Metroid Dread warns navigators: best launch of the saga in the United Kingdom

Metroid Dread is intended to become one of the best-selling video games in the saga around the world. The first official reports of the United Kingdom indicate an extraordinary week for the new Nintendo and Mercurysteam for Nintendo Switch, which is the fifth delivery 2D of the Samus Aran series. According to the data, facilitated by gfk (via gamesindustry ), Metroid Dread is the title with the greatest billing of the entire saga in its launch ; Counting deliveries, both 2D and 3D.

While it is not the best selling at the level of physical copies accumulated in its first week, since it maintains Metroid Prime for GameCube (2002), this new iteration hNintendo Switch generated more income in the same period of time Nintendo Switch a title More expensive (59.99 euros), which translates into higher incomes. It hNintendo Switch been less than 1,000 copies of overcoming the record of Metroid Prime.

Metroid Dread stays less than 1,000 units to overcome the premiere of Prime; without counting digital copies

According to the source: We can safely affirm that Metroid Dread is the Metroid game more quickly sold to date, given that in these data the most presumed more than 1,000 copies that hNintendo Switch sold the title Through the Eshop during this weekend.

Thus, the lNintendo Switcht adventure of the arch initiated in 1986 debuts in the third position of the UK rankings in the week ended on October 9; The best-selling video game if we stick to exclusive titles. During that period, only FIFA 22 and Far Cry 6 have sold more physical copies than Metroid Dread; Taking into account that both titles contemplate their copies on consoles PlayStation and Xbox.

With these conditions and to know how it hNintendo Switch been its debut in Japan, we will know between Wednesday and Thursday, everything makes it indicate that Metroid Dread Nintendo Switchpires to overcome the more than 2.84 million copies of Metroid Prime for GameCube, the. which is until now the best-selling game of the series.

Metroid Dread is available exclusively for Nintendo Switch. You can read our analysis in depth and with note through this link.