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noname2200 on 07 December 2009
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Soriku said:
noname2200 said:
Soriku said:
They already said MadWorld sold well. It's not a big success, but it should've given them some profit.

Are you certain? I was sure that Madworld was the one that slipped through the cracks. To paraphrase from memory: it didn't do as well as hoped, and it wasn't profitable, but it wasn't a huge bomb either. Your comment sounds closer to what they said about Overkill. I could be wrong though. Can anyone confirm/deny?

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=88951

http://seganerds.thekartel.com/blog/2009/06/30/sega_not_done_with_mature_titles_on_wii

According to Gary Dunn, MD of European development for Sega, House of the Dead: Overkill was a profitable title, while MadWorld did sell as expected. I'm assuming that is a nice way of saying it flopped?

More after the break...

"House of the Dead: Overkill was a profitable title for us, whilst it had a rather sharp tail at full price, they do bubble away at a lower price point for a long time. You get your money back and a bit on full price, but over the years, if we do the final product return on investment, profits come from the lower price point."


Mr. Dunn said that with MadWorld you have to push the boundaries, something that I have wanted Sega to do for a long time.

"You have to push boundaries and explore. I think whilst MadWorld commercially didn't sell what we were expecting I wouldn't say it's game over for mature Wii titles from Sega. We're taking a look at the resources we have now. We've got money to invest in development, we're just considering where to invest it next,"


Wait, Sega has money to invest in game development? I guess we should start asking for a new (insert Jet Set Radio, Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue, and etc here).

This was what I was referring to. Yours is more recent though.