Topic: Other M: M for mediocre sales

Bad ad = less sales? That makes little sense. Nintendo fanboys don't even need commercials

Wait is the advertisemant Samus giving it a thumbs down?!

hell it's the reverse. No way those early Wii commercials should have worked as well as they did.

I think it's common knowledge that most Wii owners are complete idiots that buy garbage. Low sales = good game.

It's not just the UK. US, too. The only difference is that we replace FIFA with Madden.

So you're saying that Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a bad game?

Not necessarily, Mario attracts casuals and gamers, so no matter what the case, if it says Mario, it will sell.

the game sold tons in every other region, so rather than debating about wii owners in general we should be trying to figure out what's wrong with people in england. i blame crumpets, myself.

You can't blam people for buying Crap!

Blame the Crap for buying people.

I'll blam them if I want to dang it!

It's "back to school" time, which I think could have had a small impact. Kids either went back last week or they're going back this week.

Regardless, I hope sales pick up. I'm considering buying it this week - was going to wait until Christmas - to help the cause, since my concern is that poor sales for Other M could have an impact on how future Metroid games are marketed in the UK and Ireland.

I'll be interested in seeing the US sales. But Metroid has never been a huge seller

THAT, is the WORST comercial I have seen in my whole life.... Who is the demon that have done these??????

MY OPINION

you all suck

:thumbs-down:

_{now buy my game dammit}

That's really bad, I can't believe they actually decided to go with something like that.

I am a REAL Metroid fan and i think Other M is a great game and went to right direction.

I can count 1.

I'm just trying to wrap my head around this sales chart:

Not only are they comparing sales of games based on total volume, they're also lumping in single-console games with multi-console games? For example, Mafia II is on the 360, PC, and PS3 so it appeals to 3x more (roughly) the audience than Metroid: Other M, right? Toy Story 3 and PoP are on 5 consoles...

The quality of an ad has no bearing on how well a game will sell. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know how marketing works.

No, the problem with Metroid: Other M is this - it's a very serious, very niche title on a casual console. It's not high profile enough to actually sell Wiis, or encourage people back to a console they've left for the PS3 or Xbox 360 (both of which have better examples of sci fi blockbusters), and it's never going to attract newcomers to the Metroid franchise.

It's a good game, sure, for Metroid veterans who haven't moved on. That's a pretty small demographic, if you're going to be honest here.

I actually reckon the game's performing amazingly well, given those constraints.