Sega: Madworld on Wii was a “mismatch”

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Lafiel said:

routsounmanman said:

Going multiplatform doesn't always equate to greater sales, and taking the increasing cost into the equasion, SEGA could have profited much more from an exclusive 2D Sonic game on the platform that the series sells best in; the Wii.

Uhm.. that argument largely is based on the fact, that 3D development is much more expensive on HD consoles, but .. is that really true for 2D development as well? It's probably more expensive, but clearly not even close to the difference in 3D development.

The HD Sonic 4 games likely will be profitable as well, although not as profitable as the Wii version, which I expect to have better returns per invested dollar/yen, but is SEGA in a situation in which they can focus on returns rather than on total profits? In my opinion they aren't.

The real problem with Sonic 4 imo is that it's downloadable only.  Sega's missing out on a HUGE segment of the industry this way, well over half.  They should really do a collected disc release at some point, at least on Wii/PS2...