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Fayt	Nov 27 2008, 01:38 PM
Sakon, has left the topic. Posts: 3,638 Group: Members Member #9,265 Joined: August 19, 2007 Gender Male	I'd say the main reason is simply because it's not a Warriors title, it's stupid, but that's just how it is with a group like KOEI. KOEI are not the biggest name out there, but big enough when it comes to Dynasty Warriors etc, hence DW6 outperforming this sales wise. I think other problems are entering the next gen area early, I get the impression from things I've read, and also many other gamers I know that not as many jumped onto the new generation of gaming as quickly as I've known in the past. I know I for one certainly didn't, perhaps the unbelievable success of the PS2 is a big reason for this, I can't recall a generation of systems where an older one is still as competitive as the new ones years in. Also, the fact the game covers a totally new era is something quite foreign to KOEI. Normally when you get a KOEI game you know it's either Three Kingdoms, or the Sengoku Era, yet again something we could find in common with the game does not exist. Add that, to typical low publicity by KOEI doesn't help either. I haven't researched it much or anything, but those are things that come to mind as possible reasons why it didn't do as well as it perhaps could have.
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