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Sales Data Metroid Prime Remastered is the top selling game on Amazon and the Nintendo eShop

Samus kickin' the ass of the terf game. Thank you mama.

Also if it stays #1 on the eShop chart for more days, and moreso, if it stays charting for awhile, we might have a good idea of how well it's doing.

For the record, was Dread #1 at launch and subsequent days?
 
Weebos said:
I hope this blows Nintendo's expectations out of the water, Metroid deserves some big wins.
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I'm quite frankly expecting them to come and say that the first quarter shipped+digital sales was what they expected for its lifetime sales.
I mean, it was a good strategy, but by not giving this remaster an actual hype cycle they risked A LOT, so they definitely aren't expecting big numbers for it - big as in Metroid Dread numbers, that they revealed 3.5 months in advance, released alongside a Switch revision, released multiple trailers, treehouse gameplay, changed the profile pic and promoted big.
It's doing better than I expected already tbh lol. A Nintendo AAA game for 40 bucks is a hard deal not to get in tho.
Nintendo really could push it harder after the surprise launch tho. Like, release a blowout trailer for newcomers in the series. Put a sticker with "Metacritic Must Buy 95 Universal Acclaim" like TotK, Splatoon 3 and Bayo 3 has for TGA winning on the eShop.
Also change the damn profile pic of everywhere to Samus like you did with Dread, cowards.
karmitt said:
Hope so too. I have a sinking suspicion that even at $40 it’s going to fall perhaps only slightly above Dread, the 4-5 million range. Wonder if that’s good enough?
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That's way more than good enough. And I mean, it DEFINITELY is.
Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon was the break out hit for the franchise, and it did 6M after awhiiiiiiile on the 3DS. And it was 39,99.
The Fire Emblem games on the 3DS did 2-3M and were huge enough hits that secured FE for eternity lol. Idk why people act like it would be different with Metroid, like Dread sold 3M which is something literally no 60$ metroidvania would dream to sell.
AAA+ games(as in budget big enough to enter the most expensive games list before everything started to cost that much) were considered great successes by their publishers selling 5M(Tomb Raider I know that for sure).
We got so used to 10M+ selling games of Nintendo biggest franchises that we forgot that this isn't any game needs to break even nor is something anybody expects from any game lol.
Like, the range Metroid Dread, Fire Emblem Switch entries and Kirby have been selling is about the same that even Zelda used to sell before BotW excluding only NES Zelda, OoT and TP. (Metroid Prime was like the 5th best selling GCN game or something too iirc?).
I'm sure Nintendo is happy with anything that isn't like failing to hit 1M like Prime 3 and Other M did(even tho both ended up passing that mark after some time).
I'll be jumping in joy if MPR gets to 3-5M tho!! Really hope the price point and sales make it go through the roof.
Metroid Prime 4 tho I totally see being 5M or more, mainly if it's cross gen.
Earthbounder said:
Metroid 6 had better be cooking as we speak.
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It most definitely is!! Metroid Dread was a success and clearly a tent pole and important release for Nintendo in 2021.
Would expect it for 2025. But it can even be holiday 2024 if somehow Prime 4 ends up being holiday 2023 instead of 2024.
 
Marce-chan said:
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That's way more than good enough. And I mean, it DEFINITELY is.
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Then perhaps my estimate is way off haha. I just assumed if Dread could hit over 3 million, that this game could hit 4. It’s a pretty good showcase title for the system, and I suspect first person has a much broader appeal than 2D does these days.
 
fourfourfun said:
Uh would this physical print sell out never to return? Because I'll grab it now if so.
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I don’t believe this is a limited edition type of thing. They never indicated as much. I just assumed the later physical launch was necessary in order for them to actually shadow drop the title.
 
karmitt said:
Then perhaps my estimate is way off haha. I just assumed if Dread could hit over 3 million, that this game could hit 4. It’s a pretty good showcase title for the system, and I suspect first person has a much broader appeal than 2D does these days.
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Yeah you're right!
I mean, if it was announced 4 months in advance like Dread I'd be dead certain it would outsell Dread like in the first quarter.
But it being a shadowdrop has let me a bit worried about how much it'll sell. I think it can definitely reach these heights on the long run. Being the cheapest Nintendo game available and the great WoM is gonna make it have good legs I feel.
 
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This is very deserved. Metroid deserves all the love. A truly GOAT video game franchise that has been criminally overlooked throughout its long lifetime.
 
karmitt said:
I don’t believe this is a limited edition type of thing. They never indicated as much. I just assumed the later physical launch was necessary in order for them to actually shadow drop the title.
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Thinking in the same way Xenoblade 2 got really hard to find and very expensive for a while.
 
I'm holding out for the physical version. Preordered it on bestbuy because they have been better at release date delivery than Amazon. Even with Amazon prime, I've been burned too many times with release day deliveries falling through.
 
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Yep, I went with physical copy and just pre ordered.
The quality of the work and the low price made me jump the gun. I wasn't going to get it, but I want to support this move. And maybe I will be able to have my kid play it.
 

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I find the monthly and yearly charts Amazon charts a bit more helpful. In those, Prime is 5th and 26th respectively, albeit the latter is going to be skewed because it's so early in the year. It's useful to compare those results to other Nintendo/Switch games on the same charts, and you can get a bit of relative performance. Like back in 2021, you could see Dread ended up getting ahead of Pokemon Snap in the yearly chart by like 10 spots or so, sure enough it outsold Pokemon Snap by a fair amount that year.

Like if it caught up to Engage on the yearly charts you could expect it's probably selling very well, given that Engage is probably have a pretty big launch. Unfortunately Prime is sold out now so we probably won't see that unless there is a restock soon.
 
Instro said:
Unfortunately Prime is sold out now so we probably won't see that unless there is a restock soon.
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Technically speaking it's not even stocked in the first place.

I anticipate an unusually high digital split for due to the staggered release. I'm just gonna wait the three months instead of ballparking based on charts, personally. It's a weird release.
 
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Deserved. Constantly stopping to just look at it. 60fps and AA on Switch? No regrets buying Day 1. Will happily pay 60 for 2&3 if they include the multiplayer.
 
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Smart move to release the physical version some weeks later. Nintendo knows after Dread that sales are limited to the Metroid fans and with this approach a lot will double dip.
 
Intoxicate said:
Smart move to release the physical version some weeks later. Nintendo knows after Dread that sales are limited to the Metroid fans and with this approach a lot will double dip.
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I think it has more to do with logistics, I hope this cynical take wasn't the main driving force behind this decision...
 
Herb Alpert said:
I think it has more to do with logistics, I hope this cynical take wasn't the main driving force behind this decision...
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I don't think many people would double dip, just because they can't wait a few days. That would be the most hardcore of the hardcore fans in that case.
 
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kimbo99 said:
Japan not doing their part as per.
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Yeah, Metroid is so niche there
After the Direct aired and Nintendo Japan tweeted individually about the games and Prime numbers were really pathetic compared to the likes of Splatoon 3 expansion, TotK or even Pikmin 4.
I think it might be the weakest long running Nintendo series in Japan.
 
Kaka said:
Yeah, Metroid is so niche there
After the Direct aired and Nintendo Japan tweeted individually about the games and Prime numbers were really pathetic compared to the likes of Splatoon 3 expansion, TotK or even Pikmin 4.
I think it might be the weakest long running Nintendo series in Japan.
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Depends what you mean by long running; Advance Wars skipped a gen obviously, but it's not even getting a release in Japan, it's such a weak series there.
 
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Marce-chan said:
The Fire Emblem games on the 3DS did 2-3M and were huge enough hits that secured FE for eternity lol. Idk why people act like it would be different with Metroid, like Dread sold 3M which is something literally no 60$ metroidvania would dream to sell.
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To be fair, Awakening revitalised the series in what was literally a last chance, but what really secured Fire Emblem was Heroes securing a billion dollars in players spending on gacha.
 
Intoxicate said:
Smart move to release the physical version some weeks later. Nintendo knows after Dread that sales are limited to the Metroid fans and with this approach a lot will double dip.
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This post doesnt make a lot of sense when Dread is litereally the best selling Metroid game yet.
Its Digital first because that the only option when you wanna do a shadow drop during a Direct, no rocket science.
 
Glad to hear that, hopefully Echoes & Corruption Remastered are no-brainers at this point and we eventually have them, even if Prime 4 comes before.
 
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karmitt said:
Then perhaps my estimate is way off haha. I just assumed if Dread could hit over 3 million, that this game could hit 4. It’s a pretty good showcase title for the system, and I suspect first person has a much broader appeal than 2D does these days.
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thats slightly reductive. 3D has different facetes to it, and First Person is more a perspective that appeales to the US. To that the First Person is sometimes hit or miss if its not an FPS action oriented game or an bethesda rpg.
Im confident, that 2D metroid has a bigger appeal in Japan compared to First Person Metroid.
 
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Linkstrikesback said:
Depends what you mean by long running; Advance Wars skipped a gen obviously, but it's not even getting a release in Japan, it's such a weak series there.
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Being a Metroid fan = pain

Being a Metroid and Advance Wars fan = triple the pain
 
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Nintendo will also likely get a double dip effect from fans who bought digitally then buy physical again. The $40 pricing makes sense it makes that choice much easier than if it was $60.
 
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I've no doubt that plenty of fans will double dip, but I doubt that's the driving force here behind launching it early.

Instead, the play seems to be based around Word of Mouth. Get the game into the hands of digital users, influencers and gaming outlets. Then let positive word of mouth build over the course of 2-3 weeks. Then launch the physical version for people who've heard all the positive chatter at a nice price geared towards impulse buying.

Voìla, you got yourself an easy way to let your fanbase do your marketing for you.
 
Metal Gear Miyamoto said:
I've no doubt that plenty of fans will double dip, but I doubt that's the driving force here behind launching it early.

Instead, the play seems to be based around Word of Mouth. Get the game into the hands of digital users, influencers and gaming outlets. Then let positive word of mouth build over the course of 2-3 weeks. Then launch the physical version for people who've heard all the positive chatter at a nice price geared towards impulse buying.

Voìla, you got yourself an easy way to let your fanbase do your marketing for you.
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Yeah. I doubt there are even half a million active metroid fans. Probably closer to 200k or 300k people. Imagine thinking there are 2 or 3 million?

Word of mouth will play strongly into the game.
 
Phantom Thief said:
Prime 3 sold 1.3 million, Prime 2 sold 1.1 million.

It's not like the series is a total bomb lol.
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I'm not saying that Prime 2 and 3 sold bad. I'm saying that for a "remaster" to sell around the same amount as the last two main Prime entries would be solid.
 
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I really hope this reaches 5 million, I know that's quite unlikely but we know what good word of mouth can do.
 
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Prime 2 and 3 weren’t bombs, but I’d be surprised if Nintendo didn’t see both games as huge under-performers.

Prime 3, in particular, really should have sold better than it did, considering the platform it launched on. Wii was still pretty popular with “core” gamers or whatever when it released in August, 2007.
 
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