okr on 09 September 2008
Anno 1701 for DS. A very good transition of a PC series (economic/building sim with strategy elements). The PC titles are very successful in some parts of Europe. The DS title was ignored by most customers. Positive reviews, but no interest, no word of mouth, extremely low sales.
Also in general point&click adventures on PC (and DS/Wii) are underrated by both, media and gamers today. Outside Sam & Max and Phoenix Wright people are not interested anymore in this genre, it seems. Unlike games in many other genres (especially FPS), only above average p&c games sell more than a few thousand copies - p&c games that are "only" considered good, are automatically neglected.
