Metroid: Other M sales predictions thread

[jarrod]

Khuutra said:

jarrod said:

Khuutra said:

Wii Party shouldn't be compared to Wii Play; I would sooner compare it to Mario Party or to nothing at all.

I'd say the game has more in common with Wii Play from a market perspective (Wii ____ branding, mandatory controller bundle).  They're somewhat different when you get to the actual games (though within the same general genre), but I'd say the same for Prime 3 and Other M to be honest.

What I mean is that sales of the Wii franchise don't seem dependent on their Wii name at all. Wii Music is best testament to this, and it's also the second-most-recent title in the series, not Play. Compare it to Mario Party, which it's actually meant to replace.

And Metroid has managed to sell more or less consistently across genres; it doesn't get a pass, here.

To be honest, I don't think Wii Music really proves out your point. If anything, it's 4m sales are a minor miracle after the universally bad reception it got (and not just from "games media").  I'd sooner argue it was a multi-million seller thanks to brand pedigree, rather than in spite of it... if it didn't have "Wii" in the title, it might not have even cleared a million.

And who's giving anything a "pass"?  Wii Play and Party just have similar characteristics, much to the same degree Prime 3 and Other M do.  Neither's really a sequel.