Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. Every Thursday GTA 6 O'clock Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts. Every Friday Knowledge From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon. Every Thursday The Setup Every Wednesday Switch 2 Spotlight Every Saturday The Watchlist Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Nintendo's latest financial results did not mention Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at all, leading to worries about the game's performance and what could that mean for the series going forward. In the latest financial results release from Nintendo, it's revealed that it took Switch 2 under seven months to overtake the Wii U's lifetime sales while the original Switch officially became the best-selling Nintendo console ever. And alongside console sales, the best selling Switch 2 games list was also updated with Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and Kirby Air Riders' first sales coming in strong with 3.89 million and 1.76 million copies sold respectively. However, those weren't the only first-party games released since Nintendo's last report. Notably absent were two of Nintendo's biggest holiday games Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Nintendo typically includes games when they pass one million copies sold, however Koei Tecmo confirmed last month that Hyrule Warriors has sold over 1 million copies (via Nintendo Life). Koei Tecmo published the game in Japan, so it's possibly a case of the Nintendo-published versions of the game having not sold over one million. With over 17 million units sold, it took Nintendo Switch 2 under 7 months to overtake the Wii U's lifetime sales After an agonizing 7-year wait, Metroid Prime 4 Metacritic score is just barely above black sheep like Other M and Prime Pinball Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything you need to know about the new Switch game Metroid – despite having under four weeks to chart given the financial report's cut-off of December 31, 2025 – was not mentioned at all, suggesting that the long-awaited sequel did not get off to a great start on either console. However, it's possible the game sold over one million copies between the two versions – as Nintendo counts them separately as seen with Pokemon – but seemingly neither did it independently. Fans over on the Metroid subreddit are understandably a bit worried given Metroid's multiple hiatuses, with one user saying: "This might be it for prime. Sad to see man." After all, fans had been waiting 18 years since Metroid Prime 3. However, given the extremely mixed critical reception to the game, some see this as a given, with another responding, "Sale numbers reflect the general sentiment people have of that game." Of course, Metroid has never been a massive seller in the grand scheme of things, with Metroid Dread being the best-selling title in the series at just over three million as of 2022 – which is less than 1-2-Switch for context. While the years of hype and presumably expensive development make this a rough one, I don't see it being the end of Metroid unless the sales were extremely bad. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's success was in part responsible for the open-world section in Metroid Prime 4