Why so many great DS games sold so poorly?

[Stellar_Fungk]

Arlo said:

Stellar_Fungk said:

Arlo said:
An oversaturated market and a large percentage of the install base made up of people who just want Mario and Pokemon.

Yeah right. That must explain why Bravely Default, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Tales of the Abyss and Kingdom Hears 3D sold well on the 3DS. (which even has a smaller install base than DS)

I never said they had the same people making up their install bases.  The 3DS released into a different climate with different people.

Ok, then where were these people during the DS era? RPG fans that bought these 3DS games were surley active rpg players during the DS generation. The PSP didn't get good RPG's till 2010ish (like Trails in the Sky, Birth by Sleep) so the DS had the majority of great RPGs in the beginning to mid and therefore themajority of RPG players.

The Dragon Quest games, Final Fantasy games, Chrono Trigger sold well on the DS after all. I think it's more about piracy and lack of marketing.