>>715753071
I would have liked that the series didn't hit its peak with 1 then fizzle out into less and less selling games with lower budgets, culimating in shitty outsourced games.

>>715751197
Konami isn't a charity. They wanted sales. They may have broke even or lost some money on the SH games after 1.

Luigi's mansion sold more than 2 and 3 (possibly combined) to give it some perspective.

>>11876710
>It was reviewed and previewed *every fucking where* and was on the cover of almost every magazine back in the day at some point, either on release or even before. It was fucking HUGE in E3 in 2001. It was presented alongside fucking Metal Gear Solid 2 as two of the biggest releases in Sony's conference.

Yeah, Konami gave it a huge push and had high expectations for it. And it didn't sell.

>It was one of the biggest if not *the* biggest horror game release of its year,

Luigi's Mansion sold 3.3 million copies. History is written by the victors so to speak, and Sh fans have had an enduring obsessive fanbase.