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IcaroRibeiro on 16 June 2021
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heavenmercenary01 said:
curl-6 said:

I am curious how this will sell; on the one hand Metroid is a pretty niche series with a history of low sales, but on the other it seems just about every first party game on Switch breaks franchise records. Honestly, I'd consider anything over 2 million a success for a Metroid title.

I am having the same concerns as you. Metroid didn't sell well even on popular devices such as DS and Wii. We can argue about the fact that switch is the system that managed to get together casual and hardcore gamers, so the game won't have the same issues with the fanbase as Prime3 did on the Wii or Hunters on the DS.
However, there's a double edged weapon over there which is the attraction towards Metroidvanias' that was generated by Hollow Knight. We might think that there's a BIG new consumer installbase of new comers to the genre to welcome Metroid DREAD. But THERE is where the problem lies. Hollow knight has become THE reference when talking about metroidvanias nowadays. It revived the genre and the most important thing about it all, is that it has a price tag nearing the 15€.

People will compare Dread to hollow knight and Ori no matter what, they'll see both more appealing, challenging and more importantly,CHEAPER than Dread, and then will refrain from buying it.
I am already sure that the sales won't be high just for those arguments that I listed.
Major buyers will be old fans of the series and it will be expected to hit the 2 Millions as a maximum.

In the other hand, i have no fears for Metroid Prime 4 to sell extremely well.There's hype behind it, people ask and love shooters, people love 3D games with vast environment. Hitting the old Zelda's milestone of 7Million copies will depend on how good the game will look.

 +Deadcells, and yes, they are cheaper. It's hard to argue that you like Metroidvanias you can enjoy a tons of cheaper (and good) options in the market 

I guess people aren't aware the force of Nintendo IPs is they are unique, or just much better than other options in the market. Even for Prime, I'm not sure if it's the case of breaking boundaries. Shooters is one of the most overused genres in other systems, so maybe it's hard to convince FPS fans to give a chance for a franchise they never played