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Metroid will increase next week in EMEAA when it has more time on the market than a single day, and can likely drive some hardware with it.

DS numbers are actually the lowest they've been in a long time. Used to do 300,000 per week without any trouble. Of course the USA price cut for DS is September 12, so there will be a nice rebound there heading into Christmas depending on when / if the 3DS launches.



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I expect that week end 9/11 will have 360 move back out in front of the Wii.  Metroid Other M small bump will be done. Also expect Metroid Other M to drop big time. Reviews were just OK and that word will get out.  If not week of 9/11 then week ending 9/18 with Reach release.  Then expect 360 to be ahead of the Wii into November when the test of Kinect taking business away from Wii will be tested.

Looks like week of Reach release is when 360 will overtake PS3 YTD number.  Right now about 350K behind. That should get cut 200-250K week of 9/11 and then 9/18 is Reach release.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

Metroid Other M sold no better or worst than what the average Metroid game would sell on it's opening week.

Not sure what you were expecting sales wise.

Metroid is just a 1.5-2 million seller lifetime on average.

So again ... what were you expecting for it's first week?



TheSource said:

Metroid will increase next week in EMEAA when it has more time on the market than a single day, and can likely drive some hardware with it.

DS numbers are actually the lowest they've been in a long time. Used to do 300,000 per week without any trouble. Of course the USA price cut for DS is September 12, so there will be a nice rebound there heading into Christmas depending on when / if the 3DS launches.


Wasn't this weeks numbers already partly inflated because of the bank holiday in the UK? Wii will probably be at least marginally down next week in EMEAA. 



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mhsillen said:
GianCarmen said:

Before anyone should knock Metroid, play the game first. I think that its a great game and one of the most cinematic games nintendo has put out, bar none.

2 hours of this overwrought emo cry baby is all i could take. 
You realize Samus is a bad ass in the other games

How can a character who acts like this cry baby be in a outfit like this?

She would never make it out of training

Yes she is a badass in the other games. Thats the problem you only played a couple of hours and you have no idea how the story unfolds.



GianCarmen said:
mhsillen said:
GianCarmen said:

Before anyone should knock Metroid, play the game first. I think that its a great game and one of the most cinematic games nintendo has put out, bar none.

2 hours of this overwrought emo cry baby is all i could take. 
You realize Samus is a bad ass in the other games

How can a character who acts like this cry baby be in a outfit like this?

She would never make it out of training

Yes she is a badass in the other games. Thats the problem you only played a couple of hours and you have no idea how the story unfolds.

Yes I  do a story a conspiracy plot used 1000's of times

No imagination, how can this baby coexist in this game she doesn't even belong in it



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thx1139 said:

I expect that week end 9/11 will have 360 move back out in front of the Wii.  Metroid Other M small bump will be done. Also expect Metroid Other M to drop big time. Reviews were just OK and that word will get out.  If not week of 9/11 then week ending 9/18 with Reach release.  Then expect 360 to be ahead of the Wii into November when the test of Kinect taking business away from Wii will be tested.

Looks like week of Reach release is when 360 will overtake PS3 YTD number.  Right now about 350K behind. That should get cut 200-250K week of 9/11 and then 9/18 is Reach release.


Really? How exactly will 360 outsell PS3 by 100k-150k next week? It was only ahead 40k this week. And next week should see a relatively sharp drop in EMEAA since sales were inflated this week because of the bank holiday in the UK. PS3 barely got any bump from the holiday, I would guess because most people are waiting for the 320 and 160 gig models. The 320 gig model launches the week after next bundled with Move so I would expect a pretty sizable bump in EMEAA that week, it might even be close to flat YOY in that region that week. So I wouldn't expect too huge of a victory for 360 that week.



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