| curl-6 said: Imagine if Dread beat Prime's record as best selling Metroid game after nearly 20 years, only to then be dethroned by Prime Remastered less than 2 years later lmao |
Ha it could happen. Dread deserved more sales, but honestly being a 2D game they should have priced it at $40, or at the very least they should have dropped the price last year once sales had I'm sure plateaued. It was totally worth $60 as its better than many good huge AAA 3D games, but 2D makes people think 'smaller less expensive' game, and I bet a lot more people would have picked it up with all the rave reviews it got if it was priced closer to the slew of cheaper 2D games that people are used to.
Meanwhile Prime Remastered is a granted very old but completely redone gorgeous modern looking 3D game for only $40 so yeah I wouldn't be surprised if it outsells Dread.
Nintendo is so weird with their pricing. DK port that actually costs more than it originally cost on WiiU, Z:SS selling at $60 even though its like the one unpopular 3D Zelda, Dread a 2D game sells at $60 in a series that has always been a fairly small seller when very likely a lot more people would pick it up if it was cheaper, Prime Remastered they completely redo the graphics putting in tons of work and only sell at $40, Z:LA priced at $60 and granted is a gorgeous remaster but it's a remake of a GB game so most people who wanted it got it in the first 10 days and they absolutely should have dropped the price to $30 after a while which would have breathed new life into its sales. I feel like they should be more conscious of this. There are games that have no legs and its silly to not allow a bunch more people to buy the game (thus giving Nintendo more money) by dropping the price, and 2D games are generally perceived as being cheaper so same goes with Dread.
Anyway, great for the Metroid series if Dread and Prime Remastered both sets new records for the series. Hopefully Prime 4 will easily go over 5 million.
