We last looked at the game-play hours for Samus' latest adventure, Metroid: Other M, on October 18. Metroid: Other M's play-time data debuted on the Nintendo Channel on September 13, and you can see the debut play-time data HERE.
In the last 43 days, how many hours have Wii owners spent playing Samus' new adventure, and what are the average hours of game-play reported for Metroid: Other M? Let's take a look!
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| The hours shown above are for the United States of America Wii owners, not world-wide. |
Metroid: Other M now has 37,552 Wii owners reporting their play-time data, through the Nintendo Channel.
Player Increase Since Last Report:
Metroid: Other M has seen an increase of about 11,826 more players reporting their game-play data, in the 43 days since the last report.
Average Hours & Total Game-Play Hours Reported:
Metroid: Other M has 575,949 Total Hours of game-play reported, an increase of 208,351 game-play hours in the last 43 days reported.
Metroid: Other M's average play-time "Per person" is now 15 Hours 20 Minutes, an increase of 1 Hour 3 Minutes of average game-play time, "Per person" reporting data. The average Metroid: Other M play session is now just over 2 Hours 20 Minutes.
Sale Rank & Advertised Price:
Metroid: Other M's
Amazon.com sale rank is currently #115, and is selling for $24.99.(Captured around 12:00AM on 12-1-10)
Review Score Averages:
Metroid: Other M's review score average is now 79.17%, based on 49 "professional" reviews on GameRankings.com. This is a slight increase since the last report, which had 47 reviews reported for an average of 79.38%.
(Captured around 12:00AM on 12-1-10)
Thoughts:
News broke about 2 weeks ago, that Metroid: Other M has not met sales expectations in North America, and Nintendo is trying to figure out why. Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president, told Kotaku.com, "We believe that it could be, should be a million unit title." Reggie stated he didn't think the title would reach that number through the holidays, and the title was close to half-a-million units sold so far.
Just in the last week or so, Amazon.com has consistently had the sale price of Metroid: Other M under $30. I wonder if perhaps Nintendo's new strategy to get Metroid: Other M to one million units, is by allowing retailers to slash its price during the holidays?
I still haven't played Metroid: Other M, but the new lower price on Amazon.com has made me interested; though I will probably just end up renting it in the future.
Questions:
If you purchased Metroid: Other M when it first released, and perhaps some Wii owners(like myself) have been on the fence about the title, would you suggest they purchase it while they can for under $30? Or, do you think Samus' latest adventure is more of a rental?
If anybody is interested in Metroid: Other M, you can see it priced on Amazon.com linked directly below:
Link to Kotaku's full interview with Reggie: http://kotaku.com/5688617/nintendo-trying-to-figure-out-what-went-wrong-with-newest-metroid