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November 17th, 2009 at 01:30pm
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Despite slow to non-existent sales for several high-profile third-party Nintendo Wii titles, the company’s US head, Reggie Fils-Aime, still believes that third-party publishers on Nintendo’s console can be successful. Speaking with Kotaku, Fils-Aime says he’s “extremely disappointed” with the lack of major third party games on the Wii. He even goes so far as to say he’s spoken (presumably quite sternly) with “every publisher who makes content that is not available on my platform” about the subject.
When questioned as to why major titles like Grand Theft Auto IV and Assassin’s Creed 2 aren’t headed to his company’s console, he explains it as a measure of long lead times rather than technological inability. “Typically decisions are being made two years prior … and so the decisions two years ago were that those types of games would not be effective on the platform.” And though the subject isn’t directly broached, Fils-Aime remains steadfast that third-party titles can be successful on the Wii … with the right marketing. “High-quality, effectively marketed against our installed base, will sell. Period. End of story.”
It would appear then that Boom Blox, The Conduit, No More Heroes, and a mess of other third-party titles, had some truly ineffective marketing by Reggie’s standards.
Nintendo’s Fils-Aime: ‘effectively marketed’ third-party titles can sell on Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 10th, 2009 at 05:15pm
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If you like film grain effects, shooting zombies, and getting cursed at, but you haven’t picked up The House of the Dead: Overkill yet, this deal from Newegg is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. The online retailer has marked the game down to $12.99 (with free shipping).
Be warned, there really is a lot of cursing. Even the first 15 minutes of the game sounds like someone stepped on Samuel L. Jackson’s foot. That’s what that M rating is about. Well, that and all the disgusting dead people exploding and stuff.
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The House of the Dead: Underpriced at Newegg originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 13th, 2009 at 08:40pm
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Sega’s Mike Hayes assured Wired that the company still plans to make “core” games for the Wii, despite the relative lack of success of MadWorld. For one thing, its other games are doing well, in his opinion. “We actually regard The Conduit as a success,” he said. “We shipped 300,000 units, sold through half of those and now it’s at the point where it’s selling consistently at a time when Wii sales are generally depressed in the marketplace.”
Despite somewhat disappointing sales Stateside, Hayes also told Wired that The House of the Dead: Overkill “did really well in Europe.” As for MadWorld, Hayes doesn’t think one game’s failure is enough to close up shop on the Wii. “The thing that we’re saying is, Sega would be extremely arrogant to have a title that didn’t do as well as we thought on a platform and then say, Those kind of games don’t sell on that platform.’”
Quite a change from the Blast Processing / “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t” days when Sega was extremely, demonstrably, arrogant.
Sega: Giving up on hardcore Wii games would be ‘arrogant’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 23rd, 2009 at 12:45pm
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Looking for an excuse to pick up the already cheap (and awesome) House of the Dead: Overkill? Amazon has got you covered, as Sega’s ill-fated yet profitable zombie blaster is the latest Deal of the Day. These babies are priced to move at a mere $20. If you’ve been hankering for some decent, co-op undead action, you’d be hard-pressed to do much better.
Be warned though. While one would certainly think a zombie shooting spree would be fun for the whole family, Overkill is not for the kids. Turns out there are just a few swear words in there.
House of the Dead: Overkill shambling off Amazon for $20 originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 30th, 2009 at 05:15pm
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We loved the mother[expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] out of Sega’s recent mature pair of Wii titles, House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld — unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the game purchasing population of the world. The two games’ sales were far from stellar, but Sega isn’t ready to give up on developing family unfriendly titles for Nintendo’s home console.
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Sega MD of European development, Gary Dunn, explained that the company’s outlook on its two grown-up outings is far from grim — he even claimed that “House of the Dead: Overkill was a profitable title.” He went on to explain, “Whilst MadWorld commercially didn’t sell what we were expecting I wouldn’t say it’s game over for mature Wii titles from Sega.” Hopefully the company’s persistence will be rewarded, if only to ensure a few dozen sequels to Overkill. (Overkill 2: Superfluous Murder, Overkill 3: The Overkillinest, etc.)
Sega considering more mature Wii titles, says Overkill was ‘profitable’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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