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HoangNhatAnh on 21 January 2018
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KilleyMc said:
HoangNhatAnh said:

So Yokai Watch Buster 2 sold not even one-third of the first, Ever Oasis bombed, The Alliance Alive sold only over a half of The Legend of Legacy despite better game in every way and Lady Layton also sold a lot worse than other main games. All are new games that still sold bad even Pokemon and Fire Emblem, why Metroid is different? You should know Metroid Prime 1, 2 & 3 each sold near 1,5 mil already. Fewer people buy Trilogy Prime when they already have the 1, 2 on GC (Wii is backward compatible to GC) and 3 was released before the trilogy came out. Also, many gamers hate motion control so why do they have to purchase the same game with the control they dislike?

Yokai Watch Buster 2 was like the 10th Yokai Watch game in the 3DS in 4 years, you could easily put that one under 'franchise fatigue' and Lady Layton had a cheaper version for IOS/Android that launched at the same time as the 3DS one. The Alliance Alive deserved better, yeah, but its numbers aren't bad, it still probably is one of Furyu's best selling games to date. The only one that sadly bombed hard is Ever Oasis, a new IP, but there are other new IP's that bombed even harder before the Switch was even a thing, remember Code Name S.T.E.A.M. and Metroid Prime: Federation Forces?

On the other hand, lazy efforts like Mario Party: The Top 100, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Kirby: Battle Royale and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga still made bank. Fire Emblem Warriors bombed everywhere, but the 3DS version still managed to sell about half of the heavily pushed, far better looking version available for the shiny new console.

About Metroid Prime Trilogy, lets not forget that the Gamecube - Wii situation was similar to the current Wii U - Switch one, if games like Pokken Tournament and Mario Kart 8 will likely outsell the originals just by adding the DLC in the cartridge and little more, Metroid Prime Trilogy that had 3 higly praised games in a single package should definitely have done better.

 

Except many hardcore gamers hate Wii while they love Switch. Second, remember Switch is a portable at core, not home console like Wii. The Alliance Alive is nowhere The Legend of Legacy which sold 53,974, roughly half of it despite much better story, characters, gameplay and budget also. Yokai Watch Buster 2 was like the 10th Yokai Watch game, that mean all games have the 10th game is franchise fatigue, right?  Lady Layton had a cheaper version for IOS/Android that launched at the same time as the 3DS one, so are all Ace Attorney games on 3ds and except Apollo Justice, it didn't sold that low, Lady Layton is a new game, not a remake also. Metroid Prime: Federation Forces will bomb on anything, you know? Code Name S.T.E.A.M. have good gameplay, but people look over it because very bad art style and mediocre presentation. Fire Emblem Echoes's sale underperform too (131,668), lower than Shadow Dragon on DS (144,905). Fire Emblem Warriors sold low on Switch, 3ds ver sold half of it (even if sold more than bad a bit) is nothing to praise about