Capcom and Sega have recently publicized their issues selling their mature titles on the Wii console, such as games like Dead Space: Extraction and RE: Darkside Chronicles. Lead designer of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has offered his opinion on why titles like these haven’t been selling on the Wii. Sam Barlow thinks on-rails shooters are to blame, not the Wii.
Without badmouthing people, a lot of the games they’ve been complaining about are rail shooters and a rail shooter wouldn’t have sold no matter what platform you put it on because it’s a rail shooter and that’s a niche genre that had its heyday back in the Dreamcast era.
Barlow strongly believes the quality of a mature title will bring sales, if the developer can truly bring what the gamer wants.
If they really enjoy a good horror story, they should enjoy this so we’ve tried to create a product that has broad appeal but does something really good and unique.
