I honestly thought it would have a shot at a million with 18million units sold and west somewhat lacking mature games. I remember people in my area at the local game store  were very excited about MGS being in 3D. All they did was talk about MGS and RE a few months before the games even launched.

Guesgging the 3D novelty thing wore of quickly or just other games come out that picked up their interest.

So what about the Metal Gear Collections I just told you? do you believe they whould have sold a million too, you know, being in HD, having more content, having dual analogs to played it better and being cheaper?

It already has combined for PS3 and 360. there is always a small chance if enough die hard fans of the series want HD versions each platform will get there on their own, however PS3 more so likely.

Look at zelda ocarina of time. It just sells over and over and over.

Zelda OOT is a special case, it will sell for all of the 3DS life, Metal Gear Solid 3 probably not :P:P, maybe retailers will have shelfspace for the game this holiday season, maybe (and probably) not (shelfspace for a 1st party game that is so important as OOT will always be there, the same cant be said for a lazy 3rd party game that hasnt sold well). And as you said, the people has already decided they want the better game, the MGS HD collection, and not this laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy excuse of a game.

Agreed that the fan picked up the HD collection stead. I too will pick it up once it costs  aroudn $30AUD (atm $77AUD). Full retail game here is around $90-$110 (higher end of this range is rare these days)

It was jsut amazing though that the 3D aspect of the game was originally a wow factor then it fizzelled.

yeah, the 3D was a bit focus for Nintendo and everyone else :P:P, even Nintendo told in a recent interview that 3D wont be *the  feature that they will highlight from now on. I love my 3D personally, but I can understand why  is not the most important thing the 3DS has.

Look at it this way, Revelations is the most successful handheld Resident Evil to date. I wouldn't call this a bomb or a failure. And I think it will continue to sell. It's still one of the best looking games on the 3DS and personally I'm dying to replay this baby on my XL.

And concerning metal gear, I have MGS3D and the HD collection on vita. Personally, I think the 3D game is the better mgs3 but the package of the HD collection was the better deal for my money because it has four games and a ton of VR missions.

I remember hearing about the Wii's lack of million sellers on this site in late 2007 and early 2008. The thing is that it is very early in the 3DS's lifecycle and games on Nintendo systems sell differently than the others. It's not like everyone that wants a game on a Nintendo system waits for the store to open at midnight to buy it like Grand Theft Auto fans do. I am willing to say that some of the games that you listed definitely will sell a million over time. Pokemon Rumble Blast, SSFIV: 3D Edition, Dragon Quest Monsters, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Pilotwings Resort will all eventually do it. Not bad for a handheld that's in it's formative days.

Smartphone Revolution. Enough Said.

There are far fewer gamers spending their time online (as in, internet forums, etc) than most such gamers think. At absolute maximum, it's around 500,000. Realistically, it's probably less than 200,000. And devs that listen to online forum discussions when making decisions deserve to have their games sell poorly.