Why Does Everyone Want MadWorld on PS3 and 360????

OK, it seems that before MadWorld was released, Wii-haters said that the game was going to suck, because it was on the Wii. Now when the game was released, the reviews came in, and the Wii-haters started to say "I wish this game was on PS3" and "This game would sell much better on PS3/360". My response was "It is never coming to PS3/360. Just wait for Bayonetta". Now the Wii-haters want this game, even though they thought it would suck.  Here is my response.

I keep hearing people say, this would sell much better on PS3/360. My response is, especially when the NPD data came in is that Wii games sell much slower. Call of Duty World at War sold 40,000 in it's opening week (WORSE than MadWorld) and as of April sold 1 million. Seeing how that is 6 months, it proves that MadWorld will hit at least 1 million by September. The Wii has a hardcore audience:

[butterfinger]

The game would best be served as a PSN/XBLA title. It's a lot of fun and excitement at first, but it gets boring quickly. Luckily, it's so short that you barely notice how bored you are before the end of the game. Your list is absolutely NO proof that MadWorld will break a million sales by September (lol), but it IS possible. Is barely breaking a million sales THAT impressive on the console with the largest install base, though? The best game on your list was easily Resident Evil 4, and that game should've have sold at LEAST 3 million. There is a hardcore audience that owns Wiis, but they are definitely the minority.

[ZuperAmazingCooKie]

"
Resident Evil 4
1.55 million

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
1.25 million

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
1.22 million

Red Steel
1.18 million

Call of Duty 3 (yes 3)
1.15 million

Call of Duty: World at War
1.09 million

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
960,000
"

Most of these are long time franchises:

Call of duty, resident evil, house of the dead, and Star Wars

Only Red Steel went that far, and that's understandable since it was a launch title and was very hyped by Ubisoft.

[butterfinger]

Now please compare that to games like Mario Kart and Wii Fit's sales. Did I say nobody buys hardcore games on the Wii, or did I say they are the minority?

Wii Fit 18.27m
Mario Kart Wii 15.63m

Wow, Resident Evil Wii has sold quite impressively compared to those right? Wrong.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Well I think part of the problem is that the massive install base is slightly infalted and the people who complain about the lack of hardcore games are the ones that sold their Wii and then complain that games lke Madworld are Wii-exclusive.

It all comes down to a sense of entitlement which it seems a lot of hardcore gamers have. Devs/Pubs have little to no obligation to gamers and they can put games on whatever system they want.

[Cajun Chicken]

Because its completely brutal. The Wii controls make the game, so if Madworld turned up on PS3/360, it'll have to be a whole new entry in the franchise and maybe have additional graphic effects over the black and white, because you just KNOW people are going to complain about a black and white next gen game.
Great game though. Hope for the future of the sideway beat 'em up.

[Chubear]

..no one complained about Echochrome though.

[Cajun Chicken]

True. I loved Echochrome.
If Madworld AS A FRANCHISE did go next gen (I hope it does, lot of potential in the 'universe') basically, I think it'd probably need more shading, just to use that extra power the PS3 and 360 have.

Personally, I'd love separate Madworld franchise games like the biking and the Bloodbath Challenges, ironically, Madworld has the perfect background and sense of fun to make it a completely OTT, brutal, violent competitive minigame fest.

[easywilly]

It's a good game...why limit it to just one console when it can easily be on all 3. This is what I dont get what do developers gain from exclusivity??? Thats less money for them isnt it?? When ff13 was announced for the 360 I wasnt dissapointed at all, and Im a ps3 guy. This whole exclusive stuff is ridiculous. Its basically created fan-boyism. The only reason a game should be exclusive is if its only possible on a specific console. Other than that share the love you retarded developers.

[SinnedNogara]

I actually think they save money and time because of the costs of porting it over to other systems, which is expensive. You could get more money though.

[misterssippi]

Firstly, Madworld is not a great game... its an ok game. The gameplay is repetative and meh, the character models are blah, game modes are lacking and controls are not responsive. Not many PS3/360 gamers are interested honestly. Secondly, the game failed. Get over it. Like most hardcore games fail on Wii. Selling 1 million copies on a system with a 60 million install base is no big accomplishment. When Gears came out, 360 had a 10 million install base. Gears sold 5 million... see the difference. The only successful Wii games have either 'Mario' or 'Wii' in the title. No mas Nintendo, no mas.

[potenquatro]

:)

[SinnedNogara]

The PS2 sold 150 million units, and their most selling game sold 12 million.

Which means that 139 million people don't own the game.

The game is GTA: San Andreas.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

LOL @ the desperate Nintendo fanboy. PS2's game library runs circles around the Wii's. 12 million sales is a lot for a 3rd party game. Don't forget GTA:SA was a multiplatform game.

[bigjclassic]

PS3/360 fans are mad at Nintendo for being 1st place overall. If they were in 3rd place ala PS3, all the talk would be "good the Wii sux anyways etc."

Wii has hardcore games, and all ways had. Its just that the "fad gamers" are split between PS3/360. Gears isn't a good game. I said it and it sold 5 million copies, same could be said for Oblivion and other fads.

Nintendo 1st party games sell, because the CONSUMER knows that they are getting a quality title regardless.

*+bubbles mrnintendo96+

[Scolar Visari]

I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about. People aren't "mad" because Wii is in first. Clearly, you think sales makes the best console. In this case, it doesn't. I'm not even going to go into your other statements in your comment, because it just goes downhill from there.

[ssipmraw]

i want the game because it looks so cool!
it looks as if god hand, sincity and kill bill had a baby

[rbrtchng]

Graphics are extremely important in a game. When I play a game, I look for the entire experiment of the entire game package. Graphics definitely contributes to that. It doesn't have to be technically good, but as long as it builds more on the gaming experience, then it's great.

Also, I hate it when people say that motion control makes the game. No! It's how a game uses motion control that makes it good. It's that attitude that "motion control = great" that leaves us with stupid developers falling into the trap of dumping that in and calling it the holy grail of gaming. It's not. The best control scheme is that which allows the users to play the game intuitively in a way that the gamer can forget that he/she is actually controls.

[wanderofys]

The article is pretty good, don't care for all that sales garbage though.

I said this in another article, but this game can ONLY be on the Wii for the same reason No More Heroes can ONLY be on the Wii: the motion controls were VITAL to the game. If the game was on PS3 or 360, you would run around and press 2 buttons a lot. Not my idea of a good time.

The visuals actually are important in this game, but it's style over technicality. It's why people buy games like Okami or why people still buy Shin Megami Tensei games on the PS2: because the art style is just as nice to look at as HD visuals to those who appreciate it.

[SinnedNogara]

Agree with your comment completely. The controls make perfect sense.

:)

[Bazookajoe_83]

And i have gotten use to hd graphics, thats why i only buy party games for my wii.

[lh_swe]

Madworld was meant for Wii,I'm picking it up this weekend:)
I also dont understand that everything has to be about graphics, it's sure as hell nice and immersive but it doesnt add anything to the gameplay or funfactor of the game which in my mind is the core of a game.

[n to the b]

"Another thing is that the game is black and white, why would you need HD graphics. Come on, 1080p for a game that doesn't even use color."

color palette doesn't have anything to do with resolution, IMO. what I mean is, no reason NOT to have a 1080p black-and-white game. have u played Dark Sector? the first intro level is black-and-white and that game is really QUITE beautiful.

also, I believe Bayonetta is the same dev? but I will NOT "just wait for Bayonetta" as u suggest. why? MadWorld has a cool, grown-up aesthetic (from what little I've seen); while Bayonetta is for little kiddies that are easily impressed by Japanese-style too-cool-for-school characters that are just laughably unrealistic.

I mean, c'mon people. she's wearing GLASSES while doing all those acrobatics and witch-craftery. COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY RIDICULOUS.