Metroid Other M to sell atleast 1.5 - 2 million units? That’s exactly what Nintendo wants from the title.

In a recent video interview with Gamespot, president of NOA (Nintendo North America), Reggie Fils-Aime states that “Metroid is a key franchise, and in our view really since the Snes Metroid, we havent broken through in terms of 1.5 - 2 millions units. Thats our bar. Thats the scale that we look at to say on a global basis this is effective.”

Reggie goes on to say that Metroid Other M could be the Metroid title that goes on to break that mark with the game going more into the mythology of Samus. From the trailer and the direction they are going with the title we think that estimate may be a good one to have.

http://nintendodpad.com/Welcome/News/Entries/2009/6/11_Nintendo%3A_Metroid_Other_M_needs_to_break_1.5-2_million_copies_sold.html

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well they want this to be BIG!

That's actually just setting the bar right above MP3 which is a good bar to set, you have a more accessible title in the series, making it a bit more action based and looking awesome it could pull in 2 million easy.

This was the greatest announcement of E3 right here. I have been in love with the series since I was a little kid, but found the controls for MP3 frustrating and the gameplay getting stale.

This fresh look for Metroid is an auto buy. I am very hyped.

Misleading title. Makes it sound like the game needs to seel 1.5-2m to make a profit or something (though it doesnt say that).

Yup, they want to do better than MP3, which is normal.

They want to beat Super Metroid, a Snes game. Just like they beated Mario Kart on the same system

That's what I gathered from the title as well. "Need" implies a necessity, which in the case of sales would mean profitability. Which then made me wonder how large the budget for the game had to be.

But a goal is what they "want" to sell. Still nice to see though, as it should mean they'll strive to create another great Metroid. And in addition, they'll likely have to give it a bigger marketing campaign.

It will do better, certainly in Japan.

Yeah... the title is a bit misleading, repost it with a new title.

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