SEGA: Its not game over for Mature Wii Titles

[radioioRobert]

RolStoppable said:

radioioRobert said:

Gamerace said: There is certainly something to consider here.

Wii games on the other hand, may take longer to reimburse your initial investment but then they keep on giving and giving for a long time. That's golden as development of games can take 1-2 years so if a developer can create a series of games that have staying power, they can have a nice monthly paycheck - inbetween game launches - that they can almost bank on instead of one big payout and then nothing for another 3-5 yrs like with HD development. Also really reduces the impact of the odd misfire.

This. Look at how these early Wii releases with initial mediocre sales did over the long run... both are very slowly nearing a million at this point, and will probably reach that goal, even if it takes another year.

Monster 4x4: World Circuit (Wii) http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=3828®ion=All

GT Pro Series (Wii) http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=916®ion=All

Edit before it's mentioned: Both the above titles are shovelware, and do not deserve the legs they've had. However, both are still readily available in stores and still sell. This is probably because Nintendo has yet to do a budget line, and these look might good to unsuspecting buyers who don't do research, especially since one comes with a (poor quality) steering wheel....

They probably still sell, because the racing genre is an underserved market on the Wii. Racing on the Wii is just like FPS and TPS. A popular genre that has barely any games yet and for some strange reason hardly anyone attempts to make one. At least Codemasters is going to release a rally and Formula 1 game later this year to fill the void a little.

Sega could bring back Sega Rally, but that's highly doubtful after the HD iteration flopped and the studio that developed it was immediately closed afterwards. Outrun would be another option. Where's Namco's Ridge Racer? EA's Burnout? Third parties really fail to do the most obvious things.

Well some racing games are coming.... http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=78495&page=1