So several weeks on does Mad World sales are still....(VG Chartz sorry dudes)

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#1 Dibdibdobdobo
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Sales are everything on SW's like graphics and im pleasantly suprised that Mad World is still selling a reasonable ammount after several weeks of being released. http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=22383®ion=All (I know VG sucks sorry). I suppose my guesse of 700k by end of 2009 will be likely to happen.

200k is a reasonable ammount thusfar anditseems to be selling a healthy ammount(10k per week). Its safe to says Wii games have legs which keep on walking.

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#2 spinecaton
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

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VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

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#4 Dibdibdobdobo
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton

For a niche title its doing fine.

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

I apoligized before hand.

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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

Dibdibdobdobo

For a niche title its doing fine.

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

I apoligized before hand.

MadWorld is a niche title? I don't think so ...
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#6 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"]

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

For a niche title its doing fine.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

-Snooze-

I apoligized before hand.

MadWorld is a niche title? I don't think so ...

Uhhhhh, while I agree it should be selling better its not exactly main stream. Hyper violence, immature, white and black with red only being used for blood. Its not exactly COD or Mario man.

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#7 LordQuorthon
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton
But it's enough to make the game profitable. On the PS3/360, you'd need to sell five times that amount before you see any profit.
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

LordQuorthon
But it's enough to make the game profitable. On the PS3/360, you'd need to sell five times that amount before you see any profit.

Well that wasn't bias or generalised :roll:
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#9 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="LordQuorthon"][QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

thegoldenpoo

But it's enough to make the game profitable. On the PS3/360, you'd need to sell five times that amount before you see any profit.

Well that wasn't bias or generalised :roll:

Eh, its a misguided thing to say but he gets his general point across.

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MadWorld is a niche title? I don't think so ...-Snooze-
Uhhh yeah it is. A majority of people don't want a game like that. (Which is why sales are awful) It has its own little audience, like several other niche games.
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton

Wii plus Hardcore don't mix..:(

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

Nah, it's poor..:lol:

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Those are just poor sales no matter how sheep try to spin it.

I didn't like the game much. I hated the artstyle.

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#13 JangoWuzHere
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Horrible sales considering such a high install base for the wii.

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#14 fluxorator
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Horrible sales considering such a high install base for the wii.

JangoWuzHere
That's like saying Crysis or Half Life are horrible games for the PC considering its install base... The game isn't mainstream. Far from it
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#15 JangoWuzHere
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[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Horrible sales considering such a high install base for the wii.

fluxorator
That's like saying Crysis or Half Life are horrible games for the PC considering its install base... The game isn't mainstream. Far from it

Can you name the amount of PC gamers out their then?
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

Dibdibdobdobo

For a niche title its doing fine.

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

I apoligized before hand.

"The only area where the break-evens are challenging for us, and the industry, is in the core area. If you're going to compete in that segment, you've got to have gameplay, storyline, technology, and marketing spend that drive you home with that core consumer, and that's the one segment where the break-even points are still relatively challenging, which is why we said let's just focus on one to two per yea. On the core titles, yeah, 700, 800 thousand units, those days unfortunately, we think, are over. As you move up the food chain and we get more complex - things like de Blob - the break-even would go up, so I'd give you a similar range, sort of 100 to 400 thousand units in those areas. So fairly low in the kids and mass appeal, as you might suspect, but much higher on the core titles." - THQ's CEO Mike Farrell the question is which one is it....And again a game does not need to sell a million to be a success
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[QUOTE="fluxorator"]That's like saying Crysis or Half Life are horrible games for the PC considering its install base...

That's poor reasoning because not everyone that bought a PC bought one for games. Only a fraction of the PC owners play games. I'm assuming all Wii owners bought a Wii for games because... you know... it doesn't do much else. lol
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#18 boredy-Mcbored
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

jakehouston88

Wii plus Hardcore don't mix..:(

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

Nah, it's poor..:lol:

Thank you fanboy. Your post was greatly appreciated. :roll: Anyway, I think that the game sold poorly due to lack of GOOD advertising (well the gameplay's kinda bloody but still they could put SOME blood in there to get the point across) and the fact that not many people that play the wii want excessively bloody titles. I bet with the blood toned down a little the game would sell alot more.
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I am quite indifferent whether an M-rated Wii game sells many copies or not, as Madworld or any graphically violent game do not appeal to me.

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#20 VideoGameGuy
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considering the game may have cost as little as 3-5 million dollars to make and its already made 10 million dollars, i'd say that's pretty good. MadWorld 2 confirmed, also it would be interesting to see if this game would sell too much better on another platform.
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#21 aroxx_ab
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton

True that but Madworld is not a game for Wii sports/Wii Fit- people :P

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#22 Roushrsh
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200k ?, thats alright for a game like it, I don't think many people expected its sales to be too high, after all its a more hardcore game on a less hardcore system
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Those are pretty decent numbers for this game. It will get around 700,000 in around a year.
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#24 Keltoid
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton
And unfortunately when crap like Wii Music is selling 2.6 million, it's a shame.
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#25 sailor232
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Great game that will continue to sell. There making a profit off the game so thats got to be good news. Any more sales now is money in the bank.

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#26 Mr_Nordquist
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton

It's a niche title aimed basically at a small target demographic. It's rated M, has a unique art style, and it's pretty hardcore violence.

Not only that, but it's hype was very minimal. If you aren't a game forum user then you most likely would not have known about it. This happens to a lot of games, and it requires word of mouth to sell well. 200k is poor compared to lots of games, but it's selling at a pretty consistent rate, and just like most 3rd party Wii games it'll sell consistently for the next year or two.

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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

Mr_Nordquist

It's a niche title aimed basically at a small target demographic. It's rated M, has a unique art style, and it's pretty hardcore violence.

Not only that, but it's hype was very minimal. If you aren't a game forum user then you most likely would not have known about it. This happens to a lot of games, and it requires word of mouth to sell well. 200k is poor compared to lots of games, but it's selling at a pretty consistent rate, and just like most 3rd party Wii games it'll sell consistently for the next year or two.

I guess you missed those tons of mad world ads? 200k is terrible no matter how you look at it.

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I keep wanting to buy that game, but I always hold it off...no money to spare, sold out (no, seriously), or I get off work too late, or it's overshadowed by something else that caught my eye. One day, though...
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#29 whocares4peace
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It could be much worse. I bet its more than what Okami on the PS2 had sold in the same time period.
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#30 TheNextOrder
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

Keltoid

And unfortunately when crap like Wii Music is selling 2.6 million, it's a shame.

Thankfully good Wii games like Mario Galaxy, Zelda TTP, and SSBB sold roughly 2-4 times more than that ;)

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I guess a sequel is pretty much a given then ( if they want to make one)
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#32 fugwit
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

jakehouston88

Wii plus Hardcore don't mix..:(

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

ActicEdge

Nah, it's poor..:lol:

Okami ps2 how well did that sell again?
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#33 Hexagon_777
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Those are just poor sales no matter how sheep try to spin it.

I didn't like the game much. I hated the artstyle.

SpinoRaptor24

And when Sega says that they are pleased with the sales, what then?

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#34 fugwit
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[QUOTE="Mr_Nordquist"]

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

Espada12

It's a niche title aimed basically at a small target demographic. It's rated M, has a unique art style, and it's pretty hardcore violence.

Not only that, but it's hype was very minimal. If you aren't a game forum user then you most likely would not have known about it. This happens to a lot of games, and it requires word of mouth to sell well. 200k is poor compared to lots of games, but it's selling at a pretty consistent rate, and just like most 3rd party Wii games it'll sell consistently for the next year or two.

I guess you missed those tons of mad world ads? 200k is terrible no matter how you look at it.

Okami ps2 how well did that sell again?
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton
but then again even the PS2 had some games to go below the radar.
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[QUOTE="Espada12"]

[QUOTE="Mr_Nordquist"]

It's a niche title aimed basically at a small target demographic. It's rated M, has a unique art style, and it's pretty hardcore violence.

Not only that, but it's hype was very minimal. If you aren't a game forum user then you most likely would not have known about it. This happens to a lot of games, and it requires word of mouth to sell well. 200k is poor compared to lots of games, but it's selling at a pretty consistent rate, and just like most 3rd party Wii games it'll sell consistently for the next year or two.

fugwit

I guess you missed those tons of mad world ads? 200k is terrible no matter how you look at it.

Okami ps2 how well did that sell again?

Very true. The Wii version of the game outsold the PS2 version and the funny thing is...the Wii had like a fifth of the install base of the PS2 at the time.

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#37 xsubtownerx
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200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

spinecaton

No doubt.. TC, I hope you were kidding when you created this thread.

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

nintendo-4life

but then again even the PS2 had some games to go below the radar.

The Wii is no PS2, friend. These sales numbers say a lot about what kind of gamers the Wii is for.. :?

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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

xsubtownerx
No doubt.. TC, I hope you were kidding when you created this thread.

then again its still better than selling 20 000 on a system with a 120 000 000 install base Oh okami :oops:
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#39 spinecaton
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

For a niche title its doing fine.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

VG chartz :| Yeah, anyway, 200k isn't great but its not poor aswell. Its just okay.

HarlockJC

I apoligized before hand.

"The only area where the break-evens are challenging for us, and the industry, is in the core area. If you're going to compete in that segment, you've got to have gameplay, storyline, technology, and marketing spend that drive you home with that core consumer, and that's the one segment where the break-even points are still relatively challenging, which is why we said let's just focus on one to two per yea. On the core titles, yeah, 700, 800 thousand units, those days unfortunately, we think, are over. As you move up the food chain and we get more complex - things like de Blob - the break-even would go up, so I'd give you a similar range, sort of 100 to 400 thousand units in those areas. So fairly low in the kids and mass appeal, as you might suspect, but much higher on the core titles." - THQ's CEO Mike Farrell the question is which one is it....And again a game does not need to sell a million to be a success

It is not exactly niche but it isn't mainstream. I was thinking it would be about 500k now and hit 700k by years end.

A niche game(not directing this at you Harlock but the people keep saying it is a niche title) is something like Disgaea, Culdcept Saga, Okami, or Ico

Edit: I can see how it could be considered niche, but for a game that had that much advertising it broke away from niche more then other games I listed prior to edit.

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[QUOTE="nintendo-4life"][QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

xsubtownerx

but then again even the PS2 had some games to go below the radar.

The Wii is no PS2, friend. These sales numbers say a lot about what kind of gamers the Wii is for.. :?

... That only re-enforces my argument :?

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#41 xsubtownerx
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[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

fugwit
No doubt.. TC, I hope you were kidding when you created this thread.

then again its still better than selling 20 000 on a system with a 120 000 000 install base Oh okami :oops:

True, but it's easy to miss out on a good game when there's like literally 100's of GREAT games to play. Can you say the same for the Wii? No. no you can't.
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#42 fugwit
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]

No doubt.. TC, I hope you were kidding when you created this thread.

[QUOTE="nintendo-4life"][QUOTE="spinecaton"]

200k is not that great for the system with the highest install base...

xsubtownerx

but then again even the PS2 had some games to go below the radar.

The Wii is no PS2, friend. These sales numbers say a lot about what kind of gamers the Wii is for.. :?

games like singstar ,Buzz ,ect.sell how many and yet okami only 20 000 These sales numbers say a lot about what kind of gamers the PS2 is for.. :?
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#43 fugwit
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[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="fugwit"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"] No doubt.. TC, I hope you were kidding when you created this thread.

then again its still better than selling 20 000 on a system with a 120 000 000 install base Oh okami :oops:

True, but it's easy to miss out on a good game when there's like literally 100's of GREAT games to play. Can you say the same for the Wii? No. no you can't.

Yes, I can
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[QUOTE="-Snooze-"][QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"]

I apoligized before hand.

ActicEdge

MadWorld is a niche title? I don't think so ...

Uhhhhh, while I agree it should be selling better its not exactly main stream. Hyper violence, immature, white and black with red only being used for blood. Its not exactly COD or Mario man.

The only non-normal thing is the black and white.
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#45 ChrnoTrigger
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Mark my words, there's absolutely no way mad world will sell 700k by the end of the year. it's been out for more than a month and only sold 200k. Most of the people who were interested in it more than likely bought it. If sega gets extremely lucky they might max out at 500k, but 700k is a pipe dream.

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#46 Lionheart08
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games like singstar ,Buzz ,ect.sell how many and yet okami only 20 000 These sales numbers say a lot about what kind of gamers the PS2 is for.. :?fugwit

Kinda helps that Okami had 0 ad campaigns, can the same be said for MadWorld? :P