I beg to differ. I'm convinced the Divine Divinity name hurt sales because of the reactions that you can find everywhere. Do some research on the opinions on the name of the game and the comments that people didn't want to touch it because of its name. I agree with you if you call those people stupid for not seeing past the name, but that doesn't take away their opinion.
Divinity 2 is bound to be compared to its predecessor with the stupid name. Does Ego Draconis put a stop to those discussions? I think it won't be as bad compared to Divine Divinity, but it isn't a name that would stop that debate. A debate you wouldn't want them to have in the first place.
Games are sold because people learn about their existance. Reviews, magazines, advertising, and hear say to name a few. There are plenty of people that don't inform themselves properly before making a purchase. And I'm sure you can't name a game anything you want unless you have the benefit of a lot of money or a big publisher.
Warhammer 40K followed a very strong title named Warhammer. It could have been named anything.
Halo was hyped for the release of the Xbox. It could have been named anything with Microsoft backing it.
Baldur's Gate is a name that isn't bad in my opinion. Not good either though, but not a name that raises any discussions.
Crysis is a stupid name in my opinion. But FPS games just sell a lot better than RPG's
Mass Effect is from Bioware, they have some track record as far as games are concerned, so they probably get away with a lot of names.
Ego Draconis follows Divine Divinity that ended up in the top 50 of worst names ever.
Like I said before I would have sticked with Divinity 2
