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BengaBenga on 15 November 2010
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Mr Khan said:
hatmoza said:
BengaBenga said:

Too many other games. I think a lot of people who'd buy a game like Metroid Other M have a PS3 or 360 as well, and these simply had a massive line-up this year. I'm a big Nintendo fan, but I do prefer my 360 for TV gaming (DS is still by far the most played) because of graphics and achievements. I think a lot of people who are potential buyers for Metroid Other M feel that way. DKCR won't have that problem, I believe.


This is so true.

The true Nintendo audience from the 64 and Cube days  who appreciated titles like Metroid, Goldeneyes, Kirby, etc, have moved on.

The Wii doesn't have the same audience anymore. It truly does caters to the casuals. It's sales like this that prove it.

You're a little mistaken on that. If Other M cracks a million, it will be in the ballpark of pretty much every Metroid game thus far, except for Metroid and Metroid Prime

Hell, it's hard to definitively prove the Nintendo audience has moved on from FPSes, given that a top-class FPS hasn't appeared on a Nintendo console since Goldeneye, outside of the Prime games, which performed within the normal parameters for the Metroid franchise, except for Prime, but it's easy for the Best Game of All Time to perform outside the norm for its own franchise

Metroid Prime sold close to 3 million. Corruption 1.5 million. That's not the same ballpark, the difference represents a value of sales (at say $30 for Nintendo) of $75 million (Prime)/$30 million (Corruption). That kind of numbers will make or break your return on investment.

A game like Metroid will have far more competition from HD console games than say Mario or Donkey Kong. Everyone will go and buy Donkey Kong, because it's unique on all consoles. Games in space with lots of cutscenes are less unique.