Shtinamin_ said:
bowserthedog said:
Its not a huge mistake to go cross gen with this title. Its not going to matter that much |
I fully agree, it won't be a huge mistake. Nintendo will be smart about their game releases. And they know their timetable for the next 4 years most likely. If it is a cross-gen then it will release with other 1st party Nintendo published/developed games, but it won't be seen as the dedicated launch title.
And I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Metroid does ok. It's not a system seller genre.
These are the 9 Metroid games that I can find with their respective units sold. | Metroid | 2.73M | | Metroid II: Return of Samus | 1.72M | | Super Metroid | 1.42M | | Metroid Fusion | 1.39M | | Metroid Prime | 2.84M | | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | 1.1M | | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | 1.31M | | Metroid Dread | 3.07M | | Metroid Prime Remastered | 1.09M |
In total of these 9 games, the Metroid series has sold 16.67M. The equivalence of 1.85M units sold per game. Which is on par with the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise. I expect Metroid Prime 4 to be selling around a maximum of 4M units. But I dont think it will be a console seller, not like the Zelda franchise, or the Mario franchise.
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I think though that it will sell some units just not nearly as many as Zelda. Its more of a niche but its got a hardcore following and the most recent game was the best selling Metroid game of them all. So that's progress. For example Fire Emblem is a more niche IP as well but i know someone who only buys nintendo consoles for it. So in a way it is indeed selling some systems the way Metroid does.
