It could also be proof that gamers didn't find the games as amazing as critics did. There are a number of factors that determine how well a product will sell. Mass appeal is one of them, Psychonauts and Okami did not have mass appeal.
Good games? Yes. For everyone? No.
I could say the same for thousands of great games that never got off the ground just because the market never caught onto them. Being a good game isn't enough to move mass quanitities. Many good movies see crap sales compared to cheaper "Lesser" movies (By ciritics standards), music, art, literature, all forms of media suffer from this crutch of what is "Good".
It all depends on how someone defines good, critics stating a game does everything right and is enjoyable is one thing. Saying that everyone can enjoy it on the same level is another.
princeofshapeir
Why is the MGS series so successful, then? The games place movie-like cutscenes above clunky stealth and action gameplay, and certainly this type of gameplay isn't "for everyone." Yet the series sells enormously well, and critics proclaim MGS4 as the title every PS3 owner must own. I'm not saying the MGS series is bad, but certainly one wouldn't say it's for everyone. You're trying to use MGS, a universally acclaimed series, as an example of why quality doesn't ensure sales. Umm ok.
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