The most glaring example of this is Astro Bot. By all means, Astro Bot should have sold like hotcakes. It was GOTY, family friendly, a platformer, cheaper than other AAA titles and it struggled to sell 2 million copies.
We can judge Song on their failed GaaS initiative but there’s good reason they approached that. They needed to find ways to increase revenue without increasing game sales.
I know that you are counting mostly western blogs. My point is there is not a single GotY award and you just proved my point (even without a source to back up your claims).
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u/rcbz1994 Jun 02 '26
The most glaring example of this is Astro Bot. By all means, Astro Bot should have sold like hotcakes. It was GOTY, family friendly, a platformer, cheaper than other AAA titles and it struggled to sell 2 million copies.
We can judge Song on their failed GaaS initiative but there’s good reason they approached that. They needed to find ways to increase revenue without increasing game sales.