Will MadWorld reach 1 million worldwide sales?

[jammy2211]

Khuutra said:

jammy2211 said:

Marketing and Media Exposure are completely different, namely the latter costs SEGA no money. Maybe this is more then God Hand and Okami ever got, but will Mad World win the GOTY awards and host of excellent reviews Okami received? They're all examples of just press hype.

As for marketing, I don't think we know how SEGA will tackle this. SEGA have said they intend to push Mad World, but what else were you expecting them to say?

As to your first paragraph, this is a good point, though the amount of press hype that Mad World has gotten has turned into hyp amongst user-generated content too, like different user videos and GameTrailers and the like. What little exposure they've used has generated a fair deal of word-of-mouth, considerably more than Okami and (especially) God Hand. "Press hype" isn't the only worry here.

As to the second... well, they could just be like Capcom, who made no such promises and did nothing thereafter.

 I agree MAd World has got a strong presnese on internet discussions and alot more people interested then most Wii games. I just question how far all this hype and build up stretches, I think back to things such as the "Buy Zack and Wiki" campaign IGN pioneered and various other sites endorsed, and in truth, only saw 39k first week sales. Whatever we read and hype in the media and on these forums isn't really accounable to anywhere near the majority of a games sales, and is a trend even more prominent on the Wii.

 I can't personally see SEGA bothering to marketing this. I see other Wii games on their horizon which are much more viable for the mass market and much more justify investing millions of $$$ into marketing campaigns. Maybe SEGA see something I don't, maybe they feel like taking a huge risk? I doubt it, though.