i'll not say anything about MNR being a flop until 2011...LBP began in the same way, with really low sales, and when holidays hit, the sales rose like a rocket...this game could do the same, i'm still looking forward to it, i really want to play it...

Bought both AW and PoP:FS new and then sold them while they were worth something.  Not a lot of replay value to me.  Review scores really hurt both these titles obviously. 

Collecting coffee thermos's in the middle of a psycho-thriller seemed like ridiculous game design.  It just ended the immersion and suspense at regular intervals.  Achievements can suck. Wake was going to be a dis. to many based on hype and wait time but it really is a good game.   It could still hit 1m lifetime but that's half what I expected on 360.  Ditching PC was inexplicable.  I don't care how much money changed hands that was a bad move for Remedy. 

FS was beautiful and more like SoT than PoP 2005.  Short, glitchy and rushed though. Gamers aren't wild about movie tie-ins either.  I still don't understand why it flopped that hard.  Ubi's AC IP is so hot while PoP is all but dead.  The 360 fanbase especially has just abandoned it.  Ubi could beg Sony for a combo Blu-Ray and game bundle but that won't help the bottom line much. 

I'm even less of an expert on racers but there are a lot around now and the genre has to compete for cash against stronger competition from AAs, F and TPSs and WRPGs. Those genres seem hotter to me right now.  Plus any race fans with a PS3 are waiting for Granmama.  Thanks for reading my book.

Can't really disagree with the list.  I'd add Lost Planet 2, Red Steel 2 and MGS Peace Walker to it though.

yes i agree. todate it's the best racer i've played sense Mario Kart 64. it offers more then any racer on the market to bad GT5 will do better/offer more. 

great book? LoL

i thought its about game quality if its really about that then i say Split/Second takes the cake easily.

Its probably pirated a lot in the west. 

Alan Wake is a shame.   Haven't played it yet but it's one of the few 360 games I'm really interested in.

Can't speak for the HD version but the Wii version of PoP:FS is excellent.   I can't say it's the best PoP ever but it's certainly the best of class on Wii - much better than PoP: RS (which looks like sh-t in comparison) and LC:Anniversary and LC:Underworld.    It deserves far better sales than it has.

No More Heroes 2 is also a shame based on reviews.   Sales were almost non-existent.

Sakura Wars - Not a title anyone expected much from but a great and unique game.  I wished it had done well enough for us to get some more Sakura Wars love outside of Japan.

TW11 - I wonder how much Wii sales have to do with Tiger's image and how much is because anyone who cared bought last years version (with WM ) and there's not enough here to warrent another purchase (especially for casual players)

Racing - All racing games have seriously underperformed this year.   Not sure why.   Everyone waiting for GT5?

Wow. I didn't realize what a flopsicle Rock Band: Green Day was. I utterly loathe those pop-punk pussies, so this is rather heartening.

Alan Wake it the most dissapointing failure on the list. A studio with a great track record, going exclusive and taking 5 years to complete the project.

I wonder are we going to hear any news from Remedy. Before launch they said they had pinned all their hopes on Alan Wake to continue to survive as a studio. It's selling on par with Infamous this week in NA, by no means a huge game, out 50 weeks longer on the third place console. I haven't played Alan Wake, but I really don't understand how it flopped so badly. Advertising and perhaps the lack of any mutliplayer hindered it's sales.