So.............did Metroid Prime 3 sell well?

Check out this list. Who's number 1?

http://www.vgchartz.com/aweekly.php

Yup! Number one with over 400,000 units!!!! Woohoo for the best game EVER!!!Darth-Samus

From where did you get that number?

Yup! Number one with over 400,000 units!!!! Woohoo for the best game EVER!!!Darth-Samus

Not that many but yes, it's selling well.

It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

Jaysonguy

What are you talking about? Prime 3 followed the same formula as Prime 1 + 2.

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It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

Rocky32189

What are you talking about? Prime 3 followed the same formula as Prime 1 + 2.

The same underlining formula but with less harsh backtracking and curved difficulty.

[QUOTE="Darth-Samus"]Yup! Number one with over 400,000 units!!!! Woohoo for the best game EVER!!!bob_newman

From where did you get that number?

Well I can only assume that the list you have is from an incomplete week. I researched two days ago how it sold and found about four sites that cited it's total sales at over 400,000 units so far. They never gave a specific number but every single site said "over 400,000 units". Good numbers!! Can't argue with that!

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

Rocky32189

What are you talking about? Prime 3 followed the same formula as Prime 1 + 2.

No it didn't

It's back on track with the gameplay and story like Prime 1. Nintendo has done a good job of getting through to the fans that they were not happy with the direction of the series and they knew the fans shared the same thoughts by the lowered sales going from Prime 1 to Prime 2.

Nintendo promised a new direction all year long even having Reggie go on TV to give his case on why the people who left the franchise should come back and why new ones should come aboard this time. They made a year long campaign that wasn't tied to Prime 2 in any way.

After a year of promises Nintendo came through and it shows. Fans who left after 1 are finally coming back and new fans are showing up making impact sales in this first week.

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

Jaysonguy

What are you talking about? Prime 3 followed the same formula as Prime 1 + 2.

No it didn't

It's back on track with the gameplay and story like Prime 1. Nintendo has done a good job of getting through to the fans that they were not happy with the direction of the series and they knew the fans shared the same thoughts by the lowered sales going from Prime 1 to Prime 2.

Nintendo promised a new direction all year long even having Reggie go on TV to give his case on why the people who left the franchise should come back and why new ones should come aboard this time. They made a year long campaign that wasn't tied to Prime 2 in any way.

After a year of promises Nintendo came through and it shows. Fans who left after 1 are finally coming back and new fans are showing up making impact sales in this first week.

The gameplay is the same with new controls. Prime 3 starts where Prime 2 leaves off so the story is the same as well. All they've done is added voice acting, made some small tweaks, and made backtracking less tiresome. Prime 1 and 2 were both brilliant games, and didn't need to have the formula changed, and thankfully is wasn't.

You've said many times that you've never played Prime 1 or 2 so you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

[QUOTE="Darth-Samus"]Yup! Number one with over 400,000 units!!!! Woohoo for the best game EVER!!!bob_newman

From where did you get that number?

The gameplay is the same with new controls. Prime 3 starts where Prime 2 leaves off so the story is the same as well. All they've done is added voice acting, made some small tweaks, and made backtracking less tiresome. Prime 1 and 2 were both brilliant games, and didn't need to have the formula changed, and thankfully is wasn't.

You've said many times that you've never played Prime 1 or 2 so you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

Rocky32189

I'm glad you like both of them but that's not something you and Nintendo agree upon.

As far as not playing the games? Sure there's not a breakdown of each game plus numerous walkthroughs to read. There's absolutely no way I could know what goes on in the first two games. lol

Nintendo stuck to their word and changed the forumla to make it better, it's as simple as that

I'd love to see it top 1 million because it would prove hardcore games have a place on the Wiipeter1191

The game has only been released in the US, so when it ships everywhere else the number will hit well over 1 million maybe 2-3 by the end of the holiday season.

I'm glad you like both of them but that's not something you and Nintendo agree upon.

What are you talking about? Nintendo was very happy with Retro's work on both games. They are one of Nintendo's most prized second party developers. That is why they kept going back time and time again for them to develop games for one of their most prized franchises. Not only that but Nintendo representatives for Japan worked closely with Retro to make sure they were fufilling their vision for the Metroid series. Why would they be unhappy with something they helped create?
They have never said they were unhappy with both games. Why don't you give some proof to back up your fabricated statements.

As far as not playing the games? Sure there's not a breakdown of each game plus numerous walkthroughs to read. There's absolutely no way I could know what goes on in the first two games. lol

Reading about a game and playing it is completely different. Stop making things up because you have no idea what you're talking about since you've never played the games.

Nintendo stuck to their word and changed the forumla to make it better, it's as simple as that

Once again, the formula is exactly the same with only a few minor tweaks. You wouldn't know because you've never played the first two games. Don't talk about something you don't know nothing about. It just makes you look foolish.

I loved both Prime 1 AND Prime 2. Besides Prime 3 being prettier, the sky temple being great temple design, the voice acting being surprisingly decent, and the story with extra characters and hunters adding a different dynamic to the Metroid universe, Metroid Prime 3 was much shorter and much easier than the first 2. Things that Nintendo has been trying to move toward this generation.

There was a lot fixed in Prime 3 vs. Prime 2. As well as mentioned above, some of the more fun abilities like the screwattack were gotten much earlier to be useful, thankfully, but on the whole, the game is a shell of its predecessors, unfortunately.

The reason that Metriod Prime 3 is selling faster than Prime 1 and 2 is because of one thing: Wii's momentum and userbase. The userbase is starved for good games and also for games that use the Wiimote. On one hand, I'm glad that Retro Studios is getting more recognition that they have deserved for the past 5 yrs, but on the the other hand, I am disappointed to hear people just now claiming that Metroid Prime 3 is awesome and that they are in love with Metroid when they missed out on two of the best games of last generation that far surpassed Prime 3 in epic hardcore gameplay.

I doubt we will ever see games again as intricately designed as the last two Primes were since Nintendo is taking this new approach. Maybe Mario Galaxy will prove me wrong.

I'm glad you like both of them but that's not something you and Nintendo agree upon.

What are you talking about? Nintendo was very happy with Retro's work on both games. They are one of Nintendo's most prized second party developers. That is why they kept going back time and time again for them to develop games for one of their most prized franchises. Not only that but Nintendo representatives for Japan worked closely with Retro to make sure they were fufilling their vision for the Metroid series. Why would they be unhappy with something they helped create?
They have never said they were unhappy with both games. Why don't you give some proof to back up your fabricated statements.

As far as not playing the games? Sure there's not a breakdown of each game plus numerous walkthroughs to read. There's absolutely no way I could know what goes on in the first two games. lol

Reading about a game and playing it is completely different. Stop making things up because you have no idea what you're talking about since you've never played the games.

Nintendo stuck to their word and changed the forumla to make it better, it's as simple as that

Once again, the formula is exactly the same with only a few minor tweaks. You wouldn't know because you've never played the first two games. Don't talk about something you don't know nothing about. It just makes you look foolish.

Rocky32189

Look, Reggie came out twice this year and said that Nintendo wasn't pleased with the way the Metroid series had gone and that Prime 3 was going in a totally different direction from Prime 2. If you don't agree with Nintendo that's fine. I can't give you a link to my TV but considering I have no need to make things up I guess that's just gonna have to do.

Of course Nintendo can be disappointed with something they made. Who made the rules that says they can't?

The formula is NOT the same from 2. How many other people do you need to explain to you that Prime 3 is not like Prime 2? Reggie has said it, people in this thread have said it, others have said it in threads before this one. The word is out.

If you don't want to believe it that's fine, doesn't make it any less true.

Look *****, he didn't mean gameplay. He meant SALES.

mmnin

When asked if he meant disappointed in sales or gameplay Reggie said both so no, not true.

Check out this list. Who's number 1?

http://www.vgchartz.com/aweekly.php

bob_newman

Look, Reggie came out twice this year and said that Nintendo wasn't pleased with the way the Metroid series had gone and that Prime 3 was going in a totally different direction from Prime 2. If you don't agree with Nintendo that's fine. I can't give you a link to my TV but considering I have no need to make things up I guess that's just gonna have to do.

You have no proof because it never happened. You are just making things up like always. Reggie did say Retro was unhappy with the sales of Prime 2 but that is all.

The formula is NOT the same from 2.

And how would you know? How can you tell me I'm wrong? I've beaten all three games and you've never even played the first two.

How many other people do you need to explain to you that Prime 3 is not like Prime 2?

No one said the gameplay is different. Sure minor tweaks were made, but it is not "totally new" like you said.

If you don't want to believe it that's fine, doesn't make it any less true.

I'm going to believe the actual truth,not your fabricated statements.

When asked if he meant disappointed in sales or gameplay Reggie said both so no, not true.

Show me some proof. Oh wait, you don't have any because Reggie never said that.

I beat MP1&2 with 100%, and I'm at 95% in MP3. There's not that much difference between the three games. The biggest change is naturally, the Wii controls in MP3, plus it looks better, and there's voice acting. Other than that, there's no big drastic changes. You go around collect items, kill things, solve puzzles, kill more things, beat bosses,get better items, backtrack in varying amounts, rinse and repeat. MP1 was amazing because there never was anything like it before. MP2 was better than MP1 in many ways, in other ways it wasn't better, some people like one or the other better, but MP2 wasn't the huge ground breaker that MP1 was. MP3 breaks a lot of new ground, but there's many things I liked better in the older games.

Look, Reggie came out twice this year and said that Nintendo wasn't pleased with the way the Metroid series had gone and that Prime 3 was going in a totally different direction from Prime 2. If you don't agree with Nintendo that's fine. I can't give you a link to my TV but considering I have no need to make things up I guess that's just gonna have to do.

You have no proof because it never happened. You are just making things up like always. Reggie did say Retro was unhappy with the sales of Prime 2 but that is all.

The formula is NOT the same from 2.

And how would you know? How can you tell me I'm wrong? I've beaten all three games and you've never even played the first two.

How many other people do you need to explain to you that Prime 3 is not like Prime 2?

No one said the gameplay is different. Sure minor tweaks were made, but it is not "totally new" like you said.

If you don't want to believe it that's fine, doesn't make it any less true.

I'm going to believe the actual truth,not your fabricated statements.

When asked if he meant disappointed in sales or gameplay Reggie said both so no, not true.

Show me some proof. Oh wait, you don't have any because Reggie never said that.

Rocky32189

I think maybe you should cool off a bit. No need to get angry at someone, it's just his opinion, right? It shouldn't affect how you view the game in any way.

Now, I have played all 3 games, and I'm sorry to say to you that I felt that the 3rd game has a way different feel to it than the 2nd one (and the 1st one, for that matter). Though the changes may be subtle, they make a huge difference in a game that relies on subtleties, such as the audio, gameplay or story.

The addition of voice-over work, in my opinion, makes the feel of the game completely different. It's no longer about just you and the enemies, and actually I felt it made the game seem a little more like a FPS instead of a FPA. The addition of the hint system made the game seem more linear as well (and yes, I know you can turn it off).

Basically, they wanted to make the game more appealing to the masses, and it worked, so more power to them. I was very satisfied with the game, and with all 3 games, but I do think that the 2nd game and 3rd game were very different from eachother. On paper it wouldn't seem like that big a difference, but when you actually play the game it makes, in my opinion, a very noticable difference in gameplay.

Is that what you were trying to say, JasonGuy?

I think maybe you should cool off a bit. No need to get angry at someone, it's just his opinion, right? It shouldn't affect how you view the game in any way.

No it's a little different than that. He comes in every topic about MP3 and bashes the first two games which he's freely admitted he's never played.

He comes up with these false statements about Nintendo saying they didn't like the first two games. He can't come up with any proof to back it up because his statements are false.

I think maybe you should cool off a bit. No need to get angry at someone, it's just his opinion, right? It shouldn't affect how you view the game in any way.

No it's a little different than that. He comes in every topic about MP3 and bashes the first two games which he's freely admitted he's never played.

He comes up with these false statements about Nintendo saying they didn't like the first two games. He can't come up with any proof to back it up because his statements are false.

Rocky32189

He is right about what he says though :(. The differences is what made gamespot give it a 8.5, if you read or say the review :roll:.

Watch the GT review, most critics agree that "metroid purist may cry foul." Jasonguy and Duckman should be listened too. Jasonguy has been right about all the posts that I have seen thus far. Unless you have proof yourself you can't say otherwise. :( You are being a little harsh on him.

I'd love to see it top 1 million because it would prove hardcore games have a place on the Wiipeter1191

Yes, one of three hardcore games! Yay Nintendo! I'm happy for them, and I LOVE the game, but if they actually think in their heads that these three games will put them ahead of the others, well.. they've got another thing coming.

This is the Reggie interview Jasonguy was trying to refer to yet misunderstood completely:

"What I will tell you about Metroid is that Metroid will be fabulous," Fils-Aime said. "I think it's fair to say that all of us were disappointed with the sales of Metroid Prime 2,' Retro [the game's developer] included. The focus on Prime 3 is to make sure it's a stellar game for a first-person experience on the platform.What that means is we're going to make sure it's perfect when we launch it. I think this is one where your readers - the fans of Nintendo, the core gamer - need to recognize that when we release it, it will be perfect. And if that's a little later than folks would have liked, I'm hoping they're going to be happy. They certainly seem to be happy that we took our time with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess."

They were dissapointed with the sales of the second game and that is all.

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I'm glad you like both of them but that's not something you and Nintendo agree upon.

What are you talking about? Nintendo was very happy with Retro's work on both games. They are one of Nintendo's most prized second party developers. That is why they kept going back time and time again for them to develop games for one of their most prized franchises. Not only that but Nintendo representatives for Japan worked closely with Retro to make sure they were fufilling their vision for the Metroid series. Why would they be unhappy with something they helped create?
They have never said they were unhappy with both games. Why don't you give some proof to back up your fabricated statements.

As far as not playing the games? Sure there's not a breakdown of each game plus numerous walkthroughs to read. There's absolutely no way I could know what goes on in the first two games. lol

Reading about a game and playing it is completely different. Stop making things up because you have no idea what you're talking about since you've never played the games.

Nintendo stuck to their word and changed the forumla to make it better, it's as simple as that

Once again, the formula is exactly the same with only a few minor tweaks. You wouldn't know because you've never played the first two games. Don't talk about something you don't know nothing about. It just makes you look foolish.

Jaysonguy

Look, Reggie came out twice this year and said that Nintendo wasn't pleased with the way the Metroid series had gone and that Prime 3 was going in a totally different direction from Prime 2. If you don't agree with Nintendo that's fine. I can't give you a link to my TV but considering I have no need to make things up I guess that's just gonna have to do.

Of course Nintendo can be disappointed with something they made. Who made the rules that says they can't?

The formula is NOT the same from 2. How many other people do you need to explain to you that Prime 3 is not like Prime 2? Reggie has said it, people in this thread have said it, others have said it in threads before this one. The word is out.

If you don't want to believe it that's fine, doesn't make it any less true.

He didn't mean gameplay. He meant SALES. They were not happy with the reception it recieved and wanted to cater the new game toward what people expect out of a First Person Action title: Voice Acting, More Ship Action, More FMV sequences, More Character interaction, a More social storyline to feel a part of a group, easier to finish. Metroid has always been solitary and dark to where people didn't want to play it, and also very complex to remember where everything is and master the map. It was too obscure and hardcore even for many hardcore gamers. Halo is NOTHING like that, neither is most other FPS (type) games out there that are popular. So they added in some of those elements but in a way that was acceptable to Nintendo.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN PRIME 1 AND 2 were not MAJOR achievements in game designs and instant c-lass-ics! (Why did Gamespot mod the word c-lass-ics??) You will NOT see MP3 be in the top ten of gamerankings, but you will probably never see Prime 1 drop below the top ten. Why? Because it is by far the better game! GO PLAY IT! Because it is better than most games out this generation still! You can get it for $10 or less and it will fit in your Wii.

[QUOTE="Darth-Samus"]Yup! Number one with over 400,000 units!!!! Woohoo for the best game EVER!!!Jaysonguy

Not that many but yes, it's selling well.

It seems that Nintendo stuck to their word and went away from Prime 2 and made Metroid Prime 3 totally new.

Not only did it win back the fans but it also seems to be catching on with non fans of the franchise.

I think maybe you should cool off a bit. No need to get angry at someone, it's just his opinion, right? It shouldn't affect how you view the game in any way.

No it's a little different than that. He comes in every topic about MP3 and bashes the first two games which he's freely admitted he's never played.

He comes up with these false statements about Nintendo saying they didn't like the first two games. He can't come up with any proof to back it up because his statements are false.

Rocky32189

Well it's still just his opinion. Anyway, he's not bashing the games. He was simply giving his own opinion that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption was different from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

I could make the same criticism about you, in which you were constantly on this board predicting that Super Smash Bros. Brawl would not have on-line, (not a whole lot of truth to that, is there), regardless of the fact that all evidence pointed to the contrary and Nintendo promised two times that the game would have on-line.

Anyone who thinks that Nintendo would publicly state that they were disappointed with the game Metroid 2 really just doesn't get it.

Metroid Prime 2 was the first Metroid Prime with worse level design. In just about every aspect, it's the same game. Obviously some particulars are different- dark work, echo visor- but that doesn't change the game substantially (which is why so many people criticized it as a 'rehash' when it came out).

MP3 is a bit more linear, and the Wii controls change the nature of the game a bit, making it a bit more of a shooter, with a slightly faster face (sort of how the nature of the controls completely changed RE4 from the previous games, althoiugh to a much lesser degree). But the essential formula hasn't changed all that much.

And yes: I own, and have played, all three.

Wow! I posted here like a month ago! I always wondered where dead threads went off too. I knew these posts seemed familiar.

Anyways, Retro made this for the fans. They could care less about sales. I think Bioshock outperformed Prime because of its universal release. MS is great at Universal releases.

From what I heard MP3 sold very well though it didn't beat out NCAA or Bioshock but it was up there. The first week it was out, I couldn't find it in any store if that's any indicator that it sold well. We won't know the final numbers until the end of the month.

For me it did feel familiar to Prime 1 and 2 but the new control scheme and the fact that Samus inacted with characters that weren't just enemies did add something new to the experience.

From what I heard MP3 sold very well though it didn't beat out NCAA or Bioshock but it was up there. The first week it was out, I couldn't find it in any store if that's any indicator that it sold well. We won't know the final numbers until the end of the month.

For me it did feel familiar to Prime 1 and 2 but the new control scheme and the fact that Samus inacted with characters that weren't just enemies did add something new to the experience.

kbaily

It sold 218k copies in August, which most of its opening week was it.

[QUOTE="kbaily"]

From what I heard MP3 sold very well though it didn't beat out NCAA or Bioshock but it was up there. The first week it was out, I couldn't find it in any store if that's any indicator that it sold well. We won't know the final numbers until the end of the month.

For me it did feel familiar to Prime 1 and 2 but the new control scheme and the fact that Samus inacted with characters that weren't just enemies did add something new to the experience.

Spelunker

It sold 218k copies in August, which most of its opening week was it.

selling well over 200,00 copies in August isn't bad at all for Prime 3--it was only out forLESS than a week in August and still sold that many--not bad. Nice to see it currently at over 400,000--I hope gets over a million sold.

[QUOTE="Spelunker"][QUOTE="kbaily"]

From what I heard MP3 sold very well though it didn't beat out NCAA or Bioshock but it was up there. The first week it was out, I couldn't find it in any store if that's any indicator that it sold well. We won't know the final numbers until the end of the month.

For me it did feel familiar to Prime 1 and 2 but the new control scheme and the fact that Samus inacted with characters that weren't just enemies did add something new to the experience.

Tri-Enforcer

It sold 218k copies in August, which most of its opening week was it.

selling well over 200,00 copies in August isn't bad at all for Prime 3--it was only out forLESS than a week in August and still sold that many--not bad. Nice to see it currently at over 400,000--I hope gets over a million sold.

Which is what I meant by "most of its opening week was in August".

I have to admit it is my favorite game on wii right now. I normally do not like fps style games but I think this game is tops. I went ahead & started out on veteran & have been pleased at its difficulty!

Anyone who thinks that Nintendo would publicly state that they were disappointed with the game Metroid 2 really just doesn't get it.

Spelunker

That was me, next time you can just say me lol

Reggie came out twice on TV and said they were not happy both in sales and in direction of the game.

There's a reason why Nintendo had to play babysitter with the last of the series. They saw the huge decline in sales from one to 2 and they didn't want three to follow the same path.

So unless Reggie isn't the English speaking mouthpiece for Nintendo anymore they did say that Metroid Prime 2 didn't live up to the kind of standards that Nintendo sets.

[QUOTE="Tri-Enforcer"][QUOTE="Spelunker"][QUOTE="kbaily"]

From what I heard MP3 sold very well though it didn't beat out NCAA or Bioshock but it was up there. The first week it was out, I couldn't find it in any store if that's any indicator that it sold well. We won't know the final numbers until the end of the month.

For me it did feel familiar to Prime 1 and 2 but the new control scheme and the fact that Samus inacted with characters that weren't just enemies did add something new to the experience.

Spelunker

It sold 218k copies in August, which most of its opening week was it.

selling well over 200,00 copies in August isn't bad at all for Prime 3--it was only out forLESS than a week in August and still sold that many--not bad. Nice to see it currently at over 400,000--I hope gets over a million sold.

Which is what I meant by "most of its opening week was in August".

Prime 3 came out august 27, but I find it hard to believe it would sell over 200,000 copies in five days!

My mistake, I posted on the seventh of Sep which is less than a month.

Anyone have another link to check how the game numbers going? the original one referenced in the second post is not working anymore :?