Cross-generation series sales breakthroughs.

[LordTheNightKnight]

Michael-5 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Michael-5 said:

Metroid!

Metroid Prime sold 2.83 million, and the original NES Metroid sold 2.73 million. Every other mainstream Metroid game sold 0.7-1.7 million.

Halo.

Halo 1 sold 6.43 million, and now Halo 3 sold 11.14 million, with Reach expected to better it.

Forza Motorsport

Forza Motorsport 1 sold 1.07 million, Forza Motorsport 2 sold 4.02 million, and Forza Motorsport 3 is looking to do about the same.

Super Smash Bros.

the N64 version sold 5.55 million, GCN sold 7.08 million, and Wii version is at 9.61 million and growing.

Thats all that comes to mind except for Call Of Duty.

You're missing the point. Only Forza really fits.

Metroid never broke through, and since the first game sold so closely, that means Prime doesn't have significant sales over a previous iteration.

Halo and Smash Bros broke through in the first game. Did you not read the whole OP?

I did, and 2.83 million is a break-trough. It may not be blockbuster, but it was one of the best selling Metroid games.

Also Halo and Smash Bros are just less ectreme examples. Smash Bros wasn't that huge of a game on the N64, now it's the best selling fighting games. Same goes for Halo as well.

It doesn't matter if it wasn't a blockbuster. The first sentence made it clear this is about significfant sales increase over the previous games, which the game did not have.

Plus Smash Bros sold about 5 million on the 64, which was a breakthrough, and Halo 2 had in between sales of the first and third game, showing a progression, not a breakthrough (again, already achieved by the first game).

Try looking at sales of all the games in the series you want to list.