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Soundwave on 09 August 2017
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Ariakon said:
Soundwave said:

I would even neccessarily be so sure of that. ARMS has already shipped 1.12 mill or so, Metroid Prime 2 didn't hit a million and Metroid Prime 3 only got to 1.3 million LTD and that was released when the Wii was absolutely red hot (fall 2007). Prime 4 probably tops off at about 1.5-2 mill LTD though it could be helped by the Switch have a more core-centric userbase. 

I get where you're coming from and you may be right, but that core-centric userbase is why I think Switch owners will be much more receptive to Metroid than Wii owners were. 

It's still kinda the same userbase though, Metroid Prime on GameCube had a ton of hype and still only topped off at around 2 mill.

The truth is Metroid is just too slow/solitary of an IP to really have a huge mass audience. It's always been more "Alien" than "Star Wars".

Nintendo would be wise though I think to make a new FPS franchise that they own. Splatoon is a third person team based shooter and that's done great, but I think there's still a void that Nintendo could fill with a multiplayer FPS shooter, GoldenEye and Turok and Perfect Dark did so well for them back in the day, I think leaving the genre and/or thinking Metroid Prime was somehow going to fill that void was always a mistake.