I was saying for months that people looking to Madworld to see how "hardcore" games can perform on Wii were deluding themselves. As many people have said here, this is a niche title. It's too weird to be a massive seller, and it's not very deep either.
Original games that break from the norm usually don't sell very well on any console. Don't try to pretend that Madworld would be selling a lot better on PS360 - it wouldn't. Madworld is not what most people have in mind when they ask for "hardcore" titles on the Wii.
"Hardcore" has a very narrow definition these days. To me, it seems to describe a conventional game in a conventional genre with some sort of depth to its story and/or gameplay an preferably of an established franchise.
Look at Red Steel - it sold over a million being an unknown franchise and not very good at all. Why? Because it's something normal - a FPS with a cliched story. That's what people want.
The "hardcore" gamers ain't hardcore at all, IMO.
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