mountaindewslave said:
exactly, it doesn't attract the children fanbase or the extremely casual party fanbase of Nintendo. But 1-2 million only on a Nintendo console just is not that bad. and comparing it something like Bioshock is a compliment, Bioshock is hugely popular. Regardless, if Metroid was a multi-plat game then obviously the sales would be doubled. Its a dark sci-fi adventure game and the reality is that that's not the predominant fanbase of Nintendo at any rate I'm sure if the NX is a hit and Nintendo releases a good Metroid game it will sell well. The reality is that the Primes sold fairly well (especially considering the Gamecube install base) but that since Metroid Prime 1 + 2 there really hasn't been a particularly great Metroid game. So that's partially why you haven't seen a great selling game from the series in a bit |
Metroid Prime 3 was very well-received, even proving the notion that motion controls can work for a first person shooter/adventure. Unfortunately, despite being on the Wii, especially when it was in its prime, Prime 3 only sold just more than a million copies.
Despite the praises the series has gotten, its sales have kinda stagnated, but not at an impressive rate (yes, 1-2 millions is cool and all, but is it really enough to for a big developer like Nintendo to stay interested?). So critically, it's can be considered part of the Big Three along with Mario and Zelda, but sales wise, it's only beating FE, F-Zero, Star Fox, etc. I mean, the more likely reason why Other M and FF were being made (other than the producers wanting to show what their vision is), is because they can help the series be exposed to a greater audience, even if they didn't (or won't in FF's case, probably) work out that way. 18-19 million across 12-13 games...
