Metroid: Samus Returns is FANTASTIC so What's Next for 2D Metroid?

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Pemalite said:

Snoorlax said:

Why would i attack them, i'm just calling them out for their mediocrity over the past 2 decades what successful game franchise they created was really only Kinect Sports and even that was a knock off of Wii Sports and it's already died off.

You are conflating two different issues.
Sales aka. The "Success" of a game doesn't equate to how good a game inherently is and thus how good a developer inherently is.

I can give you plenty of examples where a highly rated game has flopped due to sales *cough*Sacrifice*cough*. - That developer was still great, the game was still great.

Rare still makes solid titles, are they genre leading like they used to be? Most certainly not, but they are still solid titles.

What is the "inherent " proof of a game's goodness?  High score on metacritic?  That can be bought, we have proof from Gamespot's Kane & Lynch fiasco.

High user score on metacritic?  Maybe, but not everyone participates in metacritic.

I think sales are as good a measure of quality as anything else.  As for Rare, I have a soft spot for the company, but I admit they've lost it a bit.  The new piratey game looks kind of interesting, tho.