400k launch
800k end of Sept.

420 k at launch
950 k end of september
1.6 Million end of Year

First of all lumping Metroid with Mario, Smash Bros., Halo or any other huge seller is ridiculous. This is a good seller but not even close to any of those at all anywhere.

1st week- 135,000
End of September- 350,000

This game has a shot at 1 million by year's end but not too much more.

Edit: Also enough with the BS about game sites being biased against the Wii.... Metroid Prime is gonna insanely high reviews just as Zelda did.

Can I get your 360 gamertag by any chance?

Why? Need a friend or want to take some frustration out on me in some online play?

Metroid Prime sold nearly 3 Million copies on the remarkably unpopular Gamecube and (as I said before) Metroid Prime 2 was released directly against the toughest competition I have seen any game face; How many games could compete against Half Life 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3, World of Warcraft and Halo 2 and still break 1 Million copies sold?

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	Metroid Prime	Nintendo	0.12	1.92	0.73	2.77
	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Nintendo	0.07	0.82	0.37	1.26
Totals (2 matches)

A couple of months before the release of Metroid Prim (September 2002) the Gamecube only shipped 6.69 Million consoles worldwide and 3.22 Million consoles in North America; this means that the Wii will have sold more hardware by the time Metroid Prime 3 is released than they had sold of Gamecube hardware when Metroid Prime was released.

On top of that the Metroid Prime games have a history of high quality and it is likely that Metroid Prime 3 will retain that quality.

Title	Plat	Company	Reviews	Avg. Vote	Avg Score
1. Metroid Prime	GC	Nintendo	93	8.8	96.3%
2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	GC	Nintendo	75	8.7	92.2%

(With the exception of Madden) It will be the top selling game in North America in August and Will have sold 1 Million copies by the time Black Friday comes along; it will also sell a lot of copies at christmas when Nintendo fans pick it (and Zelda) up along side Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros.

This is definitely a million seller before the end of the year.

1st week- 185k
End of September- 500k

250 k Launch

650 k end of month

2 million end of year

Hey there's potential there for those kind of sales.

I don't think MP2's sales are a good comparison to MP3. As squirrel has noted it was released near the back of one of the biggest holiday lineups ever. It also lacked the revolutionary feel and hype of Metroid Prime while suffering from severe sequelitis. Not to mention the Gamecube was still a contender in 2002 but by 2004 all but the most ardent Nintendo fanboys were gaming elsewhere (I was moving to PC gaming at the time and generally played my Xbox if I played a console).

MP3 could be said to be in a better spot than both MP1&2. It stacks up more closely with Metroid Prime on revolutionary feel, hype, and general vitality of its console while having an install base more similar to the size of MP2 (at the end of the year at least). The only negative is it's being released in another mega holiday season but this time it's releasing first. Unlike MP2 where everyone, including me, was too busy playing Halo 2 when MP2 came out, now gamers waiting to get their Halo on will have a month they could be playing MP3 beforehand.

Anyhow, my guestimates are
1st week- 300-350k
year end- 1,000-1,200k (at least 2,500k lifetime)