One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

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Snoorlax said:

curl-6 said:

You missed the point entirely; the differences between FIFA and Metroid are immaterial, the point is, a larger userbase means nothing when that userbase have largely moved on. 

And no, the 3DS is not "still relevant." Let's look at the sales of 3DS games that came out this year, from major IPs no less:

Kirby Battle Royale: 280k

Detective Pikachu: 300k

Captain Toad: 80k

The userbase has jumped ship, it's a dead system. 

Samus Returns failed because it launched on an obsolete platform that gamers were tired of and moving on from, instead of the exciting new platform they were upgrading to and hungry for games for, it's as simple as that.

Sure buddy, keep comparing it to PS2 of all systems lol.

You continue to miss the point; PS2 was merely an example that a "larger userbase" is meaningless when that userbase has moved on.

The 3DS's days of relevance are long gone. Almost every game released on it since the Switch came out has underperformed or outright bombed.

Let's compare some sales of games that released side-by-side on both 3DS and Switch:

Captain Toad

Switch: 400k

3DS: 80k

Fire Emblem Warriors

Switch: 480k

3DS: 140k

The conclusion is obvious; Samus Returns would have sold far better on Switch, and it's failure is entirely Nintendo's fault for releasing it on an obsolete platform that gamers were moving on from instead of the far superior new platform they were flocking to and hungry for games for.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 30 September 2018