In a recent interview, vice president of marketing for Sega of America Sean Ratcliffe commented briefly on these two M-rated games recently released on the Wii. I’ve been very curious to see how the critically praised Mad World would hold up at retail, and it looks like it may not have the deadly mature-title-underperformance-on-the-Wii syndrome afterall. Speaking about both Ratcliffe said:
House of the Dead has done very well and has absolutely met our expectations. The first set of data for Mad World is very encouraging, as well… If it resonates with the audience, yes, we absolutely want to make that into a franchise. I think it’s unique, and there are many aspects of that game which are sort of pushing boundaries. And it’s just great fun.
Very good news indeed, especially after Overkill was reported as selling 45,000 units in February. If that’s what Sega was hoping for, more power to ‘em, but I’m still going to hope Mad World lands a little higher up the scale. I’m curious, how many of you picked up either of these titles?
