Wich is better, sales with Long tail or selling much from the first week and fading away?

[Nautilus]

It depends.Assuming in the end, they sell the same number of units, there are two scenarios:

A)If the company wants money and money alone(no plans of sequels and such), selling quickly is better, since they will sell at premium price.

B)If the company wants to make a franchise out of the game, then legs are better.More time on the market means the game staying in gamers mind for longer time, and if it keeps selling means it has good reputation behind it, making it a much easier sell for the second game.