Despite the poor sales of House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld, Sega still has plenty of publishing love set aside for mature games on the Nintendo Wii.
House of the Dead: Overkill only sold 45,000 copies in its first month. MadWorld sold 66,000. The numbers paint a dismal picture, but as Segaâs MD of European Development Gary Dunn explained to GamesIndustry.biz, the first month is but a few strikes in the overall profitability painting.
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His response to MadWorld sales is a bit less chipper, but nonetheless hopeful.
You have to push boundaries and explore. I think whilst MadWorld commercially didnât sell what we were expecting I wouldnât say itâs game over for mature Wii titles from Sega.
I donât know. If I were Sega Iâd be developing a bit of a complex by now. They create Sonic-themed drek we claim we donât want and it sells in droves, while games like MadWorld that we seem to enjoy barely make a drop in the bucket. What exactly is it we want from Sega?
Sega: Itâs not game over for mature Wii titles [GamesIndustry.biz]
