A dreadfully good start.
Early chart tracking suggested that Metroid Dread was enjoying a successful time at retail when it launched on Switch last month, but new sales data confirms that the game has actually had the best opening month for any game of the series to date (in the US, at least).
The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella confirms that Dread debuted as October’s third best-selling game in the US, and the best-selling on Switch (which also happened to be the best-selling console of the month). Piscatella says, “Metroid Dread achieved the highest launch month sales of any Metroid franchise release in tracked history,” and that its launch month physical dollar sale “nearly doubled those of the previous franchise best, Metroid Prime“.
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