Sega not done with mature titles on Wii
Posted by George. Filed under Europe, George, News, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with House of the Dead Overkill, MadWorld, mature, profit, real talk, Sales.
Sega has delivered some of the best M rated titles on the Nintendo Wii this year, both MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill where excellent. But did they flop sales wise? Most people you talk to online will say they did.
According to Gary Dunn, MD of European development for Sega, House of the Dead: Overkill was a profitable title, while MadWorld did sell as expected. I’m assuming that is a nice way of saying it flopped?
More after the break…
Sega Deals: House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld are 29.97 at Amazon
Posted by George. Filed under George, News, Nintendo Wii, North America. Tagged with Amazon, House of the Dead Overkill, MadWorld, Sega Deals.
Last time we had a Gamestop deal with Madworld and Empire: Total War for 29.99, now we have a even cheaper deal. Get House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld for 29.97 each, that is a 3 cent savings compared to GameStop retailers.
This is the part of the post where I tell you guys that the games are amazing and well worth the price and then you guys ignore me and buy Punch-Out or some other Nintendo published game.
[Source CAG]
Sega Deals: Get Empire: Total War and Madword for 29.99 each at Gamestop!
Posted by George. Filed under George, Nintendo Wii, North America, PC. Tagged with Cheap, Empire: Total War, MadWorld, Price Drops, Sega Deals.
Do you hate paying $49.99 for video games? How about $29.99? For those of you have put off buying Empire: Total War or MadWorld, both being fantastic games by the way, you can now get them at a discount price at GameStop.
Each title will cost you $29.99, a very solid price, since both titles where worth the full price of $49.99. So hurry up to your GameStop and get ready for an awesome gaming experience. I don’t know if its only this weekend or if they are official price drops.
[Source Kotaku]
MadWorld Hoodie Contest winners are….
Posted by George. Filed under George, Worldwide. Tagged with Contest, MadWorld, Madworld Hoodie, Nerdaway.
So the MadWorld hoodie contest has been over for a while now, almost a month, and no winners announced. Well you can now stop waiting, we got the winners in this morning - picked by Platinum Games themselves. We have three prizes to give away, two MadWorld shirts and an ultra rare MadWorld hoodie.
Hit the jump to see the winners….
Nerdaway: Just a few days remaining on our Valkyria Chronicles contest
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Japan, News, Sony PlayStation 3, Worldwide. Tagged with Capsule Toys, Contest, Giveaway, Hoodie, MadWorld, Nerdaway, Valkyria Chronicles.
Just a quick reminder to all those who haven’t entered yet. The Valkyria Chronicles contest will be ending in a few days on Tuesday 28th April.
If you don’t know, the contest gives you the chance to win one of five Valkyria Chronicles capsule toys from Japan (pretty hard to come by in Europe and America), courtesy of our friends at Sega Europe.
So if you haven’t already entered you’d better get moving. For all the contest details check our original post here.
In other Nerdaway news: We have had some questions asked as to when we will announce the winners of the MADWORLD Hoodie contest. Well we haven’t forgotten about it - but right now it is in the hands of Sega America and the fellas at Platinum Games, who will be picking the winners.
We kind of hoped they might have chosen by now, but it seems they haven’t. Rest assured we will keep you posted when they do come through.
[Update] Get ready for SoE’s Free Stuff Friday on Twitter
Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Nintendo Wii, PC, Sony PSP, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Worldwide. Tagged with Contest, Empire: Total War, Football Manager, Free Stuff Friday, Giveaway, Lip Balm, MadWorld, outrun, OutRun Online Arcade, PSN, Sega Mega Drive Collection, Valkyria Chronicles, XBLA.
In random celebration of the best working day of the week, Friday, Sega Europe is planning on giving away a few prizes via Twitter.
What you see above is the selection of prizes that will be on offer tomorrow, Friday 24th April. Unfortunately it’s not one big prize bundle, but rather the prizes will be given to seperate winners - which is still pretty sexy.
During the day, (probably between 2pm and 3pm), Sega will post a Twitter update giving out a question. The first person to respond with the correct answer will win.
[Update] Sega will no longer ask a question - instead they will post an announcement (via Twitter still) and all you have to do is be the first to respond, telling them that you want said prize.
Excited? More info after the break.
Sega Japan talks about what games made profit
Posted by George. Filed under George, Japan, Multi-platform. Tagged with Bayonetta, End of Eternity, MadWorld, Puyo Puyo 7, Sega Japan, Shining Force Feather, Takayuki Kawagoe, Valkyria Chronicles, World Destruction, Yakuza 3.
Have you ever wondered what Japanese games have sold well? Well Takayuki Kawagoe, head of Sega’s CS division and ex-director of Smilebit, will spill the beans.
According to Takayuki Kawagoe, Yakuza 3 has broken even, that game must have had a huge budget then! He also said that 7th Dragon has sold well, currently making a profit for itself. But Shining Force Feather and World Destruction have not sold as expected, what a drag.
He also said that European reviewers rate Sega games higher than those in the United States, I wonder why that is? He also knows that even though MadWorld got great scores, it didn’t sale too much. I’m assuming they are lowering their expectations on sale numbers in Japan.
They are also working with the company’s licensing department to extend Sega’s IP into broader media platforms, he points to the anime adaptation of Valkyria Chronicles as an example. I hope this means a new Virtua Figher anime, that would rock.
Sega of Japan’s big games for this year are Puyo Puyo 7, Bayonetta and End of Eternity. I think all three of those games look solid.
[Source: Edge Online]
NPD group says MadWorld sold 66k copies for March
Posted by George. Filed under George, Nintendo Wii. Tagged with House of the Dead Overkill, MadWorld.
NPD group confirmed with Gameasutra that MadWorld has sold 66,000 copies in the United States since its debut in March 10th. This seems to be a success over House of the Dead: Overkill, which sold 45,000 copies its debut month.
Sega have already stated that they are happy with how House of the Dead: Overkill is doing, so maybe they will be thrilled with MadWorld’s first month sales?
Did you know there are only 26 M rated games listed on the ESRB website out of over 1,000 games? I was surprised when I saw that.
[Source: Gamasutra]
MadWorld fan creates his own Jack action figure
Posted by George. Filed under George, Nintendo Wii, North America. Tagged with awesome, Fanatics, MadWorld.
A MadWorld fan has decided to create his own Jack action figure and I have to say it looks awesome! He did a great job.
The figure stands 6 inches tall and has a interchangeable chainsaw blade, depending if you want to have blood or not on it.
[Source FigureRealm]
[Thanks Sanus]
Sega’s Sean Ratcliffe talks sales of hardcore Wii titles
Posted by George. Filed under George, Nintendo Wii, North America. Tagged with House of the Dead Overkill, MadWorld, Selling copies.
I have seen a ton of people call House of the Dead: Overkill a failure for Sega, even more so, MadWorld. But what does Sega think? In a recent interview, Sean Ratcliffe (VP of marketing) sounded happy with the numbers.
“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.”
So House of the Dead: Overkill met expectations and it is still not certain if MadWorld will do well in the end. Now the question is, will we see a MadWorld 2?
“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.”
Something else interesting in the interview, Sega has no plans right now to make a Sonic and Mario game outside of the Olympics. What a drag.
[Source VentureBeat Via GoNintendo]
