| padib said: So can we go with Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Super Bomba? :/ sorry I had to. :B Well, let's look at it this way: look at how many entries released in sequence. That is a lot of titles released for one series. Also, is Go Galaxy a nickname for Go 3? Maybe players were confused about the title? |
I suspect the underlined in the major problem here. It's a recurring problem for Level-5. They find a franchise/formula that works; promote it to oblivion with cross-media stuff (animes; merchandise etc.) pump out as many games as possible in a short amount of time and sales eventually drop off a cliff (see also: Professor Layton; Little Battlers).
Luckily, they've stumbled upon some replacement series recently (Youkai Watch/Fantasy Life), but their president has already recently spoken about the next entries in those series coming out soon, so I can only see them ending with a similar fate. At least in the short term they should grow somewhat ("short term" being the next 2-3 entries, possibly).
I don't think 91k for Inazuma is a massive failure, but it's certainly a wake up call that the series has peaked and they should probably move on.
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