If a 2D game like Dread managed to sell this much then MP4 will definitely have a bigger opening, specially if it reviews well. MP3 is really not a metric for this since it was a Wii game and the audience for that console was more interested in casual games like Wii Sports.
The game has already outsold Kimetsu No Yaiba by a mile and is poised to outsell the others as well.
I'd say no, but only because it won't be put on sale often. but out-gross them in revenue? already has and will maintain that I think
How many copies do you think Ori and HK would have sold if they retailed for $60?
If the documented sales number to match is 3M then Dread should be able to hit that with no struggle unless legs come crashing down. Ori will always have Game Pass, and Hollow Knight is likely to hold some undocumented pace ahead given its cheap price and regularly heavy discounts (I imagine we wouldn't get a sales update on it unless it crosses a 4m milestone for example), but those differences would be fairly arbitrary, especially with the revenue Dread's pulling in comparison.
It's probably going to outsell them, though? I think folks just want both the franchise and the genre to be bigger than it can actually be, and that's messing up what were always largely unrealistic expectations.
Hollow Knight was at 2.8M units as of 2019, after 2 years and 4 systems. Metroid has more mainstream appeal
Metroid has a very loud fanbase, but it was never that popular with general audiences -- especially on the SNES. That's why Nintendo wasn't in much of a hurry to make a Metroid game on the N64.
I really don't think people quite grasp that this is mainly a genre problem. There's a hard ceiling that Dread will easily put pressure on that no other title has, but it's not likely that it can push past it because of what these games are in the end. Some genres just won't ever sell 10 million on a single game, and that's OK.
HK has too much Souls in it for me to ever consider it better overall. Can't speak for Ori tho
I actually don't remember people commenting that. The price difference has been in the sales prediction conversation since day 1.
Because the Prime series fits the demographics of the Switch more than it ever did the Wii. Plus the Switch boost. Plus riding the wave of Dread and probably a MP1 remake. Plus it'll be on a system with a userbase of 100+ million. I could see it coming close at least
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