>Skipped two generations just for it to not crack one million units
I really want to know just how fucking bad the bandai namco prime 4 was if they had to scrap it to make this travesty.
>>738591043This game came out like 400 years ago why are we still talking about it? /vr/?
It took so long to come out it doesn't even matter. If this launched with the Switch release like BOTW or came to Wii U it'd have had a better reception.
>>738591109Probably on the level of Other M or something. The issue with 4 is that the Japanese side meddled way too much. I'm not excusing the Marvel written NPCs, but the open world was hilariously un-Metroid and anyone in America would see that shit and cut it.
>>738591626>Japanese side meddled way too much. [...] the open world was hilariously un-MetroidIt's confirmed that tanabe had the idea of adding the open desert area, so you're probably right
hahahaha
>>738591043Metroid has always been a niche IP. Most people would always pick a Castlevania any day over a 2D Metroid and the Prime games only did well originally because they were the only FPS on Nintendo's systems at the time.
>>738591109from what was rumored, the desert section was basically what like the entire game was like. retro allegedly made the more traditional metroid dungeon areas and just stapled them to the desert.
>>738591043it did crack a million units thoughbeitever
>>738591043It did though. It failed to crack 2 million though. And it's less than 1 million on each switch and switch 2, hence not reaching 2.
>>738591043It's a prime example of what cancelled game would have ended up as if it was forced to be finished and released.
>>738591774chump change to a company making billions per year
>>738592207Bean counters treat the office coffee machine as another shoah. Money matters to them when they decide that it does.
>>738592027It's a prime example of listening to the loudest dumbest people online who claim to be megafans of your game and actually doing what they ask, if they hadn't listened to these people the game would have ended up something completely different.
>>738592453The loudest people on twitter demanding that Metroid Prime 4 have an empty desert, Guardians of the Galaxy characters, and a pointless plot where Sylux does nothing and ???s before Samus peaces out? Those "people" that live entirely in your mind?
Ball sexo
>>738592587This, it didn't happen but if it did then it's okay because it's a good thing.
>>738591043The funniest part is the devs are pointing fingers at everyone they can, trying to shift the blame when everyone involved made a bad game.
>>738592621.........I'm not sure how 2002 Retro did it, but...
>>738591774no wonder tpc and gf dont put budget in pkmn games, budget dont make games good or they selling well
>>738592919With ChatGTP, your imagination is the limit
>>738591942>the desert section was basically what like the entire game was like>retro allegedly made the more traditional metroid dungeon areas and just stapled them to the desert.this explains so much. the disjointed feeling between desert overworld and the zones that don't even feel like they're on the same planet. the "what the fuck is this" reaction everyone had to the motorcycle trailer must've been the same thing studio execs were thinking when they got shown Desert Biker 4
>>738591043I'm happy my preorder got autocancelled like a decade ago
>>738591043I gave them a pity sale just to see how bad it was
