The Wii's main problem in this area, I believe, is simply imagne.  All the adverts, branding, etc. for the Wii is about family games.  Period.  I've never seen any branding or adverts or any positioning that say - adult or hardcore games.

Technically, the Wii's as capable of supporting such titles as any other platform, but it has a huge disadvantage (relative to its install base) by owner demographic.

My wife, for example, doesn't bat an eyelid at mature games on PS3/360 but basically dislikes the idea of them on Wii and doesn't want us to have mature titles in the house.  The Wii is for the family, for fun, not for playing adult games after the kids have gone to bed.

Now of course, with an install base of 80 million there is certainly a slice of owners up for such titles, but I really think they're in the minority vs those who bought a Wii based on its branding for family games, Wii Fit, etc.

At this point the Wii, I believe, will never escape this branding.

It can support mature titles.  But it'll never see a mature title sell anywhere like they can on the HD consoles.

On the flip side, and I believe backing this up, it's pretty obvious that the HD consoles are unlikely to see a family title sell anything like they can on the Wii.  This may change with Kinect/Move of course, which is part of the reason for their existence - particularly Kinect.

The Wii though has no such easy get out IMHO.  It's whole world conquering image that has driven it to 80 million does not allow it.

Too bad my opinion is accepted as fact in such places.

I have this problem with this little game here: http://rickdangerousflash.free.fr/

I should add that the vulume of m rated games on the other systems increase sales, but the costs are so high that only a few make money, and that only a few really sell that well anyway.

I wonder how big the development budget for The Last Story and Xenoblade are.

the reason its hard to find in your country is because it isnt released outside japan yet lol

i hated madworld... the gore is fun to look at but the replay ability makes you not care in the end lol

World at War had specific Wii advertising, and all the Black Ops commercials I've seen seem to be platform neutral.

For NBA Jam, why do you say HD versions when you ignore the 360 version?  Also 240% more than 27,507 is 93,523.  Not to mention it was supposed to be a stripped down download that came with NBA Elite 11 up until about a month before it released.  But to be fair, the lead up of what features would be in what was a mess for both versions of the game.

No More Heroes.  Once again you ignored the 360, which normally wouldn't mean much in Japan.  However, it was the uncensored version, and that had a very noticable impact on sales.  Plus it is a late port on systems with much smaller install bases, and it sold more than the sequel on the Wii.

As for Madworld, keep in mind that the price collapsed fairly quickly and sharply.  So while the conduit might not have sold as much, it seems like the price has held up much better than Madworld.  Similar case to Mirror's Edge where it sold 2 million, but didn't do great because the price dropped to $20 less than a month after release.

lol @ comic, too true

Hard to say, since budget disclosure is so rare among the gaming industry.