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Procrastinato on 02 April 2009
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Gamerace said:
mike_intellivision said:
The only reason that I got it so quickly is that I picked it up as part of a special Target promotion this week (Buy 2, Get 1 Free -- all Wii games $14.99 to $49.99).

And since I had been wanting to get Shaun White, I decided to take a chance on Madworld (though I have yet to had the chance to play it).

I actually started two threads about the decision to first not buy, then to buy the game.

For most Wii owners, T-titles are going to sell much better. They are the mainstream. Not the "core" gamer who likes the M-rated game.

Mike from Morgantown

 

 Actually I don't think it's the 'M' rating in and of itself, it's the ridiculous amount of swearing and violence in these Sega titles that are a problem for anyone with kids (or a wife...).   It's just not appropriate for a living room experience.   However RE:Darkside Chronicles or Dead Space will likely do much better (not because it's online) because people won't mind playing them in front of older kids / wives, etc.

The Conduit should do much better.    I also think MadWorld will show legs at the $30 price point.

I agree, but I don't agree with the $30 price point thing.  I love "M" games.  Gruesome justice for bad guys/monsters of all forms is right up my alley.  I own dozens of these kinds of games -- no joke.  I will never buy MadWorld -- even I see it as senseless ultraviolence coupled with ridiculous swearing, and that just doesn't interest me.  I wouldn't buy it on the PS360 at $10, and I bought the recent Golden Axe at $30, and enjoyed it too.  I *might* buy MadWorld at $5 -- maybe.

You could claim this is anecdotal, and it of course is, but I think there's no justification for believing MadWorld will have legs at all.  Its a flop because of its presentation, to what would be it normal demographics, and because it doesn't try to appeal to anyone else either.

I only point this out because it will actually be interesting to see if MadWorld does have legs, and it would be pointless to discuss it after the "results are in", really.  I think you have to have general audience appeal to have legs.  MadWorld will be an extreme example of sales front-loading, just like its an extreme example of the action genre -- and those two concepts, I believe, are quite closely tied.  It will be fascinating to see the next few weeks, however.