Interesting to note that the vast majority of people who bought (not played, since there were supposedly twice as many of those) Dead Space most likely do NOT own a Wii.
Considering that a spin off prequel title that changes the primary game play mechanics of the original is definitely NOT a hardware seller by any measure, maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise that consumer interest has been so indifferent.
While there is clearly a market for survival horror games on the Wii, specifically Resident Evil (carried over from the Nintendo core audience on the GC), RE may be the one and only popular horror franchise to sell significantly on the Wii.
But as one of the minority players who actually bought Dead Space, and owns a Wii, I still didn't feel compelled to buy Extraction, despite the fact that the story (and significant back story) was one of the few things I liked most about the original.
I certainly didn't feel compelled to buy Extraction "to support third party exclusives on the Wii." At this stage in the current generation, my standards for console games have been raised, meaning good reasons, not excuses get my vote in sales. Maybe I'm not the only one among multi-platform gamers who feel this way and didn't bother to buy the game either.
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