People really don't imagine how many of their favorite games are commercial failures.
Making a good game may help with sales, but it's not the main factor. And both players and devs need to realize that.

April 03, 2026 - 07:26 UTC

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I have thought about Vagrant Story everyday since I first played it. What an amazing game. A truly incredibly game. Add the Saboteur to that list too.
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The fact that Psychonauts and its sequel never got the commercial success they deserved still irritates me to my core after all these years 😑 There's something deeply wrong with a market that doesn't reward that level of creativity and uniqueness.
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Not all successful games are good, not all games that fail are bad.

The vast majority of games that make bank are regurgitated piles of shit like FIFA & Madden.

Some games are heavily propped up & supported by the industry itself to force the illusion of success.

Success for shareholders vs devs.
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Very different metrics of success and it's always better to approach things with nuance.

Also, it's okay for games to be bad. Flawed art is the best kind of art imo. Who cares if your fave game is held together by duct tape and dreams and a pineapple under the map?

Enjoy it for what it is!
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PsychoNauts es increible, y lo peor, es que su secuela tampoco tuvo la recepción que merecía.
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I love psychonauts, I still need to beat the second one, the first one is masterpiece. Lost Odyssey and Alan Wake are such great games, I never finished Lost Odyssey, but I remember my friends rushing this game on their xbox 360
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I adore vagrant story, even have a tattoo from the game.
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Hell Psychonauts helped push Majesco into outright bankruptcy, it did THAT badly
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I mean Majesco fumbled it, I remember the original commercials said nothing about the game. I got it because of Tim Schafer being in charge of double fine.

When they got the rights back in 2011 and released it the sales were greater than the original release
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Psychonauts is awesome, I don’t care if it’s a commercial failure.
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