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5 Great Games with the Worst Sales

December 16, 2009 in Top List comments 15

Despite the hype and a lot of hard work behind them, some great games never maintain to repay the effort. Here's the list of 5 games famous for bad sales numbers.

Some people blame the economy for a game’s poor sales but with the gaming industry gaining ground even in the face of the sunken economy there has to be other reasons for it. Some people blame market saturation saying there are too many desirable games to compete for the available time and cash gamers are willing to surrender. Still others think that a game’s sales have everything to do with competing titles released on or around the same date. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that some games – some solidly constructed games that should have sold – just don’t cut the mustard. Here’s my list of 5 Great Games with the Worst Sales.
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  • 0
    Existence Dec 16, 09
    Agreed with Heavenly Sword. That was a fantastic game for its time, albeit a bit short, but it didn't much attention at all, since the PS3 userbase was so small at the time.
  • 0
    reaver11 Dec 16, 09
    Didn't Ico have poor sales?
    • 0
      Xeros the Slayer Dec 16, 09
      Probably sold worse than those games and it's definitely better than them, except for maybe Psychonauts.
      • 0
        reaver11 Dec 16, 09
        No kidding. Atleast SotC had some advertising to help the sales. It would have been a shame for that game to collect dust.
  • 1
    Aussie Legend Dec 16, 09
    Good to see Psychonauts get a mention.

    How the hell could they say Mirror's Edge was a great game... it didn't sell well for a reason, it sucked
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      Sayyed Dec 16, 09
      Mirrors edge was a great game. It made platforming really fun.
    • 1
      HisServant77 Dec 17, 09
      It was an awesome game. The problem is that it was DIFFERENT from the norm, which is why so many seemed to hate it. Most played the demo, and found it took some getting used to, and then decided it was a terrible game since it wasn't the generic game.
      • 0
        RaidenXS Dec 17, 09
        i actually hated mirrors edge. i would have haved liked it if there weren't as many enemies around
        • 1
          HisServant77 Dec 17, 09
          Well, some genuinely didn't like it, like you But most it's unwarranted.

          But you didn't like it because of the enemies? Wow, Most other people said the opposite Lol
        • 0
          Hideo1 Dec 17, 09
          I didn't like the enemies really. Absolutely freakin' loved the time trial modes but throwing in guns to satisfy Joe 'Retard' Average didn't work well for me, unfortunately.
  • 0
    Curt Connors Dec 16, 09
    What, no 'Beyond good & Evil' ?
    • 1
      Existence Dec 17, 09
      Didn't they give that game free with cheese or something?
  • 0
    Curt Connors Dec 17, 09
    Don't be mocking BG&E, that was a damn good game
  • 0
    DragonMaster Dyne Dec 17, 09
    Dead Space didn't sell well? Hmm. It was my 2008 Game of the Year.

    Heavenly Sword was just a garbage game. I rented it and couldn't even keep the game for one day it was that awful. Tedious God of War wanna-be with HORRIBLE controls. Ugh.

    Mirrors Edge was awesome, but I understand crappy sales. It isn't worth a purchase.
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    blazeboy11 Dec 18, 09
    Dead Space was more of a rent game, though I may go buy it since DS2 is coming out.

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