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Is it too crazy to imagine the Metroid franchise on the Xbox/PC?

Is it?

  • Not at all. And I actually think it's a good idea.

    Votes: 17 5.0%

  • It's quite crazy, but I can see the appeal of the idea.

    Votes: 29 8.5%

  • All I can say is that my heart says maybe.

    Votes: 6 1.8%

  • Very crazy. The odds of this happening are minimal.

    Votes: 87 25.4%

  • What? It's beyond crazy!

    Votes: 203 59.4%
  • Total voters
    342
SofNascimento

SofNascimento

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Oct 28, 2017
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I was watching some Ori and the Will of the Wisps on the Switch and I started to think about this.

Metroid is one of Nintendo's legendary franchises, but in terms of sales it's a very modest one. So, wouldn't it make sense to expand its reach? I think there might be an entire new market for the Metroid games, especially the Prime trilogy, if that happened. And I don't think Nintendo has much to lose here, it's not like people will stop buying their consoles to buy a xbox.

I don't know how close Microsoft and Nintendo are, but if a game from Microsoft Studios can be released on the Switch the other way can happen as well surely?

I want more Metroid...
 
Yarbskoo

Yarbskoo

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,980
I'd love a Metroid Prime collection with mouse support, but it's never gonna happen.
 
nsilvias

nsilvias

Member
Oct 25, 2017
24,063
nintendo wants people to buy into their ecosystem so they can make more money on licensing. thats what first party games and exclusives do
 
Lant_War

Lant_War

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Jul 14, 2018
23,601
Good luck getting Nintendo to release their mainline games on other platforms.
 
tazmin

tazmin

Member
Oct 30, 2017
1,526
Yea it's crazy. A crossover game would be far more plausible than pure Metroid on Xbox
 
KamenSenshi

KamenSenshi

Member
Nov 27, 2017
1,887
Nintendo gains nothing from this. Microsoft wants Minecraft as many places as possible. Less than zero chance a nintendo title releases for Xbox or PlayStation.
 
SalvaPot

SalvaPot

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Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,617
Nintendo only needs you to want ONE game for you to get their system, Metroid is that one game for a lot of people.
 
Uhtred

Uhtred

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nsilvias said:
nintendo wants people to buy into their ecosystem so they can make more money on licensing. thats what first party games and exclusives do
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But there are literally tens of millions of people that are not interested in that ecosystem. Especially for a game that might have some broader appeal but isn't finding a large audience on Nintendo hardware, expanding out could mean a huge return on investment.

But this argument is true of a lto of exclusives and these corporaitons don't seem to get, aside from maybe Microsoft.
 
QisTopTier

QisTopTier

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Oct 25, 2017
13,735
Guys is it crazy for Uncharted 5 to be on nintendo switch?


Guys is it crazy for Pokemon to be on PS5!?

How do you even type all this out think about it then say yeah this is a possible thing we can discuss and debate about and not stop and go, wait no this is dumb.
 
Mekanos

Mekanos

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Oct 17, 2018
44,381
Nintendo will go under before they put their games on other consoles.

Least of all Metroid, lol.
 
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SofNascimento

SofNascimento

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Oct 28, 2017
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QisTopTier said:
Guys is it crazy for Uncharted 5 to be on nintendo switch?


Guys is it crazy for Pokemon to be on PS5!?

How do you even type all this out think about it then say yeah this is a possible thing we can discuss and debate about and not stop and go, wait no this is dumb.
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Surely those are very different examples. There are Pokemon titles that outsell the entire Metroid franchise...
 
DanarchyReigns

DanarchyReigns

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Oct 25, 2017
34,958
Not happening.
This isn't a Wonderful 101 situation either where the game is co-owned by another studio. Metroid is 100% Nintendo.
 
QisTopTier

QisTopTier

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Oct 25, 2017
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SofNascimento said:
Surely those are very different examples. There are Pokemon titles that outsell the entire Metroid franchise...
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Metroid is a legacy franchise to them. It's no different in their eyes. Samus and the Metroid series while not always present is a very Nintendo franchise. They just dont give out their toys.
 
gogojira

gogojira

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,910
These acquisitions have Sony fans wanting Sony to buy every nostalgic dream they have, and we now run on a general assumption that Microsoft is partnering with or buying the entire gaming world.

This isn't happening.
 
TurdFerguson

TurdFerguson

Member
Oct 28, 2017
272
Norway
That's crazy AF, but I would love to see it happen. I honestly don't see any downsides to being able to play Metroid Prime with KB/M at 60 FPS+++.
 
MechanicalWall

MechanicalWall

Member
Oct 27, 2017
936
If you're asking if it fits in THEMATICALLY with the Xbox's line-up, I suppose it does...

But see, Microsoft's systems have pretty robust third-party support, so they can afford to toss a couple of former exclusives to Nintendo and not really suffer. Nintendo, on the other hand, pretty much ONLY has their first-party games to bank on in terms of strong system sellers, so they have very, very little incentive to allow ANY of their franchises to stray from their homes.
 
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