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oni-link on 25 October 2010
Demotruk said:
darthdevidem01 said:
jarrod said:
Khuutra said:

The game was expected to break the 1.5-2 million barrier. It's failed to meet expectations, and that would qualify it as a flop.

Correction, it's a Mega Flop. 

;_;

Other M isn't a mega flop from a critical stand point, user reactions stand point or a commercial stand point.

Too Human is an example of a mega flop...

You phail.

I know many of you here harbour disdain for this game but we are on a sales site, don't go calling any game which disappoints sales wise a "mega flop"

An admirable defense of the phrase "mega flop". I am unable to disagree.


If you guys want to put it that way then; Other M mega flopped as hard as PS3 did this hardware cycle.  Instead of growing it's userbase Sony actually shrank it by nearly a 100 million units without any chance of recouping initial losses!!! NOW THAT'S A MEGA FLOP!!! Other M is going to be off with MP:C by only 300K-500K copies instead of nearly a 100 million units. 

 



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Beuli2 on 25 October 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
darkgemini said:

This is ridiculous... SMG got a sequel an dsold 3 Mio units more than sunshine, and you really think it is a flop? Looooool

And SMG2 don´t have any christmas sales yet.

But this is a metroid thread. I think the only people, who have too high expectations, are some users here :D

Rol has always been in denial over the immense success of SMG

It failed on selling Wiis



Above: still the best game of the year.

Khuutra on 25 October 2010

All right, damn it, let's get back to talking about Metroid: Other M. Wii series, Mario, and the PS3 need their own topics.



darthdevidem01 on 25 October 2010
oni-link said:
Demotruk said:
darthdevidem01 said:
jarrod said:
Khuutra said:

The game was expected to break the 1.5-2 million barrier. It's failed to meet expectations, and that would qualify it as a flop.

Correction, it's a Mega Flop. 

;_;

Other M isn't a mega flop from a critical stand point, user reactions stand point or a commercial stand point.

Too Human is an example of a mega flop...

You phail.

I know many of you here harbour disdain for this game but we are on a sales site, don't go calling any game which disappoints sales wise a "mega flop"

An admirable defense of the phrase "mega flop". I am unable to disagree.


If you guys want to put it that way then; Other M mega flopped as hard as PS3 did this hardware cycle.  Instead of growing it's userbase Sony actually shrank it by nearly a 100 million units without any chance of recouping initial losses!!! NOW THAT'S A MEGA FLOP!!! Other M is going to be off with MP:C by only 300K-500K copies instead of nearly a 100 million units. 

 

If you bring PS3 into this I will remove my support from your side of this argument!!!!

PS3 is my bitch, don't mess with it!

{PUNCHES}



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

oni-link on 25 October 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
oni-link said:
Demotruk said:
darthdevidem01 said:
jarrod said:
Khuutra said:

The game was expected to break the 1.5-2 million barrier. It's failed to meet expectations, and that would qualify it as a flop.

Correction, it's a Mega Flop. 

;_;

Other M isn't a mega flop from a critical stand point, user reactions stand point or a commercial stand point.

Too Human is an example of a mega flop...

You phail.

I know many of you here harbour disdain for this game but we are on a sales site, don't go calling any game which disappoints sales wise a "mega flop"

An admirable defense of the phrase "mega flop". I am unable to disagree.


If you guys want to put it that way then; Other M mega flopped as hard as PS3 did this hardware cycle.  Instead of growing it's userbase Sony actually shrank it by nearly a 100 million units without any chance of recouping initial losses!!! NOW THAT'S A MEGA FLOP!!! Other M is going to be off with MP:C by only 300K-500K copies instead of nearly a 100 million units. 

 

If you bring PS3 into this I will remove my support from your side of this argument!!!!

PS3 is my bitch, don't mess with it!

{PUNCHES}

 

Just trying to prove a point buddy...PS3 in a way is similar to Other M in which it did not outsell the previous gen/game!!!  If you consider Other M a flop one must consider ANY game, system, etc  that doesn't outsell it's predecessor as a mega flop.  N/E ways regardless of my feelings for PS3 (it's not my bitch) I will be picking one up this Xmas for it's 3D blu-ray capabilities.  I still coudn't find an exclusive  game that lures me on the system that X360 or Wii doesn't offer but the 3D BR is a bargain!!!



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xupaxupa on 27 October 2010

darkgemini & oni-link <- delusion alert, it has been going on for several pages



oni-link on 27 October 2010
xupaxupa said:

darkgemini & oni-link <- delusion alert, it has been going on for several pages


The only ones dilusional are ppl like you and those who think this game is a failure!!!  I'll be the first to admit sales could have been better.  But 510K units sales on 7 weeks of release is far from a disaster some are making it out to be!!!  Give it a year before making judgement, because at this point it's still not certain how this game will do in it's lifetime!!!  As I said before this will definetly hit 600K or more units on VGC by the end of Christmas and probably 700K-800K by August 2011.  I'm predicting around 900K-1.0M lifetime; maybe more if Nintendo releases a Player's Choice program.  Those numbers by any means is far from the exaggerated  failure people make this out to be!!! 



darkgemini on 27 October 2010

It´s useless, oni-link. Some people know the future because they have a crystal ball on their desk -.- And they don´t care, if a game makes a profit. A game is only successful, when they say it is ^^



Demotruk on 27 October 2010
darkgemini said:

It´s useless, oni-link. Some people know the future because they have a crystal ball on their desk -.- And they don´t care, if a game makes a profit. A game is only successful, when they say it is ^^


I know the future. I know the sun will come up tomorrow morning. I know there will be a US presidential election in 2012, and I know Metroid: Other M will not manage to exceed any of the main series Metroid titles.

The reasons have been outlined in this thread, game sales follow patterns that reflect the response of the public. It's already clear what pattern Metroid Other M is following, and the idea that it will suddenly hit an audience that loves it and sales break out is extremely unlikely at this point.



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

Khuutra on 27 October 2010
darkgemini said:

It´s useless, oni-link. Some people know the future because they have a crystal ball on their desk -.- And they don´t care, if a game makes a profit. A game is only successful, when they say it is ^^

A game is successful when it hits the metric for success that its producers set. Every indication is against Other M ever doing that.