Forum:Other M sales

Well, its official. Other M has been selling badly in terms of other Metroid titles, as seen in this website http://www.vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=metroid

Frankly, Sakamoto only has himself to blame. A lot of Metroid fans have their own personal complaints for the game, some didnt like the strict, uncustomizable controls, others dont like Samus' new personnality, and others didnt like the ignorance of the Prime series.

I myself sent an email to Nintendo last week in relation to Sakamoto's request at hearing the fans' opinions of the game using this link (which they responded to quickly) where I wrote that, in my personnal opinion, the flaw of this game was its amazingly short length.

A game that I paid around 55 dollars for, that I managed to beat under 9 hours in my first playthrough (im not counting the post credit/collecting items sequence), is simply unnaceptable in this day and age where the video game industry has reached, especially after all the hype that was being made for Other M. Back in the old days, it was okay, heck, a lot of video games had to be beaten in one sitting if you didnt want to restart the entire thing after turning off your console. This game length seems to fit more in line with downloadable titles and gameboy advanced games.

Fact is, in my eyes, the Prime series succeeded beautifully in taking the mantle of Metroid, while the creator himself failed to please fans after so many years of waiting for that one true Metroid title. The Prime titles was capable of giving you a feeling of satisfaction when you finished the games in your first playthrough, which in general took around 20 hours. Other M did not do it for me. And the link I posted which shows the sale charts proves that gamers appreciated Retro's games a whole lot more (yes, even the underrated Prime 2).

P.S, for a game this short, why did the graphics take a backseat? I noticed in the cryosphere that there was 2D icicles on the ceiling! 2D! (Latinlingo 20:42, October 19, 2010 (UTC))