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How much would you invest in Metroid Prime 4 if you were in Nintendo ?

20 milions or less 26 31.71%
 
21-40 milions 26 31.71%
 
41-60 milions 8 9.76%
 
61-80 milions 6 7.32%
 
81-100 milions 1 1.22%
 
Over 100 milions ! 10 12.20%
 
Nothing, cancel the game ... 5 6.10%
 
Total:82
Metallox on 05 May 2018

I don't know, I'd like to get to know the developers first.



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Medisti on 05 May 2018

Considering the sales of the previous Prime games, anything over 40 million is very unlikely.



curl-6 on 05 May 2018

This is one game they cannot afford to cheap out on.

I'm not saying give it a GTA-esque budget higher than the GDP of some developing nations, but the original Metroid Prime games were renowned for their production values, with handcrafted detail poured into every room, fixture, and creature. It's a big part of what made their worlds so immersive and memorable.

If they cut corners on this one and make it look like a low budget knockoff, the game's appeal and impact will be crippled.

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IkePoR on 05 May 2018

Typically, I'd agree with 20m. But I think there's a chance they want to try and push Metroid to the forefront of their lineup; a more adult looking game for a more adult oriented Nintendo - so something like 50m.



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HyrulianScrolls on 05 May 2018

If MP4 gets BOTW level reception, you can bet the sales will go through the roof for it. But I do think they have to invest top tier money for that to happen. This is a game that needs very expensive production values.



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alejollorente10 on 05 May 2018

Make a Metroid Prime Trilogy HD + the hype that has already been created by Metroid Prime 4, I would bet for this game surpassing the 4 million in sales, maybe they could put a season pass? an investment of 30 - 40 million would be possible.

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KrspaceT on 05 May 2018

Enough so that it would require about a million sales to equal profit. Or half the cost of Zelda BoTW.



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LipeJJ on 05 May 2018

20m at max. Honestly, Nintendo could make a very polished and beautiful game with that budget. They're very good at managing resources.



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curl-6 on 05 May 2018

I have to confess, I am very worried about this one.

I want to get hyped, but I can't help feeling like they're going to ruin it somehow, either by having making Samus an insecure over-talkative wuss with daddy issues like in Other M, or going with a cheap and tacky art style.

I just find it so hard to see Nintendo giving this game the treatment it deserves when they haven't done so with a comparable game since, well, since Prime 3 in 2007. Does modern Nintendo even have it in them to make a great Metroid game without undermining it somehow? I want to believe, but I'm not confident.



HyrulianScrolls on 05 May 2018
curl-6 said:

I have to confess, I am very worried about this one.

I want to get hyped, but I can't help feeling like they're going to ruin it somehow, either by having making Samus an insecure over-talkative wuss with daddy issues like in Other M, or going with a cheap and tacky art style.

I just find it so hard to see Nintendo giving this game the treatment it deserves when they haven't done so with a comparable game since, well, since Prime 3 in 2007. Does modern Nintendo even have it in them to make a great Metroid game without undermining it somehow? I want to believe, but I'm not confident.

I fail to see how making a great Metroid game would be so much harder for them than what they just did with BotW.