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SEGA probably won't bother with any more mature Wii games

Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:18 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline


Speaking with the 1UP team on their latest podcast, Constantine Hantzopoulos - a studio director for SEGA of America - discussed the mature game market on Wii, and sales. Those are always exciting topics, right? Essentially, SEGA took a gamble with the likes of MadWorld, The House of the Dead: Overkill and The Conduit. Three people bought MadWorld, seven and a half people purchased Overkill and an old man sneezed on The Conduit.

According to Hantzopoulos, these games did 'okay', but obviously not well enough for SEGA to continue pissing away time and money.

"Are we going to do more mature titles for the Wii? And it’s like, probably not. Look at Dead Space (Extraction). We were stunned. That was my litmus test. Basically, it’s like, okay, you got EA, who can put all the marketing muscle behind this, an established franchise that scored quite well on 360 and PS3. They should be able to actually hit this out of the park, right? We get numbers, real numbers aside from NPD, and I’m like, "Woah.’"

Keep in mind that this is just one man's thoughts, but there you go.

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Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:21 pm by pikachu13 pikachu13 is offline
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Mybe they should make better games instead of imitation shovelware.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:25 pm by Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is offline
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Just means they can get back to stuff like Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5 (damnit why didn't you make an SC5Wii while you still had access to Space Michael, SEGA!?).
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:34 pm by Mo Joe Mo Joe is offline
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I was going to get Mad World and The Conduit, but I never got around to it. Now I've kind of gotten over the idea of getting them.

Bad luck Sega.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:34 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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Bad news for The Grinder?
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:38 pm by Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is offline
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Bad news for The Grinder?
Surely the mediocrity of The Conduit was bad news enough for it?
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:40 pm by REV_pioneer
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Perhaps they should take into consideration piracy on the Wii?

Also he refers to marketing muscle which is obviously absent in Australia regarding these games.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 06:40 pm by Lvaneede Lvaneede is offline
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I bought the conduit for my brother for christmas. He loves it
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 07:02 pm by Parasyte Parasyte is offline
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Maybe they should have put more time into MadWorld so it was a linear borefest and maybe more people would have bought it.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 07:11 pm by Freek Freek is offline
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As an owner of all 3 games, i am really disapointed with this news.
Sure, Madworld was repetitve and the Conduit was generic but they are ten times better than the majority of the Wii games being released on a daily basis from Ubisoft.

House of the Dead: Overkill was bloody awesome. What the hell is wrong with people.
This game needs a sequel, as Detective Washington would say:
"F*ck this sh!t, just buy the f*ck'n game or i'll shoot you till you f*ck'n die from it, motherf*cker!"
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 08:59 pm by I Am The Wind I Am The Wind is offline
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I own all three too. Overkill will be missed. Dead Space Extraction is a pretty fail litmus test. Immediate reaction to the title was "ho hum" across the internet, who let's face it, are the hardcore/mature gamer demographic. It felt like a ripoff getting a light gun shooter and it sold as it deserved. Established franchise? Marketing muscles? Whatever SEGA.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 10:14 pm by Hux Hux is offline
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I agree with Freek, more House of the Dead and I will continue to buy games.
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 11:15 pm by thecube_128 thecube_128 is offline
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And it’s like, probably not.
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Basically, it’s like, okay,
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and I’m like, "Woah.’"
Is this guy illiterate?
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 11:17 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline
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Like, totally!
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 11:23 pm by Dark Moogle Dark Moogle is offline
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I thought SEGA were pleased with the sales from Overkill. At least I got some kickass Wii gun shells out of it :D
Posted 4th of January, 2010 at 11:26 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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HOLY SHIT ELENA WORKS FOR SEGA
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 12:28 am by Scatt-Man Scatt-Man is offline
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I didn't mind Dead Space, yo! The original game was liek a spacey Resi Evil 4. I would've definitely bought the game on Wii if it had stuck to its roots, instead of going all on-rails on me. Those games never have, and never will interest me, Sega.. YOU HEAR ME?!

But yeah, I listened to this podcast a couple of days ago. It rages me a bit with this whole attitude. "YOU WANT A HARDCORE 3RD PARTY WII GAME? We've already given you *insert on-rails shooter*!!!"
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 08:38 am by Bland_Boy Bland_Boy is offline
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maybe they should start making third party Wii games that actually equal a graphical-quality level
that was present eight-years-ago on the GCN.

it's sickening.
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 10:25 am by <DkW> <DkW> is offline
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Hey i bought them all, despite the fact i'm yet to load any of them up.
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 02:12 pm by Thomas_Hill Thomas_Hill is offline
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The Conduit is okay, and it's super fun with friends.
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 03:44 pm by BernkiLOL BernkiLOL is offline
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HOLY SHIT ELENA WORKS FOR SEGA
FFS! I READ LANCE'S POST AND WAS GOING TO SAY THAT!
Posted 5th of January, 2010 at 04:24 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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Ur2slow.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 02:48 am by TSPhoenix TSPhoenix is offline
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maybe they should start making third party Wii games that actually equal a graphical-quality level
that was present eight-years-ago on the GCN.

it's sickening.
Yeah its pretty sad that one of the best looking games on Wii is the port of RE4.
Posted 10th of January, 2010 at 01:19 am by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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They NEED to make another Jet Set Radio. Seriously! I love that game. Knowing SEGA though they'll probably f*** it up. Maybe they could bring back some old gems like Ristar or something...

Oh man. They don't make games like they used to...