Kenryoku_Maxis on 15 April 2010
As you should be hearing from most people, it depends. Most of the time, its due to the company not advertising the game or not advertising it correctly.
There are rare exceptions when a game can release next to another major game and not sell well because of it, but even then, that's partially due to poor planning by the people who produced the game.
There's never really any times when 'fans' are to blame for a game not doing well. Its either they didn't hear about it or they didn't want it. People buy the game and if they don't buy it, there's a reason. Pure capitalism at its finest.
Six upcoming games you should look into:
