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 Prime 3: Corruption turns 5! How many hours have U.S. Wii owners reported playing it?

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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption was released five years ago (today) in the U.S. on August 27, 2007. The game was developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. It received an ESRB rating of "Teen" with "Animated Blood, Violence" listed as content for gamers and parents to be aware of, and the game released with a MSRP of $49.99.

How many hours have U.S. Wii owners reported playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption over the last 5 years? Brew some coffee, and let's take a look!

Metroid: Other M's Hours Played - A Year's Worth

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Metroid: Other M was released on August 31, 2010 as a Nintendo Wii exclusive, with a MSRP of $49.99.  The game was developed by Team Ninja with help from D-Rockets for the CG portions, and published by Nintendo.

Metroid: Other M received a "Teen" rating from the ESRB with "Animated Blood, Violence" listed as content for parents/gamers to be aware of.

How many hours have Wii owners spent running around Bottle Ship, in Metroid: Other M with 370 days of data possibly reported?  Let's take a look!

3 x 1 = 1! Samus' Three Adventures, Metroid Prime: Trilogy - Data Report

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     Metroid Prime: Trilogy (MPT) was released in North America on August 24, 2009 with a MSRP of $49.99.  Metroid Prime: Trilogy was the original Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, all put on one Wii disc.  Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, which were originally GameCube games, were updated with Wii controls; but other than the updated controls, all the games were nearly identical to their original releases.
     The Metroid Prime games were developed by Retro Studios, and published by Nintendo.  Metroid Prime: Trilogy received an ESRB rating of "Teen" with "Animated Blood, Violence" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     How many hours have Wii owners played Samus' three adventures in the last 2 years?  Let's take a look!

Samus' Corrupt Adventure - 4 Years of Play-Time

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     Metroid Prime 3: Corruption was released in North America on August 27, 2007 with a MSRP of $49.99.  The game was developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo.
     Metroid Prime 3 received an ESRB rating of "Teen" with "Animated Blood, Violence" listed as content for gamers/parents to be aware of.

     How many hours have Wii owners played Samus' corrupt adventure, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, in the last 4 years?  Let's take a look!

Metroid: Other M Crosses A Million...

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     We last looked at Metroid: Other M's game-play hours as they were reported on November 29.  You can read that full report HERE.

     How many hours have Wii owners spent playing Metroid: Other M in the last 127 days reported?  Let's take a look!

Metroid: Other M's Reported Game-Play Hours

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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!

The hours shown above are for the United States of America Wii owners, not world-wide.

Approx. Number of Players Reporting Data:
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