How many hours can you expect from Metroid: Other M? Data Report

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Metroid: Other M was released on August 31, 2010 with a MSRP of $49.99. The game was developed by Team Ninja with CG portions made by D-Rockets, and it was published by Nintendo. Metroid: Other M received an ESRB rating of "Teen" with "Animated Blood, Violence" listed as content for gamers and parents to be aware of.

How many hours have U.S. Wii owners spent playing Metroid: Other M since the game released just over 2 years ago now? Brew yourself some coffee, and let's take a look!

Metroid: Other M - Data Debut

Quick Brew Info:
     Metroid: Other M was released on the Nintendo Wii on August 31, 2010, and Metroid: Other M released with a MSRP of $49.99.  It was developed by Team Ninja, and published by Nintendo.

     It took 14 days for Metroid: Other M's play-time data to debut on the Wii's Nintendo Channel.  So, in the last 2-weeks, how much have Wii owners been playing Metroid: Other M?  Let's take a look...

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Approx. Number of Players Reporting Data:
     Metroid: Other M has 11,428 players reporting their play-time data, for its debut on the Nintendo Channel.

"Total" Game-Play & Average Hours Played Reported:
     Metroid: Other M has 112,376 Total Hours reported for its debut, with a 9 hours 51 minutes average play-time per person reporting data.

     The average play-time per session for Metroid: Other M is just under three hours, sitting at about 2 hours 50 minutes per play session.

Sale Rank & Advertised Price:
     Metroid: Other M's sale rank is #56 and is selling for $48.93 on Amazon.com.

Review Score Averages:
     Metroid: Other M's review score average is 78.01%, based on 39 "professional" reviews on GameRankings.com.

     On Amazon.com, Metroid: Other M has about a 3.5 out of 5 Star rating, based on 71 customer reviews.

What would you rate Metroid: Other M?

Thoughts:
     I have not purchased or played Metroid: Other M yet, but I have a friend that has offered to mail me his copy after he finishes it, so I can try it.  I may take him up on that offer, once I finish a few more games!

     I think the sales rank of Metroid: Other M on Amazon.com does show that the sales for the game look to have dropped off considerably, for what I would think is a "core" Nintendo franchise game.  I don't know if Nintendo plans to continue advertising Metroid: Other M any during the Christmas season this year, or if the live-action commercial is the only one they plan on showing, but I think it will be interesting to see how sales continue for it in the next few months.
     If you didn't see the live-action commercial for Metroid: Other M, you can watch it right here!


     As for the play-time hours, it seems the average play-time per person reported is about how long the single-player campaign for Metroid: Other M takes to complete(9 hours, from what I have read).  I would imagine most of the users reporting play-time data for Metroid: Other M have already finished the main campaign, and may now be trying to get 100% in it.

Questions:
     Did anybody here purchase Metroid: Other M, and if so, how much have you played it?  If you have completed the campaign, do you see Metroid: Other M as a game that you will play multiple times? Or, is once enough?

Nintendo Wii FPS Games Data

The Conduit, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex:

Wii Nintendo Channel Data, Amazon.com Sale Ranks, and GameRankings.com Review Score Averages

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Number of Players Reporting Data:

The Conduit has 56,450 players reporting data on the Nintendo Channel.

Metroid Prime Trilogy has 34,933 players reporting data.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex has 34,645 players reporting their play-time data.

Player Increase Over Last Week:

The Conduit had 915 more players reporting data this week.

Metroid Prime Trilogy had 973 more players reporting data this week.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex had 2,179 more players reporting their data on the Wii's Nintendo Channel this week over last week.

"Total" Game-Play Hours Reported/Increased:

The Conduit had 1,242,658 Total Hours reported, an increase of 21,227 hours from last week.

Metroid Prime Trilogy had 848,160 Total Hours reported, an increase of 34,856 hours.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex had 1,129,676 Total Hours reported, an increase of 116,984 hours.

Amazon.com Sales Rank:

The Conduit's Amazon.com sale rank is #503 and its current selling price is $17.94.

Metroid Prime Trilogy's Amazon.com sale rank is #535 and its current selling price is $49.55 + $3.99 shipping.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex's Amazon.com sale rank is #207 and its current selling price is $46.99.

GameRankings.com Review Score Averages:

All three games have kept the same review score average and number of reviews, as they had last week.

The Conduit's review score average is 72.23% based on 64 reviews.

Metroid Prime Trilogy's review score average is 92.27% based on 33 reviews.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex's review score average is 78.76% based on 33 reviews.

Thoughts:

Keeping my "prediction" posted, I said 4 weeks ago, I think that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex will pass The Conduit's "Total Hours" reported played, on Monday, March 15, 2010.

Monday's update could be surprising, and perhaps Call of Duty will pass The Conduit tomorrow, but I'm still saying it will pass The Conduit on Monday, March 15.

Also, I was glad to see Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector's Edition on Amazon.com being available from 3rd party vendors for right around $50.  Some of them have the game marked up, the "Featured Merchant" has Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector Edition's price as $93.99 + $4.99 shipping, but at the time of this posting, there were four merchants with the game between $49.55 and $49.99 + $3.99 shipping.

If you haven't picked up Metroid Prime Trilogy Collector's Edition, don't forget that Nintendo confirmed they have canceled shipping/producing the game, at least for the time being.

Question:

I'm still not sure why Nintendo isn't keeping Metroid Prime Trilogy in production, or at least Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, as a "Player's Choice" type of title for new Wii owners to pick up.  It looks as of though Metroid: Other M will be the only Wii Metroid game, that Wii owners will be able to buy brand new as of June 27, 2010.

Do you think Nintendo isn't shipping/producing Metroid Prime Trilogy anymore because of how soon Metroid: Other M is going to be released, and they don't want newer Wii owners confused if they see two Metroid titles sitting on a shelf?

If you're interested in any of the games discussed, you can see some of Amazon.com's new and used prices below.  You can even currently pre-order Metroid: Other M.