Metroid Prime 3 sells 400,000 in first week

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"]Won't keep that for 2 weeks and Halo 3 will OWN IT! I see 1 to 2 million Halo 3 games in 1 DAY! Since Halo 3 has already outsold MP3 and it hasn't even been released. ;)Solid_Snake1221

I guess you don't realize 400,000 is really good for a metroid title :|

For that series yes, but Halo has gone gold on pre-sale.

So much for the argument that Wii owners don't buy hardcore games.GrlGmr

That's not bad, I was expecting a flop sales wise.solidsnakeEx3

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

kansasdude2009

Halo is casual? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Halo is anything but casual!

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake1221"]

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"]Won't keep that for 2 weeks and Halo 3 will OWN IT! I see 1 to 2 million Halo 3 games in 1 DAY! Since Halo 3 has already outsold MP3 and it hasn't even been released. ;)Unholy_Smite

I guess you don't realize 400,000 is really good for a metroid title :|

For that series yes, but Halo has gone gold on pre-sale.

But quality > quantity, and Metroid is quality. ;)

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]Isn't that more than MP2 in it's life span? :?....:oKrazy_duck

If I remember correctly, MP2 sold 500k

while MP1 sold a million.

No

Metroid Prime 2 sold 800,000 in the US alone and sold just over 1.2 million WW

Metroid Prime sold over 1.2 million in the US and just over 1.8 million WW

Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week a Prime title has ever had. Can someone say 2+ million seller WW?

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

Unholy_Smite

Halo is casual? :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Halo is anything but casual!

Halo IS casual and hardcore, kinda the same thing as Mario, you can play it and enjoy it being casual and hardcore, but metroid is extremely hardcore and that's why is a surprise that is selling so good.

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"][QUOTE="Solid_Snake1221"]

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"]Won't keep that for 2 weeks and Halo 3 will OWN IT! I see 1 to 2 million Halo 3 games in 1 DAY! Since Halo 3 has already outsold MP3 and it hasn't even been released. ;)SuperMario_46

I guess you don't realize 400,000 is really good for a metroid title :|

For that series yes, but Halo has gone gold on pre-sale.

But quality > quantity, and Metroid is quality. ;)

To you! Halo > MP to me!

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake1221"]

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"]Won't keep that for 2 weeks and Halo 3 will OWN IT! I see 1 to 2 million Halo 3 games in 1 DAY! Since Halo 3 has already outsold MP3 and it hasn't even been released. ;)Unholy_Smite

I guess you don't realize 400,000 is really good for a metroid title :|

For that series yes, but Halo has gone gold on pre-sale.

This thread isn't about Halo, so just drop it. :|

And I'm not saying that as a jealous sheep, as I own all 3 consoles.

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

Unholy_Smite

Halo is casual? :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Halo is anything but casual!

The preorders alone show it has casual appeal. Halo is a lot like GTA, in the fact that both casuals and 'hardcore' gamers buy it.

To you! Halo > MP to me!

Unholy_Smite

I respect that, everyone has his own opinion ;)

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

Unholy_Smite

Halo is casual? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Halo is anything but casual!

Mainstream is a better word.

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

Unholy_Smite

Halo is casual? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Halo is anything but casual!

lol, uhu. Because 6+ million hardcore gamers in the US buy the title right? I love Halo, I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!! For Halo 3 so that I can finish this story! But Halo is casual... period

[QUOTE="plat1num913"]halo 3 is going to sell 400,000 in 10 minutes lolRunningflame570

You are of course aware thats pretty much statistically impossible, right?

In its first week of sales, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption sold 400,000 copies, knocking Bioshock (PC and 360) out of its first place position.OregonTrailing

Big whoop. Halo 3 will sell more than that in a day.

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"][QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

solidsnakeEx3

Halo is casual? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Halo is anything but casual!

Mainstream is a better word.

not really. Everyone calls Wii Sports casual... when it's actually "mainstream". Either way... it doesn't matter. Halo is casual, Smash is causal... basically anything that sells well on a console is casual.

[QUOTE="OregonTrailing"]In its first week of sales, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption sold 400,000 copies, knocking Bioshock (PC and 360) out of its first place position.ChiefFreeman

Big whoop. Halo 3 will sell more than that in a day.

Once again, 400,000 is really good for Metroid. :|

[QUOTE="OregonTrailing"]In its first week of sales, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption sold 400,000copies, knocking Bioshock (PC and 360) out of its first place position.ChiefFreeman

Big whoop. Halo 3 will sell more than that in a day.

Big deal, sales do not determinate a game's quality.

[QUOTE="solidsnakeEx3"][QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"][QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

Why are people comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 is the most "casual" title on the 360, obviously its going to sell more than Metroid Prime 3.

On the other hand, Metroid Prime 3 sold more on Wii than Bioshock did on 360 in it's first week with half the American Userbase.

Also, comparing with other Prime games, Metroid Prime 3 has had the best first week sales in its series. This is GREAT news because Nintendo considers this to be their hardest of hardcore titles... which it is.

kansasdude2009

Halo is casual? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Halo is anything but casual!

Mainstream is a better word.

not really. Everyone calls Wii Sports casual... when it's actually "mainstream". Either way... it doesn't matter. Halo is casual, Smash is causal... basically anything that sells well on a console is casual.

When I think of casual I think of the gamer's gaming style. Just because a game sells well doesn't mean its casual. In short, mainstream refers to popularity, casual does not.

400 k in a week with over 11 mill owners i dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing

plat1num913

Compared to GT3 probably not, but compared to most games heck yes. Of course GT3 was a freakish success.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake1221"]

[QUOTE="Unholy_Smite"]Won't keep that for 2 weeks and Halo 3 will OWN IT! I see 1 to 2 million Halo 3 games in 1 DAY! Since Halo 3 has already outsold MP3 and it hasn't even been released. ;)Unholy_Smite

I guess you don't realize 400,000 is really good for a metroid title :|

For that series yes, but Halo has gone gold on pre-sale.

Platinum*

[QUOTE="OregonTrailing"]In its first week of sales, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption sold 400,000 copies, knocking Bioshock (PC and 360) out of its first place position.ChiefFreeman

Big whoop. Halo 3 will sell more than that in a day.

Why are people bringing up Halo like anyone cares...We get it; every twelve year old and frat boy will pick up Halo the day it is release...good for them

Bioshock was in it's second week, so it sold less. But that's still great.manningbowl135

Bioshock for 360 sold 408,000 units its first week. Metroid Prime 3 sold over 400,000. They are about equal.

Oh my god, the Halo fanboys need to lay off.

This has nothing to do with Halo... no one ever said "THIS IS GONNA PWN HALO!"

This is just really good sales for a Metroid game.

Twilight Princess did well, RE 4 did well and this game is off to a great start hopefully it continues to do well. And Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl should also do well. If they do, it's great news because it will show developers that more than just non-gamers/super-casuals buy the Wii and maybe we'll see more focus on making more hardcore type games.

Yeah no wonder, Wii ownes have been starving for good games since launch after they completed zelda TP. Now they need wait another 6months or a year for next good game.aroxx_ab

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]Bioshock was in it's second week, so it sold less. But that's still great.kansasdude2009

Bioshock for 360 sold 408,000 units its first week. Metroid Prime 3 sold over 400,000. They are about equal.

I thought it was 408,000 for PC AND 360.

Oh my god, the Halo fanboys need to lay off.

This has nothing to do with Halo... no one ever said "THIS IS GONNA PWN HALO!"

This is just really good sales for a Metroid game.

Homesrfan

If Halo 3 is anything like Halo 2, I feel confident in saying MP 3 is the better game. :)

Oh my god, the Halo fanboys need to lay off.

This has nothing to do with Halo... no one ever said "THIS IS GONNA PWN HALO!"

This is just really good sales for a Metroid game.

Homesrfan

100% agree. The Halo fanboys need to leave this alone.

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

not really. Everyone calls Wii Sports casual... when it's actually "mainstream". Either way... it doesn't matter. Halo is casual, Smash is causal... basically anything that sells well on a console is casual.

solidsnakeEx3

When I think of casual I think of the gamer's gaming style. Just because a game sells well doesn't mean its casual. In short, mainstream refers to popularity, casual does not.

ok, I get what your saying. I just see so many people call Smash Bros. casual and Mario casual because they sell well, so I'm basically going off of that. But ok... Halo 3 is WAY more mainstream than Metroid is... EASILY! Thus the 400,000 beating out Bioshock in it's first weeks sales is IMPRESSIVE! Especially for a machine that everyone dubs casual trash.

Yeah no wonder, Wii owners have been starving for good games since launch after they completed zelda TP. Now they need wait another 6months or a year for next good game.aroxx_ab

No we are not, after Zelda we had Trauma center, Super Paper mario, Excite truck, Wario ware, Rayman and RE4, so we dont have to wait, unlike others...

just to put this in perspective guys... there are 4 million Wii's in america. over 400,000 bought Metroid Prime 3 in it's first week. That is 1/10th of the people who own Wii's. How many will end up selling? Over a million, easily... and that would be 1/4th of all American Wii's

THAT is big!

just to put this in perspective guys... there are 4 million Wii's in america. over 400,000 bought Metroid Prime 3 in it's first week. That is 1/10th of the people who own Wii's. How many will end up selling? Over a million, easily... and that would be 1/4th of all American Wii's

THAT is big!

kansasdude2009

where r u from in kansas? im from kansas as well

[QUOTE="aroxx_ab"]Yeah no wonder, Wii owners have been starving for good games since launch after they completed zelda TP. Now they need wait another 6months or a year for next good game.SuperMario_46

No we are not, after Zelda we had Trauma center, Super Paper mario, Excite truck, Wario ware, Rayman and RE4, so we dont have to wait, unlike others...

there is a wait with every console. Before MP3 I was waiting for a month... luckily I had God of War II and VC titles! :D But I was also waiting for Bioshock. EVERYONE has to wait. Games don't just appear every week.

[QUOTE="GrlGmr"]So much for the argument that Wii owners don't buy hardcore games.Nike_Air

Which is a stupid argument because beyond RE 4 there isn't a hardcore third party title worth giving a damn about. Red Steel? Sonic and the Secret Rings?:lol: Though to be fair, despite the quality of those games, they didn't sell that bad. Regardless, maybe if third parties would actually put some effort into the games they'd sell better. I think sales of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Bully, No More Heroes, Nights: Journey of Dreams, etc.will be a better indicator. Though I think the jury is out on Nights actually being worth it.

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

just to put this in perspective guys... there are 4 million Wii's in america. over 400,000 bought Metroid Prime 3 in it's first week. That is 1/10th of the people who own Wii's. How many will end up selling? Over a million, easily... and that would be 1/4th of all American Wii's

THAT is big!

rkay36

where r u from in kansas? im from kansas as well

OT :P

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]

[QUOTE="GrlGmr"]So much for the argument that Wii owners don't buy hardcore games.Gamer46

Which is a stupid argument because beyond RE 4 there isn't a hardcore third party title worth giving a damn about. Red Steel? Sonic and the Secret Rings?:lol: Though to be fair, despite the quality of those games, they didn't sell that bad. Regardless, maybe if third parties would actually put some effort into the games they'd sell better. I think sales of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Bully, No More Heroes, Nights: Journey of Dreams, etc.will be a better indicator. Though I think the jury is out on Nights actually being worth it.

I just know NMH will be just like Killer7. Mediocore reviews and bad sales but still an absolutely magnificent game with a cult following.

[QUOTE="SuperMario_46"]

[QUOTE="aroxx_ab"]Yeah no wonder, Wii owners have been starving for good games since launch after they completed zelda TP. Now they need wait another 6months or a year for next good game.kansasdude2009

No we are not, after Zelda we had Trauma center, Super Paper mario, Excite truck, Wario ware, Rayman and RE4, so we dont have to wait, unlike others...

there is a wait with every console. Before MP3 I was waiting for a month... luckily I had God of War II and VC titles! :D But I was also waiting for Bioshock. EVERYONE has to wait. Games don't just appear every week.

I know, but he just said it in a way that....Forget it :P

[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]

[QUOTE="GrlGmr"]So much for the argument that Wii owners don't buy hardcore games.Gamer46

Which is a stupid argument because beyond RE 4 there isn't a hardcore third party title worth giving a damn about. Red Steel? Sonic and the Secret Rings?:lol: Though to be fair, despite the quality of those games, they didn't sell that bad. Regardless, maybe if third parties would actually put some effort into the games they'd sell better. I think sales of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Bully, No More Heroes, Nights: Journey of Dreams, etc.will be a better indicator. Though I think the jury is out on Nights actually being worth it.

i actually liked sonic and the secret rings it felt like the old sonics but 3D

[QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

just to put this in perspective guys... there are 4 million Wii's in america. over 400,000 bought Metroid Prime 3 in it's first week. That is 1/10th of the people who own Wii's. How many will end up selling? Over a million, easily... and that would be 1/4th of all American Wii's

THAT is big!

rkay36

where r u from in kansas? im from kansas as well

off topic - I was from McPherson, Kansas. It's pretty small. I now live in Michigan and I visit Olathe and Kansas City for family.

On Topic - Just to put another thing out there - Zelda TP has sold over 2 million in the US. Does this mean that 1/2 of all Wii owners own Twilight Princess? Is the Wii population only filled with grandmas and soccer moms? haha... nope. This is why RE4 sold 300,000 more than expected for Capcom.

If anything... this should be good news to all those people saying "Wii is destroying GAMING!!"

[QUOTE="rkay36"][QUOTE="kansasdude2009"]

just to put this in perspective guys... there are 4 million Wii's in america. over 400,000 bought Metroid Prime 3 in it's first week. That is 1/10th of the people who own Wii's. How many will end up selling? Over a million, easily... and that would be 1/4th of all American Wii's

THAT is big!

kansasdude2009

where r u from in kansas? im from kansas as well

On Topic - Just to put another thing out there - Zelda TP has sold over 2 million in the US. Does this mean that 1/2 of all Wii owners own Twilight Princess? Is the Wii population only filled with grandmas and soccer moms? haha... nope. This is why RE4 sold 300,000 more than expected for Capcom.

If anything... this should be good news to all those people saying "Wii is destroying GAMING!!"

I'll love to see my grandma playing RE4: "Take that you ganado piece of s****" :lol:

Yeah no wonder, Wii owners have been starving for good games since launch after they completed zelda TP. Now they need wait another 6months or a year for next good game.aroxx_ab

Actually, Super Paper Mario, RE 4: Wii Edition and Mario Strikers, all good games came out in the months before MP 3. Wii hasn't had as bad a start as some think. It could've been better, but it also could've been worse. 360's first year wasn't that much better than Wii's or PS3's.

when is this coming to eusolidgamer

October 26

oh, and sorry people but i'm on a roll here. Red Steel sold over a million world wide. I know... it sucks, but the point is, who is buying these games? Its not little girls who play Wii Sports every afternoon.

Halo 3 has Sold 1.1 million copies, and the game is still being made in factories.

What are you trying to prove? Sales don't make the game any better.

lafigueroa

Really, I wasn't trying to "prove" anything. I just though people would like to hear the news.

But it does help show that non-casual games sell well on the Wii.