| Seece said: It did have some advertising, I remember seeing that awesome front cover everywhere. I can't fathom why this would only sell 90k, on such a huge userbase ... shops simply didn't stock it I assume? |
Admittedly I wasn't exactly on mission to find a copy of the game, but I don't recall seeing it on shelves anywhere.
For retailers like Target, major distributers that they be, they have relatively low shelf space for games for each system and tend to keep their orders limited to what their buyers presumably think will sell and generally don't stock old games at all unless they're proven consistent sellers. They dump a lot of older inventory at slashed prices on a regular basis once they stop ordering the title.
The thing is, even if retailers ordered in low numbers, there still has to be a significant number of units produced that were never shipped in order for the game to be a studio closing underperformer. It's currently $20 on Amazon; I'm assuming it was $50 upon release, which essentially means Amazon is dumping stock. Conduit's currently going for $17.
Limited to no marketing, unknown developer, small niche title developed for a platform with a majorty user base that has shown minimal interest in said niche all go a long way in explaining the sales.
