| darkgemini said: it failed? And you know that because you´re able to see the future? Or why do you know, that this game won´t have legs? Have you really expected, that people, who ´ve never played a Metroid game before, buy this on day 1?! Only time will tell.... And you´ve already said it: It SEEMED that he was talking about the US alone. :rolleyes: Do I have to say more? ^^ |
THe first few weeks can usually be taken as a good indicator of longterm sales when compared to other games in the same series.
Metroid Other M has moved 22,000 units in its fifth week, bringing its total number up to 480k.
In comparison, Corruption - which was released at roughly the same time - sold 48,000 in its fifth week.
Other M sales fell over 25% from week 4 to week 5, whereas Corruption's sales fell less than 6% over the same period.
Other M is falling faster and harder than its modern predecessors. This is a good indication of its long-term viability. For comparison's sake, Corruption didn't hit 22,000 sold in a week until week 11. It didn't go under that until week 19.
