Metroid Prime Lights Up Sales

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Nintendo announced today that Metroid Prime for GameCube has already sold over 250,000 copies. Not only that, but it seems to be selling systems as well, with the GameCube apparently edging out Xbox for system sales for the month of November thus far.

After waiting eight years for a return visit from their favorite video game heroine, a quarter million Nintendo GameCube™ owners in North America purchased the hit title Metroid® Prime in its first week of availability. Coupled with the concurrent launch of Capcom’s Resident Evil Zero, also a Nintendo GameCube exclusive, well over half a million teen and older gamers will have purchased the two new games by the end of Thanksgiving weekend.

The appeal of these and other popular Nintendo GameCube titles has boosted Nintendo GameCube into second place in total system sales so far in November, according to a number of retailers.

News source: Gaming Age

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#1 smek on 28 Nov 2002 - 21:03

cool that reminds me som1 said they was gona make vidoes of it *smek goes to look for em

#2 jago6498 on 28 Nov 2002 - 21:20

Yet another great game for the Gamecube!!! Yeah!!! Hopefully no Xbox or PS2 fanboys will talk $hit. But that is highly unlikely and I bet the guys who bad talk smack about this game have never played it.

(1 reply) #3 jerichohol on 28 Nov 2002 - 21:23

i have to play this to see what all the fuss is about

#3.1 jago6498 on 28 Nov 2002 - 23:22

You'll find out that this is one of those rare occasions where a game lives up to the hype.

(2 replies) #4 xStainDx on 28 Nov 2002 - 21:51

15 percent done, this game is the POOP!

#4.1 dj_rigo on 29 Nov 2002 - 01:13

but is it phun?

#4.2 jago6498 on 29 Nov 2002 - 03:46

I think he is being sarcastic (I hope!

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#5 doggbizkit001 on 29 Nov 2002 - 03:08

this games owns! everybody w/ a GCN should have it

#6 Labtec on 29 Nov 2002 - 06:15

I sold my Cube a year ago, I just bid on one on ebay just for this Metroid game.

(1 reply) #7 Zelpus on 29 Nov 2002 - 07:07

This news article should be about how GTA Vice City sold 1.4 million copies in the last month which is almost 6x the ammount of metroid prime

#7.1 PabUK on 29 Nov 2002 - 10:21

Thats not really a comparison is it? This article talks about how many sold in it's first week, you refer to a game that has been out for a month.

#8 aaron901 on 29 Nov 2002 - 12:54

i have gta:vice city, but i wish it was metroid prime.

#9 C²zero on 29 Nov 2002 - 19:13

Looks like its time to trade in Animal Crossing... :disappoin

#10 Entreprenegro on 30 Nov 2002 - 21:01

18% complete, and i'm lovin' that *ish.

(1 reply) #11 jciaccio on 01 Dec 2002 - 23:56

The Gamecube actually has some good gfx hardware. Unfortunatly it suffers from lack of memory and some other issues. I believe if they had done some redesigning before releasing they could have a console that beats the PS2 easily. Unforntunatly it looks like alittle to little to late.

#11.1 jago6498 on 02 Dec 2002 - 02:09

I think you have your information mixed up. It's the PS2 that is lacking in memory. That is why texturing in Gamecube and Xbox games looks alot better. All 3 are good consoles tho.

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