"But there's one thing I just can't put my finger on... How can Mega Man have so many fans, all over the world mind you, when his lifetime global game sales are so low?"
>>737096707I'd say about 90% of Mega Man fans have only played his games through emulators.
>>737096873Mexicans and Brazilians?
>>737096873more like 90% haven't played his games at all
>>737096707Well its simple Columbo, Mega Man was a founding IP from the NES and kept releasing games on a consistent basis for decades afterwards that were played by the core demographic and cultural gatekeepers of the the online gaming community.While the numbers may not be high in comparison to other more "Gun & Ball" series, its endurance over 4 console generations while being one of the founding franchises of the existing gaming tradition has given the series a earned spot of cultural import and prestige.Any other questions officer?
The cartoon did a lot of the heavy lifting here ironically enough. Same phenomenon happened to sonic.
>>737096707I'm massive megaman fan even though i never played any megaman game
>>737096873If you buy a collection of 10 or so games bundled together, how many game sales does that account for? Because CAPCOM does that to Mega Man a lot.
>>737097312Nevar forget...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96qNjv3Zyhk
>>737097704at least we kinda got this through hacks
>>737097808I think the primary hacker said he was actually gonna try to compile them all on a GBA rom. Wild if true.
>>737097704>15 years of mega mania!how hard was that
>>737097039Also, gamer died off and the franchise kept getting worse.> Thank you for existing, Megaman 9
>>737096707Game rentals, people rented their games back in the 90s
