Big software titles flopping in the US

[couchmonkey]

choirsoftheeye said:

The games on that list are either
a) Franchises that see yearly updates, that anyone with half a brain wouldn't spend $50/a year on. (sports titles)
b) Franchises that are long past their days of glory. Crash may have gotten decent reviews, but it's been nearly ten years since it was a character or franchise worth respecting (since Naughty Dog moved on with their lives). Expecting it to sell a million is ridiculous.
c) Franchises that are somewhere in-between a) and b) (see: Tony Hawk)
d) Crap
e) Poorly marketed or not suited for the US market (Dewy, MLB Pros, for example)

 

Some of the claims about Sony and the video game industry in this thread would be funny if I wasn't confronted by the fact that someone actually believed them.

I was thinking the same thing, but sitting back for a moment and considering the industry as a whole rather than just the stuff that doesn't suck, it's not good news for the industry if all these games are selling poorly.  If Crash of the Titans were replaced with a brand-new, better and more innovative IP, would it really sell that much better?