Resident Evil 4 is the only M rated game I own on Wii. Madworld just looked really stupid, unrefined, and shallow. Once (if) these devs get a M rated game on Wii right, I'll buy it.

Would No More Heroes be to your liking?

I saw that gt5 cost and was like "wow! It's a good thing they released gt5p, it's probably already profitable!"

But yeah I agree, the dev costs are sad at this point. It doesn't bode well for the future if you need to sell this many copies to make a profit.

Another complication in the whole comparison debate is, how would it have been different on the HD systems? Without motion control, would different alternatives have been used? More assets? Variation? It's a difficult question, but even so far as the review system hating the wii, madworld got pretty good scores, hovering at about 81, so while your earlier metaphor about recipes is an interesting thought, it could be that the game was pretty decent and well developed, but flawed in a way that was not conducive to the wii or its demographic. What do you think?

Would the game have been better, and therefore, sold better on the HD systems? Or was it really just garbage that had no place in today's gaming? This comparison applies to wiiware as well because it asks how the game would differ had it been based on a different "platform" (if you will).

"I saw that gt5 cost and was like "wow! It's a good thing they released gt5p, it's probably already profitable!""

At 3.64 million, I would say it's close. The real issue here is the timing. It could have been a great system seller, but it might be too late now.

It's possible that gt5p already sold the consoles that gt5 would have sold. I would actually say that it is a better idea to release it later than sooner, though because that should attract different buyers. We'll have to wait and see, but I think it will still sell quite a few systems, especially when gt usually sells ~10m, there is evidence that consumers weren't convinced that gt5p was the real deal, and therefore not the system seller, comparitively.

It would work that way, but most system sales show that steady hits work better than holding hits back for the right moment or to try to perfect them.

It really isnt a golden rule you know

This is true, but gt5p and gt5 are so similar that they might compete with each other. That's what I meant to convey. I really don't know what will happen though. I think it's important to have gt5 come out this year. the ps3 is kind of lacking at the end of the year

And I think Madworld 2 on HD would sell like crap, not because HD gamers fault, because a black and white game in consoles that have similar and much better games like GOW3, ninja gaiden, DMC, Bayonetta, etc... all in color, would have 0 appeal.

I seriously think they did that game knowing HD standards were higher than what they wanted to do and though it wasnt the same on wii, so they picked wii and realized wii owners arent willing to pay for games like that when they also have better games even if they are not similar.