I am also surprised by the "no correlation between review and actual sales performance" for casual game. I remember one Wii game : Carnival games.
Almost every reviewer on earth (ok, I am exaggerating, but not much, IIRC) hated that game. However, the sales performance of that game is simply "Miraculous", based on my expectation after reading the review. Same with Mario & Sonic (Wii). Almost all reviewer hated them, and I believe it is the second highest Wii game for December, since GHIII Wii is usually sold out in this month (and third best selling game for November)
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I am also surprised by the "no correlation between review and actual sales performance" for casual game. I remember one Wii game : Carnival games.
Almost every reviewer on earth (ok, I am exaggerating, but not much, IIRC) hated that game. However, the sales performance of that game is simply "Miraculous", based on my expectation after reading the review. Same with Mario & Sonic (Wii). Almost all reviewer hated them, and I believe it is the second highest Wii game for December, since GHIII Wii is usually sold out in this month (and third best selling game for November)