Metroid Prime 3 outsells Bioshock (with new more credible source)

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Kayanator on 03 September 2007

Here's a more credible source now reporting the news

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph%70-bin/column_index.%70hp?story=8740

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rocketpig on 03 September 2007

I would hardly call something "credible" when their sources are Amazon.com, Amazon.jp, and Amazon.co.uk.

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Lost tears of Kain on 03 September 2007

"in its first week of sales"
its not comparing bioshock first week to metroid?

i mean 400 k would be HUGE for metroid fans

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johnsobas on 03 September 2007

So Metroid outsells Bioshock this week, but that doesn't mean it will sell more than bioshock did last week.

currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

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johnsobas on 03 September 2007

ugh, amazon again...

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Cadence on 03 September 2007

This was already posted a few days ago, and it's one of the links in the other news article.

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Dolla Dolla on 03 September 2007

Holy christ.

Did you know the original article you linked to actually contained the link to the Gamasutra article?

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DonWii on 03 September 2007

Here is how it went down...

Gamasutra posted an article stating that Metroid bested Bioshock this past week. Bioshock was the previous number one seller, all platform sales.
From there, VGChartz has their info stating that Bioshock sold over 400,000 units during its first week.
From there, N4G used those numbers to claim them as concrete for Bioshockâ€™s first week.
From there, TehGamr quotes everyone else, and takes the Gamasutra wording as stating that Metroid bested Bioshockâ€™s first week sales.
Quite a mess indeed!