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Well that's a silly question. E.T. Developers assumed that a video game based off of the beloved movie would be a guaranteed success regardless of its actual quality and put absolutely no effort into it. Its graphics looked like Cave Paintings, its story was but a fingerprint of the original movie, and it is quite possible that its gameplay was designed by a frog. The end result was the paperweight we know it as today.

Also, Sonic '06 isn't half bad. In fact, it was a huge financial success. Can't find exact numbers, but the fact that both versions got special editions means in North American alone they sold at least 800,000 copies.