Other M Sales plummet in the UK

Gamerzines writes: "Under two weeks after its release, Metroid Other M is struggling to hold a position in the UK top 40."

[Game-ur]

The Wii probably has the worst ever attach rate for hardcore games.

[Yi-Long]

... IF i would have had a Wii, which I don't, cause they haven't release a 'bundle' with a game I would actually want to play, like Mario Galaxy.

However, I say I would have bought this game if I had a Wii, but that's not entirely true: I would have bought this game if it would have included the option to play the game in the original language.

[stragomccloud]

Who cares that it's bundeled with Wii sports and Wii sports resort, most consoles don't include any game anyway.

By the way, Wii Sports while drunk with friends is freaking awesome!

Can't see myself playing it sober though.

[Trebius]

Are they TRYING to advertise???

[badz149]

get mad when people say that Wii is purely casual! the proof is right in front of our eyes! it's proven that beside Mario and friends and some other casual games like lets dance or what so ever, a mature games like this have almost no market on the Wii! and this is Metroid for god sake

[stragomccloud]

Actually, Stateside and in Japan, the game has been performing pretty well. Also, Wii game sales from core franchises seem to have long legs.

Case in point... That's not proof of anything. Personally I feel sorry for people that can't look past the system's power to enjoy the truly unique experiences that only the Wii provides. Oh well, ignorance is bliss I suppose.

[Lich120]

Its also the game itself though. I bought a wii for the prime trilogy. I don't have, nor will I purchase this game. My roommate had it for a bit (and hes a very big Metroid fan) and gave it a so-so review after beating it.

Its a different take on the metroid series, and not one that I think as many people were excited about. At least thats my take. Im sure many people will enjoy it though.

[ChickeyCantor]

"Its a different take on the metroid series"

BS ALERT.

Seriously its 90% just that, METROID.
The other stuff is just a dramatized story nothing more.

[AWBrawler]

Other M is just as much metroid as Super Metroid! I played Super Metroid leading up to its launch. Only difference is the presentation of the story. Its a definite must buy!

[badz149]

I was just saying that majority Wii gamers don't buy this kind of game and particularly games that are more on the serious side like this one. if I have a Wii, I'll definitely buy this and skip all the craps other Wii gamers are buying in a buck loads! (Wii sports, fit for example)

[eagle21]

Japan...still in top 3. America, sold over 200K week one. Debuted #1 WORLDWIDE. Go play dumb Madden and COD and leave the better games for Wii. :)

[badz149]

can't you see that you're contradicting yourself hard over there? with over 30m Wii sold in NA, 200k week 1 is nothing be proud of!...and there's this 1 game call modern warfare which turned out to be a CoD game exists on Wii as well!

[tunaks1]

a little perspective of Metroid's "selling power" on wii.

(world wide)
week 1 of other m - 284,657
week 1 of prime 3 - 367,288

certainly nothing too drastically different,
as a side note Prime Trilogy didn't fare any better then the above.

[Darkfocus]

but prime trilogy was a re-release of games so a lot of people didn't buy it cause they already had the trilogy.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

Prime Trilogy was published in very limited quantities, though. And Nintendo stopped publishing it just a few months after it released (It costs like $70 now).

[tunaks1]

ok, but i also provided prime 3 sales...

[Jay-Tech]

PS Move is killing the Wii the signs are there.

or

HD Gaming is Killing the Wii

[KratosGirI]

I have Move and you don't.

SUCK IT!

[tunaks1]

yes because the move has so much to do with Other M

[maniacmayhem]

Nintendo needs to get back and come out with what everyone has been asking for.

A 2D Metroid!

No gimmick first person functionality, no waggle, no Samus with huge boobs!

2D METROID!

[PS3-247]

Metroid Prime series was good but yeah I agree 2D Medroid is just more fun to me. Just like 2D Mario.

[Game-ur]

It would be great if it had the style of Shadow Complex, I just want one pure old school Meteroid.

Pleas Nintendo just one.

[ChickeyCantor]

"It would be great if it had the style of Shadow Complex, I just want one pure old school Meteroid.

Pleas Nintendo just one."

People like you are horrible.
Cause most of the time people just scream how Nintendo doesn't innovate and yet people scream for the same stuff.
If they do something different, Nintendo has lost touch and need to keep it oldschool, and when they go oldschool people complain they are rehashing.

[Game-ur]

They make old school Mario, old school Zelda and we are getting an old school DK, what's wrong with an old school Mtroid?

And horrible? Me? What did I say to disserve this?

[tunaks1]

looks like you havent played it,
this is a return to classic metroid- play the dam game first,you would know this game has no waggle if you actually played it.

[Darkfocus]

it still has the stupid first person searching gimmick and turning the wii mote to reload though and I'm offended that you even mentioned older metroids in the same sentence as this game. all I did for %90 of the combat was tap the d pad and nothing ever hit me.(the other 10% was the parts where it forced you to go in first person to kill something).

[stragomccloud]

I personally like the change. Still, I'm still pining for Metroid Dread to come to fruition. That's the purely 2D Metroid game we've been waiting for.

[Nathaniel_Drake]

yeah I agree, it was all about the metroid story and not of Samus. That's the way it should be

[nnotdead]

i want to scream yes, and i would buy a Wii that day, but they wont nor would i.

[NYC_Gamer]

they should have stuck with the original gameplay/art style..why did nintendo allow team ninja to make this game in the 1st place

[peyote]

That's what happens to a game with mixed reviews. You would expect the same from any game on any platform that doesn't make 80%+ on metacritic.

Nintendo should have looked at a WiiHD though. I agree with pachter.

[ThanatosDMC]

Bought it and i didnt like it as much as the ones before it. I dont know why.

[Gen0ne]

Prime 1 and Super Metroid put this game to shame. It's true.

It's a good game, but that's about it.

Nintendo: Give Metroid back to Retro when they're done with DKC. Good for you for trying something new though. Pretty ballsy actually. You just choose the wrong franchise to try it on.

[ThanatosDMC]

Ever played Metroid 2? Now that's a game they need to remake. She's actually hunting Metroids instead of killing random stuff and space pirates.

I stopped playing the game and went back to playing a bit of MH3. But now im back to my PS3.

[dkgshiz]

Its a shame when wii owners actually get a decent game they dont even bother with it. Like madworld. It bombed so badly.

[peyote]

I brought Madworld. It was hideously repititive and boring, like many of the reviewers said. I regreted it completely. Probably my worst ever game purchase. Little King's Story, however, was awesome and tanked which really does sucks because that game was awesome.

[PS3-247]

What do you expect. Most Wii owners are casual gamers. Metroid and especialy Madworld isn't casual games.

[Seferoth75]

My bet is Metroid will end up outselling a good portion of PS3 games. Of course you guys don't know that, you just spout whatever current or in this case old BS that you hear as fact.

Also kiddies Madworld was mediocre at best and it outsold a good portion of PS3 games that were way better. Modnation, Demon Souls, 3D dot heroes, just to name a few.

However don't let things like facts get in the way of your ranting. All it does is make the PS3 look even more pathetic since it cant even get many games to achieve the sales of games you kids consider bombs.

[Britney Spears]

you mentioned niche titles or new ip's vs metroid a legendary game. Also 360 doesn't have much high sellers either,bundling forza since it flopped,alan wake flopped,even mass effect didn't sell much so think before you type.metroid will probably sell more in japan than all of 360's software sales there.

[peyote]

Well, that's because Madworld actually sold reasonably decently. PS Troll at all? you really have nothing better to do with your time?

[oldjadedgamer]

And you're point was...?

[solidjun5]

what a fanboy you are seferoth. Still crying. Soon, you'll be limited to talk. I'm bubbling you down.

[Seferoth75]

Yes much easier to shut me up since you know I am right. Poor fanboys. Come to cry about a game you cre nothing about and got your own consoles flaws pointed out in the process.
Quality games are quality regardless of whether they are new IP's or established ones. Fact is Metroid will end up selling much higher rated PS3 games in the end. No amount of hate from you kids will change that

[ChickeyCantor]

"you mentioned niche titles or new ip's vs metroid a legendary game"

Which wasn't a hot seller to begin with.
In the end it sold well enough, but its not the type of game that ever flew off the shelf.

"the wii has no good games"

Thats subjective, cause for everything you said, someone else could be wanting to buy 30 Wii-games.
So what makes your ps3 so special? Or do you just want to feel special? Is that it?

[solidjun5]

Based on what rationale you Nintendo fanboy? what fact do you have? huh? tell me. I'll mark this page for that. You call people fanboys but completely act like one.

It's funny you say PS3 looks pathetic since all you do is say pathetic things. I'm sure there's a game psychologist to help that deep rooted hatred you have for a company/console. It's unhealthy for your young and already fragile mind.

I'm not saying that Metroid won't sell well. In fact I think it will. I believe this article might be fishing for hits. I believe MEtroid already have a following that will guarantee a sequel. However, you have issues dude.

[AWBrawler]

OK, and what makes Madworld so damn good???
Its repetitive, black and white, and nonsensical to a fault

[Clarence]

Once again people, the only games that sale on the Wii are Mario, Zelda, and games with Wii title. Nintendo did will have a hard time trying to get any other games to sale on thier console.

[bobrea]

I would buy this game if I had a Wii. But there is pretty much nothing that will make me buy a Wii. I HATE motion controls.

[stragomccloud]

WOW. Where does that hate come from anyway?
Well, you know, back in the day, a lot of gamers refused to play NES because it had this confounded thing called a D-pad. It wasn't the joystick everyone was used to. Gotta' stop the hating and go with the flow. Like water man.

[Moerdigan]

I'd love to see the outcome of 3D2D metroid on 3DS.

3DS is already a buy for me but that would make that system unbeatable if they offer me this.

[stragomccloud]

Metroid Dread 3DS anyone???

[ChickeyCantor]

No just a "redone" version of super metroid.
Interested in what these remakes will offer, the original zelda will have a remake as well i think.

[MajestieBeast]

So far im really annoyed with all the emphasis on story thats not what metroid is about, why they had to shove that cheesy stuff in i dont know. I think its up to from software to make a metroid like game, thats just as good as 3d dot game heroes cause Nintendo aint gonna do it. Hell nintendo should just remake super metroid or any 2d metroid and release it for the wii. I didnt like the prime series cause for me its not metroid and well this 1 also isnt that its way to easy. Just gimme back my super metroid and stop butchering the series Nintendo.

[tigertron]

I've seen a few adverts for this game on TV but thruth be told, if its not a COD, Fifa or some kind of bran training game then it probably won't dominate the UK charts. Thats the state of the UK I'm afraid.

Although that said, games like Heavy Rain have done quite well this year.

[Venoxn4g]

I hope it'll sell well, because it's one of better games on wii, I liked it very much :)

[tunaks1]

to quote eagle21

"Japan...still in top 3. America, sold over 200K week one. Debuted #1 WORLDWIDE. Go play dumb Madden and COD and leave the better games for Wii. :)"

people are selectively looking at sales not taking into account the rest of the world.