Why is Madworld the poster child for Hardcore on Wii?

[Gamerace]

patjuan32 said:

Gamerace said:
I'd say realistically CODWaW is the hardcore title of note on Wii.

Let's face it, Deadly Creature, MadWorld, Mushroom Men, No More Heros, etc. are all decidedly niche. They would never even exist on HD console because it would be too big a gamble.

Although they are not only new IPs but they are either heavily stylized or out of the norm. Not exactly big ticket titles. Period.

CoDWaW is a big franchise, great game, fantastic online, well reviewed game that uses Wii controls effectively. IT and currently only IT should be the determination of 'core' titles on Wii. And since it's sold 1m units the obvious answer is YES core titles can sell on Wii. But not nearly as well as they do on HD systems.

You do know that more core games are released by third parties on the HD twins than the Wii. More importanntly, third parties continue to release core games for the HD twins which continues to build and support that audience. While core titles by third parties are an afterthought and are released so infrenquently that the Wii audience is left underserved and wanting. If third parties were to change and support the Wii with core titles like the HD twins then those games would sell at a similar rate.

 

Of course that is true.  And Wii initially had a core group - as evidenced by Red Steel's success but it has been left wanting for years with little to substain it so it's mostly moved on to the HD twins.   Could a lot of AAA core games on Wii bring them back or create a new core market on Wii?  Sure.  And once they were back everyone would support them.   But what publisher wants to build that audience in the first place when it already exists in strength on HD.