[QUOTE="okthenbye1"][QUOTE="StephenKing_1"][QUOTE="Blackbond"][QUOTE="StephenKing_1"] Metroid Prime was overrated IMO, and it seems the general public agrees.
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StephenKing_1
The general public who has never played it and thinks its overrated. Oh my. Here I was seeing all of these amazing reviews, GOTY awards, #3 at Gamerankings and here I was thinking it was a good game. But now you've shown me its overrated because people who haven't played it called it so :roll:
If i'm wrong, and Metroid Prime was such an amazing game, then why did less than half of the people who bought the first one purchase Echoes? Halo 2 outsold Halo:CE. San Andreas outsold Vice City.
Apparently the greatness of Prime faded fast.
Prime 2 sold far less because of the image Gamecube had, at the beginning of the generation GC was far less of a kiddy console but by the end it was a very kiddy console. Therefore adults lost interest in the GC and the GC's main market became children, hence an adult game like Prime 2 Echoes suffered in sales because it did not appeal to children who amde up the majority of GC's fanbase by the end of the generation.You can't be serious. The Gamecube was, and has always been considered a "kiddy" console. Luigi's mansion sold better than Prime. Pikmin and Animal Crossing sold almost as much. Nintendo has never made a console that wasn't considered "kiddy," including the Wii.
The difference is, at the beginning of the generation the kiddy image wasn't as bad because GC had games like Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness etc. But towards the end of the generation it had very few adult games, therefore any adult fanbase the GC had disappeared quickly as the kiddy image was really bad then/
You've been owned kiddo. Try not to cry too hard over it.Â
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