I blame Nintendo. They sold people on Wii Sports, creating a new genre of games (motion-based simulation) but then didn't support that base (probably not realizing how fast it'd grow). The only games that Nintendo has made that appeals to these people is MP8 and to a lessor extent WW. And Wii Play...
That leaves a huge gap that sub-par quickly made games can fill - and ta-da Carnival Games sells a million. I suspect EA Playground would have too if they'd made it more obvious what it was. I mean, Carnival Games is exactly that, no brainer, what's Playground?? You have to pick it up and figure it out = lost sales.
I'd bet Winter Sports is selling a lot better than we know, but because noone sees Walmart's sales (the only place I've seen with it) it's not showing on VGC or NPD.
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