that First Person Shooters and Mario brought gaming into the mainstream?
Cute. Really, that's cute.
I will tell you this again. Sports games are what brought gaming into every house. Once the jock -blam!-s could QB their favorite team, that was it. That's when it left the nerd's house for everyone's.
That is true to an extent, but if you look at Madden and FIFA they are popular, but not even in the top 5 best selling franchises and if you look at best selling games on consoles they aren't even on most lists. Then you have to consider when they came out compared to Mario. Mario is hands down what makes gaming as popular as it is just in terms of sheer sales it destroys any other franchise by a factor of around 8-10 with the main exception being Pokemon. Don't get me wrong sports games are big and popular with a lot of adults, but it isn't what made games a household thing. If anything that goes to Nintendo and how they market their games.