SEGA “wants to crack core gaming on Wii,” says House of the Dead: Overkill has “performed really well”
October 12th, 2009 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii“I go back to what I said about the entrepreneurial spirit of SEGA. We’re prepared to have a go and try to be innovative, and we want to crack core gaming. We’ve spent a lot of time thinking there must be a way to release mature, more adult content on the Wii format.
House of the Dead performed really well. Was that because it was mature or because it was an arcade title? You might lean towards the SEGA IP and the affiliation with Nintendo, but we matured that up by bringing out House of the Dead Overkill, and made it more of a core game.
At the same time we entered into an exciting partnership with Platinum Games, the first result of which was MadWorld – a fantastic, innovative, original game, no doubt about it.” – SEGA UK managing director John Clark
I certainly admire SEGA’s attempts to bring core gaming experiences to the Wii. And honestly, I thought that if titles such as MadWorld didn’t sell well, the company would stop with support of hardcore titles. That’s obviously not the case though, as SEGA explained that they will be persistent in going after that demographic.
- SEGA announces impressive House of the Dead: Overkill Collectors Edition Published on: November 20, 2008
- SEGA: MadWorld sales encouraging, House of the Dead doing well Published on: April 6, 2009
- House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld banned from Germany Published on: August 19, 2008
- Sega and Headstrong Games unveil House of the Dead: Overkill for Wii Published on:
- NPD: House of the Dead: Overkill sold 45K in February Published on: March 20, 2009
One Response to “SEGA “wants to crack core gaming on Wii,” says House of the Dead: Overkill has “performed really well””
By Jason on Oct 12, 2009
Well if that’s really the case the SEGA, you can start cracking core gamers on the Wii by releasing House Of The Dead 4, Like ASAP.