The best games that nobody played

Great scores = Great sales = False. In no particular order...

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  1. Psychonauts

  Sales: 400,000 copies (14 June, 2007)

  Average score: 90.21% (Xbox)

  Bottom line: I feel sad for Tim Schafer.

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  2. Clive Barker's Undying

  Sales: So bad that EA decided not to release the originally planned patch with multiplayer.

  Average score: 84.50% (PC)

  Bottom line: I feel sad for Clive Barker.

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  3. Dead Space Extraction

  Sales: During the first five days, the game was sold in 9,200 copies in USA.

  Average score: 82.75%

  Bottom line: YOU CHOP YOUR ARM OFF! WHY DIDN'T THIS SELL?!

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  4. Beyond Good & Evil

  Sales: No specific numbers. Ubisofts US CEO said that releasing it at the same time as Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and the new Splinter Cell game was one of his worst business decisions ever.

  Average score: 87% (GC)

  Bottom line: This desperately needs a sequel.

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  5. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

  Sales: 90,000 copies in the first two weeks in USA. (DS)

  Average score: 92.92%

  Bottom line: Probably -the- best game nobody played.