Im going to be honest with you, some of the games you mentioned as being less successful (except for uncharted) i've never even heard of. And thats part of the problem, people know about cod, fifa, GTA, because they have a strong brand value, people expect them to be good and at a certain standard.
The reason why some of these other games don't sell well is because they dont get their product across to their consumers, most consumers dont go on gaming websites to check out the latests games, they go with the information they know, or from what they've heard from others. Unknown IP's need to find a way to market themselves better. Sometimes to make money you need to spend money.
Final fantasy, pokemon, dragonquest, all these games were probably marketed quite heavily when first released, or were known to be quality titles. Now its common knowledge so less has to be spent, the hype is already there.
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