IGN Gives MadWorld a 9/10!

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BTFeather55 said:

Good score but maybe not great for the game since it will be competing with the more popular RE5 which also got a 9.0. A 9.2-9.5 for this game would have pushed it further into attracting more people that don't have a Wii but enjoy mature themed games imo. I predict 1 to 2 million sales for the game but maybe not the 5 million that a higher score probably would have attracted and forced Nintendo's hand into releasing more mature games on the console.

I have hardly seen anyone predict over 1 million for this game, and you think that it would have approached 5 million with a higher review score?  Not for a brand new IP it won't.  Besides, marketing has a lot more to do with sales than the review scores do.

I don't think anything would "force Nintendo's hand" either.  They publish a few mature games (Eternal Darkness for example), but they usually leave that to other developers and publishers.  There is nothing wrong with that.

 

BTFeather55 said:

I think they'll be competing at least somewhat to attract new owners to the systems because they're both mature themed games. I expect RE5 to attract more new owners to 360 or PS3 than Madworld does to the Wii.  Hey, if you own a Wii and 360, then you can get both while PS3 only gamers are going to have to wait a few months to have another action game as good in INfamous.

So you think that a hugely successful established IP is going to attract more people than a new IP?  You're really going out on a limb there.