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the_dengle on 06 October 2013
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Player2 said:
the_dengle said:
Everyone in this thread has forgotten Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate. Part of an established franchise that sold well on DS, yet to hit 100k. It is surpassed only by Brain Age on Nintendo consoles this year in terms of floppage.

I was going to post this too.

It seems Layton is a shadow of its former self as well. We'll see how it does in the west but I'm not optimistic.

I wouldn't really call Layton a flop. Its sales have been declining steadily over the course of several releases. There was no reason to expect his recent games to sell better than any previous ones. Certainly still disappointing considering what it once was, but the true flops of this year would kill for the over 200k he's racked up in Japan alone.

Seriously, everone calling W101 the number 1 flop: reconsider that ranking. Look at Castlevania's sales. Take all of the factors into consideration. Don't get swept up in the Wii U doom. Castlevania is selling fewer than 500 copies weekly. This is a 27-year-old franchise.