zorg1000 said:
The funny thing is that Metroid averages about 1.5 million per entry which is roughly what Tropical Freeze is on track to sell. People who think Metroid on Wii U would have done much better are pretty delusional. |
I personally consider something a niche series when any entry in its series can only manage to sell around half a million at best and is something that's a prime 'digital only' candidate. Franchises like Fatal Frame and a typical game developed by Nippon Ichi, Vanillaware or Atlus are what I consider niche.
In a sense though, I guess you can call Metroid (the Metorid Prime series specifically) niche since it's probably the only significant 1st party, Nintendo owned franchise that specifically targets the 13-21 year-old western male demographic and doesn't click with any of the audiences Nintendo has targeted since the 7th gen (Japanese people, kids, families and casuals). If Metroid were a Microsoft or Sony franchise, I doubt it would meet your critera of niche because it would be right up the typical xbox/playstation owner's alley. Also, if Nintendo diversifies their target demographics for the NX, I can see 3D Metroid making a comeback as a 2+ million seller. But if NIntendo doubles down on the kids and casuals then I don't expect Metroid to do that well unless the NX is priced cheaply enough to be used as a secondary console.
