How come Okami was such a financial failure?

seifer93

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I mean it was critically acclaimed and was one of the top games of the year BOTH times it was released, so I don't get it. Why don't people buy this game? Was it lack of advertisement? It can't be because games are barely ever advertised, (with the exception of Nintendo.)
 
Even though Okami is considered many to be one of the better games on the PS2, the title was considered to be a failure as far as sales go. In spite of the poor sales, Capcom decided to give the title new life on Wii. Most believed that the same situation with sales on the PS2 would happen again on the Wii, but the latest sales figures from Capcom might indicate otherwise...

Since its release, Okami has sold about 210,000 units in the United States with an additional 90,000 copies sold in Europe. By no means has Okami sold as well as Grand Theft Auto or Smash Bros., but it’s probably not as terrible as most had originally assumed.
 
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