One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

[Snoorlax]

PwerlvlAmy said:

Snoorlax said:

I know that lots of fans agree with your statement.

To you i have to say, don't whine when Ninty stops doing Metroid.

wont be anyones fault but Nintendo for putting it on a dying handheld instead of the Switch though,so. 

Yes because by your logic: If Prime 4 releases in the final years of Switch nobody should buy it because Nintendo should've released it on their next platform and it's Nintendo's fault for the game underperforming. Honestly out of all the excuses this is the worst one yet.

PAOerfulone said:

Ok, I’m sorry, but I have to say something: I find all the Switch port begging for this title and bitterness over this game’s performance is really petty and pathetic.
We got a full blown, 2D Metroid remake (for $40 instead of $60) on a platform that was still performing well and that most, if not all Nintendo fans have. In addition, the game was announced alongside Metroid Prime 4 for the Switch. Most importanlty, the game itself turned out to be great. I bought it, played it, and enjoyed it very much and am looking forward to Prime 4.

So,
+ It was a great game.
+ It’s something fans wanted.
+ It showed that Nintendo is still supporting the series.

It literally had everything a Metroid fan could have possibly wanted at that time following 7 years of nothing in between besides Federation Force. And yet some fans didn’t buy it because:
- It’s on the 3DS... A respectfully solid system with a good install base and a great library of games that is still selling well for a system that is currently in its 8th year and its successor has already been out for a year and a half.
- Because you wanted a Metroid game on the Switch.... When you already know that you’re going to get a (bigger, greater, far more ambitious) Metroid game

I’m sorry, but you guys get no sympathy from me this time. If some of you are still not going to buy a genuine, 2D Metroid game after all that, then I’m beginning to think that maybe Nintendo is not the problem.

That's the kind of attitude you can expect from the Metroid fanbase, they ALWAYS have a legitimate excuse as to why Metroid doesn't sell well. Much like PwerlvlAmy's response it's always arguments that make next to no sense at all.

- It's not Super

- It's not Prime

- It's not AM2R

- It's not for Switch < It's not for Wii U, PC nor PS4 either still for a system that has a 60m+ userbase below 1m sales is just abysmall

- It's low budget < It's still Metroid

- It's a remake < A remake of a game no one remembers let alone played, in fact, this game is basically an entirely new game and it's a great at that . God, this one annoys me so much. 

Just like the rest, I used to think Nintendo hated Metroid but i've came to realize that Nintendo is the pretty much the only reason Metroid is still around and not because of the fans. Had this been any other Nintendo series it would have been canned a long time ago and nobody at Nintendo would have cared for it but since Metroid has been so influential Nintendo tries to capitalize off it but it fails with every entry. All fans do online it bitch and whine and bash their own favorite series instead of supporting it. Nintendo has never been the problem when it comes to Metroid.

Nintendo gave us Metroid on NES which sold well, in return we got Super which underperformed. 

They gave us Prime which sold well, in return they gave us 2 sequels (3 if you count Hunters) and Prime Trilogy, guess what all of them underperformed.

I honestly hope Nintendo makes Metroid reach a wider and more casual audience much like Zelda and Fire Emblem because Metroid is really not going anywhere especially not when it's worst enemy is it's own fanbase.

Last edited by Snoorlax - on 28 September 2018