Amazing games that sold far fewer copies than they should have?
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The Evil Within 2. It was my goty 2017. No, for real. After being disappointed with the original game, the fact that I loved and had so much fun with the sequel put it above everything else that year for me.
Absolutely adore that game, but it performed super bad. If I had to guess why, I'd say a lot of people were turned off by the original and didn't pick it up... I know that was my reason for almost passing on it. A real shame. Will be waiting for DLC/sequel for the rest of my life...
Absolutely adore that game, but it performed super bad. If I had to guess why, I'd say a lot of people were turned off by the original and didn't pick it up... I know that was my reason for almost passing on it. A real shame. Will be waiting for DLC/sequel for the rest of my life...
Sin & Punishment 2. It easily Treasure's best game, best rail shooter, and the best game on the Wii period. I have no idea why it sold poorly. It was well marketed, came out at a time when arcade shooters on the Wii were all the craze, and the game was, as said, incredible.
Some stand out ones:
Aces Wild - Astro Boy: The Omega Factor but much more hardcore and tactical. Game is fun as hell, but apparently didn't sell that hot.
Noitu Love 2 - Incredible game that was released just as the indie scene was getting started. It was priced too high at the time (this was an era when $15 was considered "high" for an indie game).
Aurion: Legacy of Kori-Odan - A Cameroon company is essentially trying to make African fantasy lore in the vein of Dungeons and Dragons with Western or Feudal Japan Folklore, and succeeded. The game is essentially a 2D Tales game but in African fantasy.
Some stand out ones:
Aces Wild - Astro Boy: The Omega Factor but much more hardcore and tactical. Game is fun as hell, but apparently didn't sell that hot.
Noitu Love 2 - Incredible game that was released just as the indie scene was getting started. It was priced too high at the time (this was an era when $15 was considered "high" for an indie game).
Aurion: Legacy of Kori-Odan - A Cameroon company is essentially trying to make African fantasy lore in the vein of Dungeons and Dragons with Western or Feudal Japan Folklore, and succeeded. The game is essentially a 2D Tales game but in African fantasy.
Gravity Rush 2: Absolute tragedy the game flopped, one of the best games this generation and we will probably never hear from this franchise again.
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn; mean I get why...but I'm sad that the sales probably dashed all hope for the series to continue.
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn; mean I get why...but I'm sad that the sales probably dashed all hope for the series to continue.
Warhawk - Overshadowed by the whole PS3 launch debacle but the game was amazing and would be an amazing fit for the F2P market of this gen or next.
Dishonoured - All the games. They were superb but overlooked by so many. Makes me very sad.
Prey - Another game overlooked by many. Really nailed the atmosphere and world you inhabited.
Pyre - My favourite from Supermassive Games which is saying a lot since I adore Transistor too. The characters and progression was great and the matches were enjoyable too.
The Banner Saga Trilogy - The whole trilogy is out now and I'll admit the first game had some gameplay issues but they were addressed in the 2nd and 3rd games. The amount of time between each game likely meant quite a few people missed the next chapters but honestly now all 3 are out give them a try if you love SRPGs.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - For all of you who enjoyed the Commando games of old this is its spiritual successor set in Asia. I had a blast playing through this.
I could list more but those are the ones which initially pop up in my head.
Dishonoured - All the games. They were superb but overlooked by so many. Makes me very sad.
Prey - Another game overlooked by many. Really nailed the atmosphere and world you inhabited.
Pyre - My favourite from Supermassive Games which is saying a lot since I adore Transistor too. The characters and progression was great and the matches were enjoyable too.
The Banner Saga Trilogy - The whole trilogy is out now and I'll admit the first game had some gameplay issues but they were addressed in the 2nd and 3rd games. The amount of time between each game likely meant quite a few people missed the next chapters but honestly now all 3 are out give them a try if you love SRPGs.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - For all of you who enjoyed the Commando games of old this is its spiritual successor set in Asia. I had a blast playing through this.
I could list more but those are the ones which initially pop up in my head.
Where did you get this information from? I always had the assumption that it done quite well on the Wii U.
PREY
And I am currently playing OnRush thanks to PS+ and I am having a blast. Really made racing games fun for me again.
And I am currently playing OnRush thanks to PS+ and I am having a blast. Really made racing games fun for me again.
I am pretty sure that I am responsible for half of the sales of Sin & Punishment 2. It's especially frustrating because for years people were asking for a new Star Fox and Nintendo gave them something better but they ignored it. Pearls before swine, I tell you.
Yeah. The best racing game I've played since WipEout HD, and it's sad to think there won't be anything like it.
Hmmmm.. I know that Dishonored games and Prey don't or didn't had big numbers, but they sold still pretty good.. Dishonored 1 on Steam sold more than 2 mil. copies, who knows how much on consoles.. Dishonored 2 sold on Steam more than 1 mil. copies, again I don't know the numbers for consoles version and Prey has on Steam more than 500k copies sold - not great, but still for such a title good numbers, and that is only PC
Compared to Vampire Bloodlines, which few months after release had only around 80k copies sold
Compared to Vampire Bloodlines, which few months after release had only around 80k copies sold
This is basically the best answer for this thread, especially for a series as long-running as DQ.
There are so many unfortunately. More recent ones that really sting: Prey and Hitman 2. Both games with excellent level design and tons of freedom for the player to solve problems.
The fact that everything I was going to mention has been posted 800 times is doubly depressing.
Wait, Hitman 2 is eating shit as well sales-wise? I just started playing and it's fantastic...not again.
I feel like I must curse games. Everything I play turns out to be a horrible seller. I should stop and save it for everyone else.
Wait, Hitman 2 is eating shit as well sales-wise? I just started playing and it's fantastic...not again.
I feel like I must curse games. Everything I play turns out to be a horrible seller. I should stop and save it for everyone else.
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I wish we knew sales numbers for DJ MAX Respect, because that game is amazing and deserves every penny.
All three Metroid Prime games. They are some of the best games ever made but their sales are pretty abysmal in comparison to other Nintendo games. I hope the 4th entry reviews just as good as its predecessors but also sells far more.
Seeing how quickly Hitman 2 has dropped in price, I'm guessing it sold like shit. Buy the new Hitman games, people!