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sc94597 on 08 December 2013
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Stefan.De.Machtige said:
MohammadBadir said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Isn't the question: wil they made a another Metroid?

The last two installments pretty much flopped. If Metroid is returning, it's likely to be a reboot in some sorts.

How exactly?

Other M and Prime 3 sold about the same as the other Metroids. 

Sales have been going down with the last installments.

1 Metroid Prime GC 2002 Shooter Nintendo 1.96 0.67 0.10 0.09 2.82
3 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes GC 2004 Shooter Nintendo 0.87 0.35 0.07 0.04 1.33
2 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Wii 2007 Shooter Nintendo 0.87 0.71 0.07 0.10 1.76
1 Metroid: Other M Wii 2010 Action Nintendo 0.82 0.20 0.13 0.09 1.24

That's why other M was so different. NIntendo was already doing a partial reboot with the last installment, and it only sold most of that 1.24 number on half (or even lower) price.

Also remember that the increase of development funds needs higher sales just to make the same amount of profit.

What I see is that an innovative 10/10 game got initially high sales because of a variety of reasons. Then the series stablized to its baseline with echoes (1.33) and then it grew again with the higher install base of the Wii with Prime 3, and then it stabilized again with Other M (a relatively lackluster addition to the series.) All of these games sold more than Super Metroid. To use the words "flop" in this context is not only ridiculous, but deceitful and delusional.