Metroid Database.com

Yesterday, VGChartz and Shinesparkers reported that Metroid: Other M has broken the 1 million units sold mark this week after being on sale for 17 months. Sales were boosted by discount prices over the holidays, with Best Buy selling the title for as low as $5. 1 million sales makes Other M the 8th best-selling Metroid title in the series, which has sold more than 15.8 million units worldwide. Not exactly bad, but far behind the likes of Mario or Pokemon, which can sell that many with a single title. Even the best-selling Metroid title, Metroid Prime, lags behind Retro Studios' most profitable work, Donkey Kong Country Returns, which sold over 5 million copies (just 1 million units less than the entire Prime series combined). The best-selling title designed by Metroid series creator Yoshio Sakamoto? The Japan-only Tomodachi Collection, with over 3.6 million units sold, more than twice that of Super Metroid. With numbers like that, it's easy to see why Metroid simply hasn't been pushed as a priority title by Nintendo, though the series clearly has a solid following.

Until next time...
Captain Commando