| ckmlb said: First of all lumping Metroid with Mario, Smash Bros., Halo or any other huge seller is ridiculous. This is a good seller but not even close to any of those at all anywhere. Edit: Also enough with the BS about game sites being biased against the Wii.... Metroid Prime is gonna insanely high reviews just as Zelda did. |
Metroid Prime sold nearly 3 Million copies on the remarkably unpopular Gamecube and (as I said before) Metroid Prime 2 was released directly against the toughest competition I have seen any game face; How many games could compete against Half Life 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3, World of Warcraft and Halo 2 and still break 1 Million copies sold?
| Name | Console | Publisher | Japan | America | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Metroid Prime | Nintendo | 0.12 | 1.92 | 0.73 | 2.77 |
| | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Nintendo | 0.07 | 0.82 | 0.37 | 1.26 |
| Totals (2 matches) |
A couple of months before the release of Metroid Prim (September 2002) the Gamecube only shipped 6.69 Million consoles worldwide and 3.22 Million consoles in North America; this means that the Wii will have sold more hardware by the time Metroid Prime 3 is released than they had sold of Gamecube hardware when Metroid Prime was released.
On top of that the Metroid Prime games have a history of high quality and it is likely that Metroid Prime 3 will retain that quality.
Title | Plat | Company | Reviews | Avg. Vote | Avg Score |
 1. Metroid Prime | GC | Nintendo | 93 | 8.8 | 96.3% |
 2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | GC | Nintendo | 75 | 8.7 | 92.2% |
(With the exception of Madden) It will be the top selling game in North America in August and Will have sold 1 Million copies by the time Black Friday comes along; it will also sell a lot of copies at christmas when Nintendo fans pick it (and Zelda) up along side Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros.
