Metroid Prime: Difference between revisions
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”Metroid Prime” became one of the [[List of best-selling Nintendo GameCube video games|best-selling games on the GameCube]]. It was the second-best-selling game of November 2002 in North America, behind ”[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]”;{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/november-video-game-sales-2901969|title=November video game sales|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922193705/http://www.gamespot.com/news/november-video-game-sales-2901969 |archive-date=September 22, 2013|last=Calvert|first=Justin|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=December 17, 2002|access-date=April 27, 2004}} 250,000 units were sold in the first week of its release.{{cite press release|url=http://games.ign.com/articles/378/378916p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143019/http://games.ign.com/articles/378/378916p1.html|archive-date=June 29, 2011 |title=Metroid Sales Hit Quarter Million Mark|date=November 27, 2002|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|url-status=dead|access-date=July 5, 2010}} {{As of|July 2006}}, the game had sold more than 1.49 million copies in the U.S. alone,{{cite web|title=US Platinum Videogame Chart |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml |publisher=The Magic Box |access-date=August 13, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421003854/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml |archive-date=April 21, 2007}} and had earned more than {{US$|50 million}}.{{cite web|last=Campbell |first=Colin |author2=Joe Keiser |date=July 29, 2006 |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-games-21st-century/8/ |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century: 39–30 |publisher=[[Next Generation Magazine|Next-gen.biz]] |access-date=October 22, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116150150/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-games-21st-century/8/ |archive-date=January 16, 2013}} It was also the eighth-bestselling GameCube game in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.vooks.net/the-best-selling-gamecube-games-australias-choice/ |title=Australia’s Choice |publisher=Vooks |date=October 16, 2006 |access-date=March 30, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507204545/http://www.vooks.net/the-best-selling-gamecube-games-australias-choice/ |archive-date=May 7, 2012}} More than 78,000 copies were sold in Japan,{{cite web|url=http://garaph.info/softwareindividual.php//gid/1215 |title=GID 1215 – Metroid Prime – GCN – Garaph |access-date=December 3, 2007 |publisher=[[Media Create]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801064210/http://garaph.info/softwareindividual.php//gid/1215 |archive-date=August 1, 2013}} and Nintendo added the game to its Player’s Choice line in the PAL region.{{cite press release|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/new_titles_added_to_nintendo_gamecube_player_s_choice_range |title=New titles added to Nintendo GameCube Players Choice Range |publisher=Nintendo of Europe |date=October 3, 2003 |access-date=March 30, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042925/http://www.gamezone.com/news/new_titles_added_to_nintendo_gamecube_player_s_choice_range |archive-date=September 24, 2015}} It sold {{nowrap|2.84 million}} copies worldwide{{Cite book|title=2020CESAゲーム白書 (2020 CESA Games White Papers)|publisher=[[Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association]]|year=2020|isbn=978-4-902346-42-8|page=241}} and was the best-selling ”Metroid” game until ”[[Metroid Dread]]” (2022).{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Gavin |date=2022-05-10 |title=It’s…
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