Metroid Dread becomes the series bestseller
Game · 2021
Metroid Dread sold 2.9 million copies worldwide by March 2022.
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- Week of Oct 10, 2021
- Oct 8 ’21 to Week of Oct 10, 2021
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Trace the originNintendo released Metroid Dread in October 2021 alongside the Switch OLED model. Nintendo reported 2.9 million worldwide sales by March 2022.
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September 2021
Nintendo Life precursor · Sep 29 ’21
Nintendo had released TV commercials ahead of the game’s launch.[1]
October 2021
Nintendo seed · Oct 8 ’21
Nintendo released Metroid Dread on Switch.[2]
Japanese buyers milestone · Week of Oct 10, 2021
Famitsu estimated 86,798 Japanese retail units sold in the October 4–10 week.[3]
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- Japan launch-week retail units, Famitsu estimate“86798本 (累計86798本)”86.8K[3]
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Game Developer · Metroid Dread sold 854,000 copies in the U.S. during October
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