SEGA: Conduit a Success, More Hardcore for Wii

Very sensible comments there by Hayes.

Madworld was a niche genre with a new IP, imho, its as simple as that.
I like comparing it to TooHuman. At the end of the day, people want more then mindless hack and slash these days.

Still not keen on the development-costs-less line though. I can appriciate its cheaper if you dont have to make quite so high res textures, or detailed models.....but *if* your pushing that limit, Id expect the games to all look as detailed as Re4.
Id also hope for the money saved on graphics to go towards motion controll R&D anyway. Lets see what can really be achieved with motion plus if you give the coders enough resources.


( Edited 13.08.2009 16:19 by Darkflame )

It sort of irritates me how Joystiq goes on about how the sales were a 'disappointment'. Its flat out misinformation. It was never going to be Gears of War, and it was never going to be Wii Fit either. Selling as it has is very solid for a -- lets face it -- rather generic new IP on a system that isn't overflowing with FPS lovers.

Anyhow, its nice to hear him say that they're still interested in delivering more 'core' games to the system.

I loved MadWorld but it had to huge problems: repetitive and confusing. The B&W with red all over was a good concept but I found I lost depth perception and a general idea of where I was often.

HotD: Overkill was a blast, very fun, and GOREgeous. It just went a bit too potty humor/language like N64's Conker BFD.

Madworld has been one of the best purchases I've made this year. I paid full retail at launch and have to say it was worth it. A fun game, with great humor and a special art style that really made the all around experience better.

Hopefully sales will pick up at the new price point. I think they'll sell another 20,000 copies at the $29.99 price and then drop it to $19.99 and sell another 35,000 which should be enough to recoup cost.

Probably already had recouped cost.

I think SEGA does a lot to open our hearts for them. They throw out a lot of core games, most of which are way better then the rest the company did for years back (Sonic,... *shudders*), they make sensible and kind PR for us fanboys and have some interesting games in their pipeline. I hope they do well enough to let them continue their path. My respect for SEGA has increased a lot over the last year. The Conduit, House of the Dead... all of them are great time-munchers for me and I like them both. The COnduit is the first FPS on Wii which feels like an FPS. I don't miss mouse and keyboard and may enjoy them on a big screen.