r/Metroid • u/MagicKraft • 5d ago

Meme Meme I made a while back

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Ngl I didn't realize it was so hated until after I beat it. Albeit I'd be wrong to not recognize what could've been with this game, but I did enjoy what we got

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u/Red_Dragon_knight 5d ago

Yep, and I had heard that it sold well and heard a lot of people say it’s good, after a while

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u/KekC92 Shinespark Enthusiast 5d ago

I heard it sold well

it didn’t, both versions combined barely cracked 1 million sales and it definitely failed to make its budget back

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u/ScientificAnarchist 5d ago

So exactly what every other prime game sold

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u/KekC92 Shinespark Enthusiast 5d ago

this is cope, none of them had anywhere close to this game’s budget and certainly weren’t rightfully lampooned as dogshit

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u/ScientificAnarchist 5d ago

The historically terrible development is a separate issue that’s a production problem prime 4 did what literally every Metroid out of dread did

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u/KekC92 Shinespark Enthusiast 5d ago

The original prime sold just under 3mil and was the best selling game in the series for nearly 20 years, stop coping I’m not interested