in a perfect world the great games would make a lot of money and the Bad Games would fail but
sadly that's not the gaming world we live in welcome to the channel everybody chaos
here today we're going to look at some really really really good games that sold really really
badly now sometimes a fantastic game just doesn't manage to catch on with the buying public in a way
that deserves to which can also lead to it being completely forgotten about over time but today we
bring those back great games that sold like crap make sure you guys drop a like make sure you're
subscribed to the channel and let's kick things off with Okami now if you were a gamer in the
mid-2000s you probably remember this game pretty clearly the game had you playing as a Shinto
sun goddess in the form of a white wolf and the art style was absolutely incredible now despite
launching it all the way back in 2006 Okami still holds up beautifully to this day the gameplay was
modeled after Classic Legend of Zelda games which that paired excellently with the concept it's one
of the most critical claim games of all time it won IGN's 2006 Game of the Year award and getting
a number of re-releases now strangely Okami has always been considered a financial disappointment
likely thanks to its unique premise that made it hard to Market despite being one of the most
beloved games of all time Okami sold less than 600 000 units in its first three years which
led to it being the least commercially successful winner of The Game of the Year award according to
the Guinness Book of World Records now comey's Financial failure led to the developers being
disbanded by Capcom but many of the employees went on to form Platinum games which later made
Bayonetta so I guess it all worked out it's kind of like movies too you see these movies when all
these major awards that you've never heard of let's move on to number nine System Shock 2.
feels pretty strange to put such a beloved game on a list like this but I have to it's true it's
sold really really poorly released for the PC in 99 an action RPG completely changed horror
gaming forever many people still consider this to be one of the scariest games ever made you were on
this massive spaceship in a cyberpunk future but there's been some strange infection that turned
almost everybody into horrific creatures and everything is at the mercy of an evil AI who's
calling the shots in the background the atmosphere the gameplay the writing some of the best in
gaming history to this day it holds up to this day as long as you don't mind with having some very
old school PC RPG mechanics here and there despite the universal praise System Shock 2 reportedly
sold less than 60 000 copies in the first year that is leading to the developers Looking Glass
Studios to start building up millions of dollars worth of debt the studio shut down after one year
and the game was launched and then the rights to the franchise franchise have been bouncing
from place to place and have had multiple projects stuck in development for years there's supposed to
be a remake of the first game coming out soon and System Shock 3 is allegedly still in the
works but System Shock 2's Legacy lives on many people call it the best horror game ever despite
it being one of the last things the studio ever worked on it's actually the game that tanked the
studio that's kind of crazy at number eight Grim Fandango developed by none other than Lucas Arts
Grim is one of the most beloved games of its time but most people actually didn't buy it
PC Adventure game had you playing as a travel agent named Manny whose job is to help people
make the journey to the Land of the Dead the art style was really good the riding was really cool
but the gameplay was some of the best on the PC Adventure game genre at that time it was a mix of
Aztec culture and film Noir presentation made for this kind of super unique experience Grim
Fandango has since become a cult classic with a rematch in 2015 but between its initial launch in
98 now nobody bought the original it's believed the game sold somewhere between 100 and 500
000 total copies before the remaster was released and while the director claims they eventually
turned a profit the publisher wasn't impressed and by most standards it underperformed and that is
why it's on today's list next up is a game called Brutal Legend you might remember it I mean I how
could you not remember it was a big heavy metal adventure with Jack Black I mean he was in the
starring role developed by double fine Productions Brutal Legend is a hybrid of action adventure
and real-time strategy featuring a pretty fun story about a heavy metal Roadie going through
a mystical World inspired by the Bandy loves the game is filled with cameos from famous rockers
and Jack Black gives an excellent performance as the main character but there's a number of reasons
why Brutal Legend didn't perform well and yeah or not as well as they would have hoped for starters
the M rating makes it hard to promote I mean Jack Black's wide array of younger fans it didn't work
out double fine also made the conscious decision to not promote the RTS combat system in the
trailers meaning most people were expecting some kind of crazy hack and slash but they ended up
getting the exact opposite which hurt the rep in The Gaming Community the game was praised for its
world the riding but it dramatically missed sales expectations and unfortunately the plan sequel was
shut down before it ever reached full production at number six Sackboy a big adventure now little
big planet is one of Sony's strangest IPS now the first game on the PS3 smashing success just about
everything else though it's been underwhelming in the most recent entry Sackboy was the worst
Defender now initially Little Big Planet was supposed to be a 3D platformer mix with some kind
of level creation engine But as time went on Sony decided to simplify things just focus on the old
school platforming Sackboy big adventure launched in 2020. it was for the PS4 and the PS5 and then
it got a port to the PC but no version really did that well the console versions were vastly outsold
by the competition at the time before sinking to the bottom of the charts while the PC version
sales it's almost embarrassingly as bad may have been a solid 3D platformer it's a great Blast from
the Past for those of you who grew up on the PS2 or the PS3 in that era that the sales don't lie
Sackboy may end up being the final Little Big Planet game because of how poorly it sold and
that's kind of a shame because it wasn't a bad game at number five Marvel vs Capcom infinite now
it's hard to think of a timeline where a Marvel vs Capcom game ends up on a list like this but
that's the timeline we live in released in 2017. it was a sixth entry in the franchise featured a
number of gameplay overhaul such as the change to a 2v2 system instead of the usual 3v3 and
the addition of Infinity Stones to shake up the combat and the customization there was also a
heavier emphasis put on the story in the campaign alongside the combat which I thought it was good
so what we wrong why was it the last MVC game ever or for now aside from the fact that the sales they
weren't there it was eaten up by other games like Street Fighter 5 and Dragon Ball fighter Z it was
also a very hard game to promote because of the extremely underwhelming graphics and it wasn't
a very big roster of characters because the low budget the rush production Marvel vs Capcom had
to reuse a ton of assets from Marvel vs Capcom 3 and it was obvious on top of that this was
during the dead center of the infamous legal Feud that Marvel went through to get their characters
backs meaning fan favorites like the X-Men and the Phantom Fantastic Four they were absent infinite
may have been a really solid fighting game but it was nothing compared to previous Marvel vs Capcom
games and it was never going to be able to compete with the dominance of Street Fighter 5 and Dragon
Ball it just wasn't according to Insider reports infinite only generated about half of what Capcom
was expecting it to it's probably unlikely we get another one at number four Beyond Good and
Evil now this was one of the most underrated games of all time in my opinion it dropped back in late
2003 for the PS2 the GameCube the Xbox and the PC and it was a first party Ubisoft game which
that might come as a bit of a shock for those of you who are familiar with the kind of games
they usually pump out Beyond Good and Evil was an action adventure game it started reporter
and a martial artist named Jade trying to get to the bottom of an alien conspiracy the riding was
top-notch the gameplay is some of ubisoft's best all all time if you ask me it had super fluid
animations I mean top tier writing dialogue so what went wrong the game was critically
acclaimed and it was a frequent Game of the Year nominee so why is it here well despite the great
reviews and the fact that it was made by Ubisoft Beyond Good and Evil severely underperformed which
many consider they consider it to have happened because it was released right next to other AAA
games you had Splinter Cell Prince of Persian sand of times both which were also published by Ubisoft
basically Ubisoft cannibalized the sales in one of their best games and while future re-releases
of Beyond Good and Evil were more successful it wasn't nearly as successful as an IP as
the publisher was hoping which is why the sequel's been stuck in development prison for over a decade
at number three Psychonauts double fine cannot catch a break this is the second time they've
been on the list but the third time their director Tim Schaefer has been on as he originally worked
with LucasArts on Grim Fandango now double fine is mainly known for their adventure games Psychonauts
kind of a bit of a change of pace 3D platformer you played as an aspiring psychic spy looking
to get to the bottom of a strange conspiracy while also learning to control his powers the
level design it was fantastic the art style was super unique but what really sold the game was
the writing this was one of the funniest games I've ever played and while the first hour so it
was a little slow the rest of it is a pure 10 out of 10 experience it dropped in April of 2005 but
reportedly sold less than a hundred thousand copies despite the reviews being great some
have attributed the game's failure to the poor marketing others blame the somewhat unconventional
gameplay structure that made it hard for people to jump in compared to other 3D Platformers at the
time but after all this was a PS2 era there were 3D platforming games everywhere I mean there was
Psychonauts became a cult classic eventually got a direct sequel but the original game was actually
one of the biggest flops of the Year despite being seen by midi as a masterpiece still pretty easy to
get your hands on Via Steam and other digital storefronts so give it a try if you haven't
at number two Conker's Bad Fur Day this is one that a lot of people aren't really aware of but
Bad Fur Day did not sell that well or as well as you would have thought developed by Rare it
was an m-rated 3D platformer basically a giant parody of the Nintendo 64 as a whole while also
being an excellent game you play it as a drunk squirrel running around various environments
and completely increasing outrageous tasks and while it visually looked very similar to games
like banjo and Donkey Kong it had nudity swearing adult themes violence basically guaranteed that
it would become a cult classic Conker's Bad Fur Day may have been critically acclaimed for its
gameplay and humor but that M rating and that strange marketing campaign led to an extremely
underwhelming financial performance which that could also be attributed to Nintendo refusing to
promote the game due to its M rating which that's a little awkward because it was exclusive to the
n64. it was one of the most beloved games of all time but it was a financial flop which should
explain why the long-awaited sequel never happened and now we've reached number one great games that
sold like crap Titanfall 2 perhaps the most tragic entry on this list is the game that absolutely
should have been a Smash Hit but unfortunately it was handled the wrong way fantastic game
many called the best FPS of the year that year thanks to the Fantastic single player campaign
the extremely addicting multiplayer the game absolutely could have taken the top spot from
Call of Duty Battlefield or Halo all of which were struggling at that time but unfortunately EA got
a little too ahead of themselves they decided to launch the game right sandwiched in between Cod
and Battlefield first thing that went wrong was the fact that this was a year Battlefield 1 came
out which ended up performing way better than anybody expected then you have to consider the
fact despite being widely hated by the community infinite Warfare still sold good because it was
bundled with the Cod 4 remastered then on top of all that Titanfall 2 was not a well-marketed game
especially not for the release window that it had TF2 was one of the best reviewed games of the year
but it was also a financial disappointment which prompted EA to never green light another Titanfall
again I mean to have it they picks Legends of something different Titanfall 3 could still
happen now that Apex is is revive the universe but we'll see it's probably at least still another
three or four years out if I'm being optimistic there you have it my friends let me know a game
that deserved to be on this list that was amazing but it didn't sell well I'll see you soon [Music]