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Comments (949)
 | AstroMaSSi (on 10 January 2012) A game not so good as expected. Simply boring. |
 | atma998 (on 23 December 2011) 666k |
 | Venox2008 (on 22 December 2011) I love this game.. sooo fun |
 | Arfen (on 09 December 2011) 661k |
| Arfen (on 30 November 2011) ah no ok ok..657k |
| Arfen (on 30 November 2011) no at 562k? it drops 80k?? |
 | Chrizum (on 04 November 2011) A modest hit after all. Did as well as could be expected. |
| atma998 (on 16 September 2011) 641k unit sold...not so bad for a black and white niche game. |
 | slipknotfan (on 25 June 2011) A rated M game for the Wii. I HAD TO PLAY IT!!! |
| primogen18 (on 11 April 2011) crazy how this crept up to 600k |
 | spurgeonryan (on 08 March 2011) Players choice! It was down to 9 dollars. What more could they have done? A players choice is basically just a game with players choice sticker slapped on it, and a 19.99 price tag. |
| primogen18 (on 28 February 2011) downloadable maps would have been sweet for this |
 | Red4ADevil (on 16 February 2011) A players Choice could've helped it alot with its sales. |
| josewiisantos (on 02 February 2011) god i wish there was a sequel! i love this game. |
| primogen18 (on 01 February 2011) Shame to see Jack go exclusively to PS3/360 in Max Anarchy =/ |
| spurgeonryan (on 15 January 2011) So if you buy off amazon it is coming directly from the company?New |
 | Tayne (on 14 January 2011) Wow, 600K. Good job, Amazon. |
| spurgeonryan (on 07 January 2011) Lol Im not saying anything bad against you galv, but at one time people said it was too bad this didn't at least get 300,000. lol |
 | Fededx (on 04 January 2011) Nice legs! |
 | Galvanizer (on 04 January 2011) Great game. Too bad it never hit 1 million worldwide. |
| Galvanizer (on 04 January 2011) Great game. Too bad it never hit 1 million worldwide. |
| spurgeonryan (on 30 December 2010) did you buy it new swii? still 600 thous. Im happy |
 | swii26 (on 30 December 2010) $7.67US on amazon |
| swii26 (on 30 December 2010) I got it for under $10... definitely worth the price! |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 December 2010) The conduit |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 December 2010) It is in the bargain used bin a the front door of most gamestops, so this may finally be on its last legs. Still hope it can get around ghost squad numbers. |
 | novasonic (on 18 December 2010) I have not seen legs like this in ever. A sequel for the nextgen Nintendo console would be a huge hit! |
| spurgeonryan (on 14 December 2010) It must be selling like 5,000 a week world wide or something still because it is going up kinda quick i think? Im sure the price is back to close to regular by now so this should be giving them a good profit. 600,000 by January 4th? (first day back to school after xmas break. |
| primogen18 (on 05 December 2010) ive never seen this for 5 bucks, lowerst 9.99 or 14.99, highest 29.99. almost 600k, not bad. |
| Fededx (on 28 November 2010) Still selling! |
| Venox2008 (on 15 November 2010) one of the best and one the most fun delivering game :) |
| Arfen (on 12 November 2010) deserves every single sale and more. If you don't have this game, buy it!! |
| spurgeonryan (on 29 October 2010) done well for itself! |
| spurgeonryan (on 23 May 2010) So thats like 5 dollars american. 500,000 next week! Even at 5 bucks it has to be doing well. Thats still a 1-3 dollar profit per game. After store profit. Any game would sell to a million if it was shipped for ever, but 2 dollar profits per game is a hard sell. Even with that I still see copies at local stores. I think companies should just keep them on order, like they do with cd's that way if someone wants them they can just go on line like amazon or something and purchase it later on. Take it out of the stores it cost too much money to ship, and the stores take is alot as well. |
 | kevinrize (on 22 May 2010) i got this for £2 new in my local shop it's worth way more though great game |
| spurgeonryan (on 18 May 2010) Well since it is barely selling at 8 dollars a pop, I doubt it will be out too much longer. But what do I know....nothing! |
| sorento (on 14 May 2010) not so bad, but i wish it should sell even more. |
 | SaviorX (on 14 May 2010) I guess it will pass 500k by the time May ends. Even though it is dirt cheap, it has stayed around the Amazon Top 100 recently, if that is any consolation. |
| novasonic (on 13 May 2010) It's only a few weeks away from 500k now! |
 | ash3336 (on 09 May 2010) 600-700k LTD depending on when Sega decides to stop shipping it. I am pretty sure it would keep selling to a million within the next two years, if Sega ships that much. |
 | IxisNaugus (on 28 April 2010) This game just keeps on squeaking up... |
| spurgeonryan (on 22 April 2010) I still hope for 500,000, even though I am happy I held out to the ten dollar mark just like with other wii games. Still unless it is a Nintendo game I cannot get that excited about any Wii game. I still have two or three just sitting on the shelf waiting for me to care to play them. Maybe I have just grown out of video games and should give it up instead of wasting money? |
 | johnsobas (on 22 April 2010) it hasn't sold that many at $10, Sega still probably sold 200-250k at full price (even if retailers didn't sell that at full price) and 300-350k at still a good price. The rest were probably sold at insanely low prices. |
| spurgeonryan (on 19 April 2010) Yup intendo there was. This game along with many others are 9.99 now! Still a small profit but not much. |
 | Intendo21 (on 16 April 2010) Was there a boost? |
| atma998 (on 16 April 2010) The game is still selling 7k/week At this rate it should reach 500k pretty soon. |
| jeffrey9999 (on 14 April 2010) I hope all the big games coming this year lead to wii's selling and games like this selling........... |
| spurgeonryan (on 14 April 2010) ofcourse I think that once these games start to sell for 10 dollars a game the end is in site for them. Maybe 500,000 lifetime, fi they continue shipments. |
| novasonic (on 13 April 2010) 470k so close! |
| Arfen (on 13 April 2010) This year Wii is going to recieve new gamers who will buy the Wii for Monter hunter, Mario, MEtroid... and this fact can do a favour on this games and others increasing its sales.... will see |
| spurgeonryan (on 10 April 2010) and now it is back on the chartz? did not expeect that one! ofcourse 90percent of those dales have to be for about 10 bucks. BUt that is like 3-4 dollar profit a game ! this might break 500,000 after all. Deadly creatures and cursed mountain should follow suit now |
 | marcoberry3 (on 09 April 2010) 450 K Doing ok. I hope this hits 500 |
 | Haste262 (on 08 April 2010) Seems to have sold more than the 360 version of ut3. Thats something isnt it? |
 | uno (on 08 April 2010) great game. |
 | MegaDrive08 (on 08 April 2010) Ive completed the game yet again, never gets old for me :) |
| spurgeonryan (on 03 April 2010) so what is the point of this game? I just bought it for 9.98, and from what I can tell I am just beating people up? Is there an actual game here or just a free for all beat'em up? Still fun just wondering. |
| SaviorX (on 03 April 2010) @Cheebee The game made its investment back and profited a while ago. At this point, rather than letting the game fall into obscurity, and stubbornly leaving it at a larger price point ($20+), the game is at a really low price, so it can get into as many hands as possible. Even though it is selling at $8 now, it sold 7k this week. With consistent sales (~2k a week) it can give the sequel a better fanbase to work with. |
 | Nintendogamer (on 30 March 2010) It's actually charting ver ywell on play.com 1st and was high on amazon.co.uk, should make at least 500K before long. |
 | Cheebee (on 30 March 2010) I've seen this game at a lot of place for 5-10 euros. That's sad, really, 'cos I doubt they'd make any money off the game at such a pricepoint. |
| Nintendogamer (on 25 March 2010) with it being 5th on amazon.com recently with a price lower than $8.00 it should soon top 0.5 Million. |
| ash3336 (on 22 March 2010) This game kicks a lot of ***. I LOVE THIS GAME! |
| SaviorX (on 20 March 2010) This game will hit 500k by mid-July, after 70 weeks at retail. |
 | oni-link (on 09 March 2010) @haz it's because unlike The Conduit, this game has personality and much more enticing to pick up!!! The Conduit like Crystal Bearers look good but plays too monotonous!!! |
 | BoneArk (on 05 March 2010) I'm going trade this at Gamestop and pre-order Monster Hunter 3. |
 | SmokedHostage (on 02 March 2010) The road to 500k will be long but I'm sure Jack will beat it out of people as they limb,bloodied and dismembered, to the register. |
 | hazmatkr3w (on 27 February 2010) weird how this is getting updated while the conduit has been stuck at 390k for like 2 weeks |
| novasonic (on 25 February 2010) 430k woo! It will slowly but surely creep it's way up to 500k |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 February 2010) well there are alot of games for other systems that only sell about 500,000 copies. They just have about 20 violent games a month so that happens. The wii only gets one good adult game every three months, so when it does so so people think the wii cant sell adult games. Come on, stop giving us a million chrystal chronical, rail shooting, shovelware, and port garbage! WE want more original games. Not another super freaking monkey ball roll and splat game! All these Re-hashes and other garbage..come on nintendo! I dont even want to buy my kids the new mario anymore because all we get is crap all year. You make billions upon billions of dollars every year! LEts get some content! give us grand theft auto (the next one) or something and add mario in it if you want..just do something! |
| torchmoney1 (on 24 February 2010) house of the dead madworld and conduit put millions in sega pocket in 2009 add the sell up and sega is selling on the wii they sould keep compete with ubisoft and capcom and square enixs that putting exclusive core like games on the wii dont let the media fool sells |
| novasonic (on 23 February 2010) If jack was a chick with giant tats, this would have sold 150k in Japan. |
 | sep85dd (on 21 February 2010) Awesome! If iam angry from someone, i put in this game into my wii...great game to splatter your sorrows. |
| johnsobas (on 21 February 2010) it's still selling in the US at least a little bit, even if its at a very low price. |
 | swordplay (on 21 February 2010) japan probably imported from US since the game can be bought for less than $15 new. |
 | *Sound Of Rain (on 20 February 2010) I remember when people said that this game would outsell Pikmin 3(My future vorite game ever) When Pikmin 3 comes out I bet it will outsell Madworld 1st week. |
| ash3336 (on 20 February 2010) Even with the 5k opening, I dont think it will sell more than 20k in Japan. |
| Chrizum (on 20 February 2010) This game is undertracked. All other sources have it at 4.8k+ (while first day sales were projected at 5k already...) There is no way it sold less than 4k, of this I am certain. |
 | NoirSon (on 19 February 2010) The Famistu numbers for the week are out. Apparently, it didn't even sell the 5k estimated on the first day. Just goes to show you, Japan doesn't like bloody action unless its done by hot women or pretty boys. |
| torchmoney1 (on 19 February 2010) people dont realize but last gen consoles alot of games never even sold over 10.000 copies good games at that 4 the first year.because of the console wars that we really never seen before but alot of games on all systems never sold that in the last gen console that y they re-release them on the wii and sell on the wii and that a fact .so when developers look at fir.st week sales .but also look at the yearly sale .and say wow and that why they kept making games for the wii .like nintendo said it a different system they not competing with sony any mircosoft they competing with they shevles to c who could make the best game for the system that why its a indie system with buget games compaines u never even heard of before and if u cant compete u wont sell this what capcom ubisoft was planing with nintendo |
| primogen18 (on 18 February 2010) especially without any online features. |
| oni-link (on 17 February 2010) 430K sold by it's first year for a 6-8 hour game is pretty darn good!!! |
 | Hephaestos (on 16 February 2010) I just realized we have 1000th of the owners of this game on this site... |
| primogen18 (on 16 February 2010) Im happy this will at least get to 500,000 eventually. Good sales for what it is. |
| Fededx (on 15 February 2010) it's not 5000 units in the first week, it was on day one... The numbers for the week aren't out yet |
 | roccerfeller (on 15 February 2010) @ Mario Galaxy Early reports have it coming in at 5000 opening in Japan. Shame cause I thought it would have done ~15k |
| MarioGalaxy (on 15 February 2010) 5000 units in its first week on sale in Japan, so... But 420 k units sold in its first year it's OK, isn't it? |
| Red4ADevil (on 05 February 2010) I hope they track the japanese sales. It could possibly bump its total sales to 500K. Comooonnnn Japan, make me proud; make Platinum Games proud! |
| oni-link (on 05 February 2010) hawt dang good sales!!! |
 | Hobowan (on 04 February 2010) the japanese might appreciate the art style of madworld i would venture? maybe it will do ok out there! |
| primogen18 (on 04 February 2010) I keep forgetting this hasnt released in japan yet, hopefully it does decent over there. |
| MarioGalaxy (on 03 February 2010) Got a score of 31/40 in Famitsu. We can expect a great opening? Maybe 15.000 units for the first week in Japan and a total of around 40.000 lifetime? |
| Haste262 (on 02 February 2010) :O omfg its under a fiver at asda with free delivery. |
| ash3336 (on 01 February 2010) *That was a joke, so treat it like a joke and not seriously." |
| ash3336 (on 01 February 2010) 1 out of a 1000 people who own the game is on this website. Either that means that this game sold too little or there are a lot of people on this website! |
| ash3336 (on 29 January 2010) This will have problems for it is launch in Japan because it is releasing alongside Zangeki. Unless it is advertised, I see this selling no more than 30k. |
 | Kihniö (on 28 January 2010) Others +1 |
| st_muscat0 (on 24 January 2010) Bah only sold 445 copies in others this week, probably only get to about 150K lifetime there. |
| jagleics (on 23 January 2010) I brought this game when first cam out enjoyed but traded in shortly after for a good price.. recently brought again in the uk for £5 in uk... best bargain ever seen as it really is a good game . anyone who hasnt got it should go buy while its cheap and get the sales up so they do a sequal which is ever better |
| ash3336 (on 20 January 2010) Now that it is $20, I want to buy this game and finally experience the craziness of this game. I will get this alongside NMH2. |
| ocarinaoftime (on 17 January 2010) acordin to this sight this game comes out in japan next month... maybe with the japan sales it might get over half a millon.....i dont rember seenin alot of comercials for this game.....to me i ditn like the way it looked so it just didnt appeal to me ..... |
| oni-link (on 15 January 2010) It's selling at an average price of $19 at the moment; with newegg being the cheapest at $13 and Fye being the top at $20. The price of this game really should have been sold at $29.99-$39.99 instead of $50. The grfx while stylish was very niche since not many ppl would like to buy a black and white game. Sega kept dropping the price and as a result hardcore gamers (the smartest gamers) waited until the price bottomed out which is right now. Still good numbers for it had 280K sales when the avg price was $30 and the game exploded to it's current numbers (400k) at $19!!! |
| Hobowan (on 15 January 2010) @dolby: youre right, but selling at a discount isnt a terrible thing, sales are of course preferable at full price, but the fact its selling also improves its portfolio, and there may be a slim chance of a sequel or a new game on the back of sales at any price point. the higher the sales, the more interest a dev thinks a game has, despite the price point. so therefore the fact its selling at a lower price point is not something theyll care too much about once its attained profit. i know you werent disagreeing, but i thought its a point worth chucking out there :) |
| johnsobas (on 15 January 2010) there are still many new copies out there. It can probably get another 50k or so granted they were probably sold at a low price. |
 | DOLBYdigital (on 14 January 2010) While I am happy to see this get to 400k, it deserved these sales off the start at full price. More than half of the 400k are discounted sales. Glad to hear about the sequel since I loved every second of this game and love Platinum Games :) |
 | DavidValbu (on 14 January 2010) Ey, wasn't MadWorld the MegaFlop of the Wii? 400k? And the game hasn't been launched in Japan yet? I don't think this games had sold that good on X360 or PS3. |
| IxisNaugus (on 14 January 2010) @ novasonic Actually, i think Platinum games recently expressed interest in making a sequel to this. http://www.destructoid.com/platinum-games-definitely-interested-in-madworld-2-160152.phtml What were the general expectations for this game? 400K doesn't seem too bad to me... |
| novasonic (on 13 January 2010) Jeeze, every time I think this is done selling, it goes up another 10k. Hopefully it sells enough to get a sequel! |
| Red4ADevil (on 13 January 2010) Great sales now all we need is Japans numbers; this will sell even more. Come on, buy this game (japan). |
| oni-link (on 11 January 2010) @ spurgeonryan Cursed Mountain IS a hidden gem like Eternal Darkness; hopefully it would reach 150K in sales but I have my reservations. Sales for this game is ok now that it's sold for $20. Sega should really have sold this and HOTD:Overkill at $29.99-$39.99 when it initial released and held it for a couple of months; instead of dropping the price every month and giving the impression that it's good to hold out until the price stabilized!!! |
| spurgeonryan (on 10 January 2010) comments went from in the beginning ..horrible sales..now they are ok sales....the same happened with china town for ds..and now its pushing 900 thou and on its way to a million. Dead space might be dead though...come on silent hill and cursed mountain! |
 | BigGumby (on 10 January 2010) According to how this game is, a 5 hour gme with little (a gamestop ad I believe, but the ad sucked), these sales are good. SEGA should not be disapointed. The Conduit is going to pass this game. |
| Nintendogamer (on 10 January 2010) Already treading across 400,000, well done I say! |
| Brummipluesch (on 09 January 2010) I guess sales for this game are good enough. No one has to be disappointed.Great game!! |
| sorento (on 08 January 2010) surely more than 450 000 with japan |
 | dark_gh0st_b0y (on 08 January 2010) well, the sales are ok! |
 | Peterisyum (on 06 January 2010) maybe some hype will grtow for this game with some of the bayonetta people who get really into that game! |
 | Voltaire (on 04 January 2010) Theres not much to be disappointed at really. Its a niche 5 hour game with no replay value. Sure it had a decent marketing campaign, but no one could have thought a monochromatic game about killing people for sport would sell millions. SEGA surely profited from this, since the TV ads were a joint Gamestop venture. The profits may not be massive, but they certainly covered costs and made a little extra. |
| Hobowan (on 04 January 2010) by the end of its first year on sale, this may, with a bit of luck, sell 450000, it will likely miss the 500k milestone though :( although at a budget price everywjere, SEGA surely cant be TOO disappointed with that? |
 | 11ht11 (on 02 January 2010) 10 bucks at best buy! |
| Cooke15 (on 31 December 2009) is this game going to be released in japan? |
| ash3336 (on 31 December 2009) I bet Madworld will cross 500k before TCon. |
| spurgeonryan (on 28 December 2009) yeah I bought evil dead regen for the playstation 2 but haven't been able to play it because Im still trying to figure out what I am missing on the third level of odama. |
| SaviorX (on 24 December 2009) Holidays will bring it to 400k. Should pass it early January |
 | killeryoshis (on 22 December 2009) @Red4ADevil It'll be lucky to hit 10,000 |
| Red4ADevil (on 21 December 2009) With japans release in a couple months, it should bump it to at least 400k |
 | Green Penguin (on 21 December 2009) I predict 440K |
| Cheebee (on 13 December 2009) I recently got this but have yet to play it... too many games I need to finish first! :-P |
| chris_wing (on 11 December 2009) This is a very good game. If you know what your doing you can probably run through it in 5-7 hours, but first time through on normal difficulty will give you 10-15 hours of enjoyment and about 15 minutes of blood boiling frustration. Highly recommended! 9.0 IMHO |
 | Skorpion (on 08 December 2009) $11.99 on newegg shipped right now. Can't decide whether to pull the trigger. |
| ash3336 (on 07 December 2009) 400k before next year. This will sell oh yeah. And probably 500k+ LTD sales. |
| primogen18 (on 06 December 2009) im glad to see this selling steadily! |
 | hYpnochronic (on 06 December 2009) It's my GOTY. |
| DaftpunkJessie (on 05 December 2009) love this game |
 | SubiyaCryolite (on 28 November 2009) Will reach 400k, good. |
| spurgeonryan (on 26 November 2009) It is doing fine, games don't cost as much on the wii do make. As long as its in stores it and every other wii game will be pickedup this year just like usual at the holidays. Last year my local Target was sold out of more than 20 games. Lets hopeit happens again. |
 | Siko1989 (on 26 November 2009) has this broke profit for Sega yet? |
| midaks (on 22 November 2009) @st_muscat0 the reason im predictin around 75k in sales for japan is because platinum games is a japanese company which is centered in osaka, japan =P. Im already basing this on the fact that they have a strong fanbase over there but then again we'll see what happens when it actually comes out over there. |
| st_muscat0 (on 21 November 2009) @Midaks LOL HOTD:OK only sold 10,000 copies in Japan and its an established franchise over there, and Punch Out sold something like 25,000 copies. So Madworld getting 75K sales there would be a miracle, expect 20K of sales if lucky. |
| midaks (on 21 November 2009) Well the feb, 2010 release in Japan will hopefully kick up sales by atleast 75k + |
| Red4ADevil (on 18 November 2009) Just make it to 400k and I'll be so happy. I'll be astonished if this game reaches 500k. |
| Nintendogamer (on 15 November 2009) Nice! 340K |
| SubiyaCryolite (on 13 November 2009) Doing well, congrats. |
| Arfen (on 13 November 2009) 9'95 € in GAME stores!!!! I hope this maskes increase the sales. legs legs legs |
| novasonic (on 13 November 2009) This will go one of two ways in Japan. It'll sell another 100-150k or it will sell 100-150. There will be no in between. |
| oni-link (on 08 November 2009) zzyoshiman posted 07/11/2009, 05:22 1/3 of the way there Actually, it's already there...this game doesn't need to sell a million to be succesful! |
 | zzyoshiman (on 07 November 2009) 1/3 of the way there |
| oni-link (on 03 November 2009) In addition, a few quality titles that got missed are bargain prices right now ie Madworld, HOTD:overkill, The conduit, Cursed Mountain, etc. |
| oni-link (on 03 November 2009) LOL, give LKS a chance despite it's N64 type graphics the gameplay is addicting. A refurbished Wii should cost you $129-$140; not a bad investment considering that a few quality titles are coming for the system (FF:CC, NSMB:Wii, Fragile, TvC etc) |
 | Boneitis (on 03 November 2009) I sold my Wii a while back and bought two 360 Pros for $99 each from MS ExpertZone. It wasn't a hard decision to make considering I'm a bigger fan of HD games. Now that the Wii library is a little more acceptable I am tempted to purchase one. I look forward to playing this game. But Little King's Story is on my list of games I can't care less about. |
| oni-link (on 03 November 2009) It's all good and dandy Bone, I ain't mad at cha'. I'm a little frustrated but I ain't mad. Just wondering have you picked up this game yet? You also seemed interested in Little King Story, it's $40 at amazon.com right now so it's not a bad price. |
| Boneitis (on 02 November 2009) @ oni-link Oh my, I somehow struck a nerve. I can tell because you're using exclamation marks. You see this, "It's a lower investment cost with a chance of huge returns!!!" My point is the people at Sega are ignorant for putting such big investments on HD consoles. They can bring games of equal budget as Wii games and they'll sell. Their HD games have been unprofitable because they put too much money into graphics and they suck. You're right about one thing. You aren't a psychologist. Now calm down. This has nothing to do with Wii hate. I just hate the decisions Sega makes with HD consoles. And for the record. My comment about Sega hating money was in regards to their terrible HD decisions. |
| oni-link (on 02 November 2009) "I don't understand why Sega is trying to bring adult gamers to the Wii. Why not just bring those same adult games to consoles where they sell? Maybe Sega hates money, that's the only thing I can come up with." Why do you have to understand it bone? I don't understand why you feel so threatened or upset that a company would want to release an adult title for a console that is almost has a larger userbase than the HD consoles combined? I actually commend them for trying!!! It's a lower investment cost with a chance of huge returns!!! THQ, Ubisoft, Capcom, and yes Sega makes a lot of $$$$ of the Wii whether Wii haters like it or not!!! I'm not a psychologist but from all the post I've followed you on it seems like you want the Wii to fail? First many ppl like yourself diss the Wii for having too many shovelware but when a company releases a quality game you bitch again instead of appreciating it. There's no point in your arguments except that you seem to LIKE A COUPLE OF WII GAMES that aren't coming to 360 or PS3 and are complaining that it should be on 360 or PS3? Which only means that 1) You only own one or two of the HD systems and 2)You have an unhealthy feeling of animosity towards Nintendo particularly the Wii. I for one don't really care as I have the a 360 and a Wii so I could enjoy most game offerings that a company may offer for both the Wii and HD systems (most 3rd party titles are better on 360 than PS3 anyways IMHO). |
| Boneitis (on 01 November 2009) @ spurgeonryan China Town Wars is a terrible example. PSP is the worst software mover this generation. People blame piracy, I say people just don't buy PSP games. I don't understand why Sega is trying to bring adult gamers to the Wii. Why not just bring those same adult games to consoles where they sell? Maybe Sega hates money, that's the only thing I can come up with. |
| chris_wing (on 01 November 2009) This game is past the 300,000 glass ceiling, but it will probably end up at around 500,000 when all is said and done. This game is still $35 msrp, when it goes to $20-$25 it will move a lot of units. |
| spurgeonryan (on 01 November 2009) Whatever bone...yeah it might have done better but they are trying to get the 50+ million wii players to put big money into their games. Some games sell better on the Wii and adult games usually sell better on the other systems, but they can't get adult buyers when they are sharing games with other systems. And by the way everyone thought China town wars was gonna do great on the psp...well those people are wrong. |
| Boneitis (on 01 November 2009) Sega games selling poorly on HD consoles is completely Sega's fault. Have you seen the reviews for Viking, Sonic The Hedgehog (HD), Sonic Unleashed, and Golden Axe: Beast Rider? You don't think awful gameplay affects sales? HD games don't need to have the most outstanding graphics. We'll buy them if they're fun. The 360 version of Bully for example has almost sold a million and its a slightly enhanced PS2 port. Gun sold 250K in the US. I imagine world sales is 400K. And it looks awful. Warriors Orichi did 180K in the US with PS2 graphics. Perhaps 300K world wide. With that said I believe Madworld on the 360 could have easily outsold the Wii version with no graphical enhancements. Especially considering the Madworld became $30 after only a few weeks. Even The Conduit would have had more success on the 360 with no improvements. But nope, Sega insists on giving us big budget piles of crap. |
| oni-link (on 01 November 2009) Madworld is a case in point...this game is considered a high quality title but the cost and development of this title (man power, tools, etc) required is last gen that it is considered low budget and low risk for Sega. Especially if you compare them to their other games that they developed for the HD systems that bombed and cost them a lot and never made them money(Golden Axe etc). |
| oni-link (on 01 November 2009) Agreed to a point, except with the fact that Wii games are low risk because games considered "big budget" for Wii is actually low budget compared to the other HD consoles. Then we have the really low budget Wii titles (most of them shovelware like Wii Music, Carnival Games, FarCry, Rabbids, etc) that is so low budget that they actually break even with crap sales!!! |
| Boneitis (on 31 October 2009) We have no actual proof that every game that uses the Unreal Engine goes over 10 million. Too Human might have. But it was brought to us by crap developers. I'd assume most of Sony's 1st party games go over 20 million because they appear to build the game engines from the ground up and focus highly on graphics. Sony is throwing money like crazy probably in hopes for a big hit. People say developing HD games is too expensive. But I always take into consideration the all around superior quality of HD games. Wii games in comparison look retro. Retro isn't bad, I just don't want to pay $50 for it. I don't consider the Wii low risk per se. I think the Wii allows for low budget projects to make money. Big budget games are obviously too risky for the Wii. |
| Arfen (on 31 October 2009) I'm wrong or this game has solt around 9k las week. but I don't see this game in last world chart.. ???? |
| oni-link (on 31 October 2009) That's why I go back to the same article in that link which also is in Forbes.com and other sites with different CEO's etc talking about development cost for HD systems. THQ's CEO Farell actually states and probably the reason for developing deBlob exclusive for Wii as it probably didn't cost anywhere near $5M to make that game for the system; but I would expect more bells and whistles if it came out on my 360 thus elevating devlopment cost for that system increasing risk!!! |
| oni-link (on 31 October 2009) Hmmm...I'm confused all the article said was that a typical PS3 game cost 3-4 times as much to develop than a typical Wii game. The main theme here is typical. As you and I agree that a lot of Wii games right now maybe 60% are shovelware with a typical low budget: ie Death Jr. Rygar, Wii Music etc. Thus these games probably won't even cost the same amount as a like a Muramasa, Madworld, Spyborgs, etc. But even high quality titles like The Conduit cost $5M to produce compared to Heavenly Sword that cost $20M (even though they can reuse the engine but haven't so far). Oh I did research on GoW and it's amazing that they were ABLE to make the game for $10M not counting advertising (which was massive seeing development was less than other titles). However, Epic failed to include the cost to develop the Unreal Engine that powers/runs most of the important aspects of that game! http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/02/interview_epics/ if another developer (Silicon Knights) was to license the engine from Epic it would be guaranteed to cost more than $10-12M it cost Epic!!! That's why I don't mind forking over $60 for the HD games as development cost for a quality title cost 2-4 times as much to develop than a quality last gen (I really hate that term can we come up w/something else) title like Wii, PS2, and PSP etc |
| Boneitis (on 31 October 2009) @ oni-link I'm very reluctant to believe that article has much if any validity. Also you have to consider the quality of typical Wii games. Few titles are truly ambitious and budgets are kept to a minimum. I won't argue the entertainment value of the Wii library, but I'd like to see some higher quality titles. |
| oni-link (on 31 October 2009) Hopefully, decent to great games like Spyborg, Cursed Mountain, Muramasa, Boy and his Blob, Madworld, Little King Story, and Dead Space: Extraction find their way out of all the trash and make it in gamers hands. BTW here is one of the links that shows the cost diff between making/developing a game for the HD systems (360 and PS3) and last gen (Wii, PS2, and PSP): http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/30/big-sales-needed-for-ps3-game-profit/ |
| oni-link (on 31 October 2009) I think Wii games sell at a slower pace than the other systems because of all the shovelware Wii owners have to shift thru!!! Many Wii owners I know are cautious to buy 3rd party games as many of them end up as bad ports of established franchise (FarCry and Prince of Persia, Soul Calibur:Legends). Then there are the promised IP exlusives like Rabbids and Redsteel that left a sour taste in new gamers mouths. I blame Nintendo for not regulating control but how could any company do so? They too released a shovelware in Wii Music...yuk...I'm still upset blowing $20 on that game!!! |
| oni-link (on 31 October 2009) Wow it's hard to imagine that GoW only cost that much to develop!!! That amount is sooo close to last gen budget that I wonder how they did it? Maybe GoW2 could cost that much but the first one HAD to be a massive investment!!! I mean look at that game it's gorgeous and gives Sony's Resistance which DOES cost $20M to make a run for it's money. As for Conduit, I think the total budget included development and advertising but I could be wrong. Wario Land shake it!!! initially had a budget of a million set by Nintendo. However it ended up double that amount when the final game was released. Check the IGN for the interview regarding that game!!! |
 | Fleeman (on 31 October 2009) its coming out in japan in feburary probably because of the great reviews for Bayonetta |
| spurgeonryan (on 30 October 2009) 330 thou sold? come on that is a good profit. |
| Boneitis (on 29 October 2009) @ oni-link I'm glad I was able to break the news that NFS ports have had respectable sales on the Wii. NFS Nitro will be Wii exclusive. So I don't expect it to be a high quality release. No one is denying Wii can move software. If its an already mega popular franchise the Wii can sell it. Its the new IPs that struggle on the Wii. |
| Boneitis (on 29 October 2009) Why would I be butt hurt? Anyhow... I imagine a lot of Wii games are low risk and probably make a profit with only 100K sold. The Wii library is almost impossible to keep track of because of all the shovelware. But Madworld is not shovelware or a port. Essentially every point you made has no relevance to Madworld. And if Sega was content with the sales it was getting they wouldn't have dropped the price to $30 after a few weeks. You also presume every HD game has some sort of $20 million mega budget. Gears of War had a $10 million budget. I read Gears 2 was $12 million. It seems like most games recycle a game engine so that keeps cost down. The new Wolfenstein for example is basically using the Doom 3 engine. I also heard The Conduit had a $5 million budget. I'm just curious where the money went. I'm sure that number doesn't even include the advertising budget from Sega. |
 | Metallicube (on 27 October 2009) Wow, never in a million years did I expect Madworld to outsell the Conduit, although it is close.. This is a great game but sadly too short. Luckilly you can find it now for like 20-30 bucks which is the far more appropriate price considering the length. |
| oni-link (on 27 October 2009) glad to see that NFS sells quite well on the Wii as it DOES prove games CAN sell on the Wii. It makes no diff to me on NFS as I prefer to get the 360 versions but I'm glad it proves that Wii can produce sales!!! |
| oni-link (on 27 October 2009) Easy bon'eits don't need to get butt-hurt mad!!! It's been a while since I took a look at NFS:Underground's #'s and when I did it was struggling to get to 200K like Madworld did! Well maybe 100K is a bit of an exagerration to turn a profit but most Wii games are such a low risk investment that a 100K sales will not hurt a publisher or developer as much if it developed it for the HD consoles. Case in point Medal of Honor: Heroes, Death Jr. , Rygar, BoomBlox etc those games are either ports or low budget enough to make a profit even if they only hit 100k lifetime. A game like conduit probably needs only a revenue of $5-7M to break nearly even which amounts to only about 130K-170K in sales at $50. Honestly, the Wii's development cost is almost last gen (I hate that term) so investment in development will reflect that!!! |
| Boneitis (on 26 October 2009) @ oni-link What's your point? I didn't say Madworld was the biggest bomb ever. Just not a worthwhile profit if any. You're nuts if you think a quality game can make a profit with only 100K sold. I don't know what your point is about NFS. Two of them sold 400K and one sold 800K. I'm sure they were built from the PS2 releases as well so that keeps costs down. |
| oni-link (on 26 October 2009) ok there was a LITTLE advertising but this game IS still selling quite well even if it drops to $20 selling at 500k IS still a profit for Sega as opposed to making a huge investment like Heavenly Sword, Lair, and Too Human which the lowest cost to develop one of those games was a staggering $20M which none of those games ever recouped their losses!!! Most Wii games only need to sell 100k to see a sequel (look at the NFS series). But going back to advertising maybe there was "Some" but I doubt Sega busted their piggy bank to advertised this game. It sure is more successful compared to their Golden Axe release as they advertised/hyped the game and it never attained sales a known franchise was supposed to get!!! |
| Boneitis (on 26 October 2009) @ oni-link Actually there was advertising. I saw the commercial on TV quite a few times as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0YQ5FljJQU |
| oni-link (on 26 October 2009) Wow great sales...I guess the media sites underestimated the potential this game would sell. I guess Sega must be happy with the sales as it probably cost them only $3-$4M to make this game and there was $0 spent on advertising it!!! It'll reach 400k for sure and probably 500k before they stop printing it!!! |
| Boneitis (on 26 October 2009) @ intro94 Well Wolfenstein is not only selling more copies faster, but its doing so at the full price of $60 on each platform. Like most games it'll get a boost after the price drop as well. Madworld hit $30 after just a few weeks. Madworld may have had a smaller budget but advertising isn't cheap and its definitely a bomb. |
| DavidValbu (on 25 October 2009) wait a moment, this game keep selling. Now it is at 0.32 but there is still holiday season boost, it may reach 500k after all. It is not such a big flop. |
| spurgeonryan (on 24 October 2009) Exactly The Wii has done fine for one system that is not made for adults Boneitis. You would think that with all the ads wolf would have done better, and those systems people buy games like crazy, why not this? What about that vin desil (whatever( game? We could go back and forth. Im mainly just saying it isnt' a bomb and niether is GTA :china |
| intro94 (on 24 October 2009) @boneitis really?wolfesteins budget,staff and developing costs were inmensely higher in comparison.not to mention porting costs. Honestly,even if that game outsells madworld 2 to one, i doubt strongly it would be truly beating it in profits. madworld was short, small team ,single console title. |
| novasonic (on 23 October 2009) wow this game just keeps on truckin'! If it keeps this up it's going to end up being a decent selling game after all. |
| atma998 (on 23 October 2009) The game is still selling good : about 5000 units on its 32nd week. |
 | TheWon (on 17 October 2009) According to this article Sega was happy about the sales. http://www.mywii.com.au/NewsDetail.aspx?id=4192 |
| Boneitis (on 15 October 2009) @ spurgeonryan What are you talking about? Wolfenstein has 430K in combined console sales. I would assume the PC version sold a couple hundred thousand copies as well. Madworld has been out since March. Wolfenstein only came out maybe 2 months ago. Wolfenstein is doing much better in comparison. |
 | WiiBox3 (on 15 October 2009) Great game! At first my friend complained that it was B&W, then about 10min later he wouldn't set the controller down. |
| spurgeonryan (on 15 October 2009) Who's complaining ...Wolfenstein did what like 100,000 copies per system? this has done just fine and 500,000 will be great! |
| primogen18 (on 12 October 2009) I think the sales have leveled out a bit to the point where it will now pick up and fluctuate during the holiday season, meaning some decent legs. I'm pretty sure this will go on to do 500k or more. |
| darkwing64 (on 10 October 2009) here on mexico it's betwen 67 and 75 USD and most of the people i told them about said that they were not interested in this game, that thet couldn't stand the visual style |
| Chrizum (on 09 October 2009) It's still 49,99 here in the Netherlands. |
| spurgeonryan (on 09 October 2009) It is 19.99 at walmart, so there making like5-10 dollars a game now. |
| Intendo21 (on 05 October 2009) What an awesome game. |
 | Salnax (on 04 October 2009) Sales are starting to pick up again. This game might sell half a million by the end of the year. |
| Intendo21 (on 03 October 2009) I think I'll pick this up. I'm pretty sure it will have legs. |
| Pure (on 02 October 2009) This game could have some good legs. |
| Tuulikk (on 02 October 2009) @ dark_gh0st_b0y - Maybe it would be without price cuts. Even then, do we have all the facts we need to state the level of profit? Anyhow, if it keeps on selling, then it should make a profit. |
| spurgeonryan (on 02 October 2009) Looks like it is going up insales? Is this still a bomb like everyone said GTA: China was, but now thats up ther as well? Now lets go dead space and the conduit |
| Tayne (on 01 October 2009) LEGS.... |
| ash3336 (on 01 October 2009) No like seriously, I want to know which week it got the price cut in? |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 01 October 2009) 300 000 is a sure profit for a Wii game... |
| ash3336 (on 30 September 2009) When did this game get a price cut? |
| 11ht11 (on 27 September 2009) for some reason i thought this game was dead at 150k lol |
| MarioGalaxy (on 26 September 2009) I really think that the gamers in Japan are the yougest wii users, and that's the reason all adult games sells less than in Europe or the US. |
| MarioGalaxy (on 26 September 2009) Hi, spurgeonryan! I don't really think so. If the game finally comes to Japan (I doubt it) may be could reach 10-20 k, but no more. And during the Xmas i dont't expect thatt great sales, but who knows... |
| spurgeonryan (on 22 September 2009) Can the japanese and chirstmas give madworld another 100,000? |
| Arfen (on 21 September 2009) the box art is not very atractive. but the games deserves more attention. Price is drop so no doubt and buy it ;) |
| Red4ADevil (on 21 September 2009) With a future japanese release, it should give sales a nice bump. |
 | arsenal009 (on 19 September 2009) 300k is good sales. This game was only average though, No More Heroes is 100x more fun. |
| fairyliar (on 19 September 2009) 300k is not high but not too low. The game is 20€ now so if it was brightly promoted in shops, it could sell very well! but retailers are just stupid... |
 | Soriku (on 17 September 2009) 300k. Well it did beat Okami. |
 | Lolcislaw (on 17 September 2009) 300k is actually good for this sort of game. Remember not every game has to go gold or platinium to be succesful |
 | sabby_e17 (on 17 September 2009) 300k. I wonder if Sega have broken and started profiting. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 17 September 2009) While I expected at least 500k lifetime, it is still selling a couple thousand each week. Although it is at bargain prices now so they aren't making much on each one. Really ashame that such an amazing game is largely ignored. Well guess we can't complain when we see tons of minigame crapfests since thats what sells :( |
 | haxxiy (on 15 September 2009) After looking at the conduit sales, I'm starting to think it did quite well for a violent, black-&-white game. |
 | noname2200 (on 15 September 2009) So if it did 123k in the US, and, say, an extra 13k in the rest of the Americas, plus slightly lower figures in Europe... It only has 1.7 million copies until it becomes profitable! |
 | Kenology (on 14 September 2009) NPD has this at 123k LTD in America alone according to Matt Matthews. Given the rest of America's, we're about spot on. |
| widescreen (on 13 September 2009) the game should have done 500k in total sales. |
 | hunter_alien (on 13 September 2009) 300k :-) |
| test (on 12 September 2009) |
| marcoberry3 (on 12 September 2009) so do you think this has soled enough to merit a sequel? |
| Chrizum (on 10 September 2009) Broke 300k. Pretty good all things considered. |
| st_muscat0 (on 04 September 2009) Should be at 300K by the end of next, good sales imo, although it deserved way more, but what can you do. |
| primogen18 (on 31 August 2009) wow it actually went up a tad in Others, I mean not by much but still. I see this doing the same batman. |
 | Batman...WTF? (on 24 August 2009) I see this pulling a COD:WaW... |
| primogen18 (on 24 August 2009) agreed, this should prove a nice seller over time. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 23 August 2009) selling good, long term sales like every hard core wii game |
| zzyoshiman (on 20 August 2009) sold more than 20,000 copies in 2 week |
 | MonstaMack (on 20 August 2009) I picked it up at Target for $15 as stated before. A lot of Targets have this clearenced to $21 or less if It's in stock. Gamestop also had a temp sale on this. |
| zzyoshiman (on 20 August 2009) picked it up a few days ago, it's really fun |
 | TWRoO (on 20 August 2009) odd sales surge for this and Excite-Bots I noticed. Price cut? |
 | joora (on 20 August 2009) Will end having decent sales, maybe it even hits gold, but doubtful |
| BoneArk (on 20 August 2009) Another 10k+ this week. :) |
 | kopstudent89 (on 20 August 2009) i know amazing, i rly wanna know |
 | Majin-Tenshinhan (on 20 August 2009) This sold almost 10k this week in the US... What happened to make it spike up like that? |
| zzyoshiman (on 19 August 2009) @scourge66 Really? At my local best buy, all the copies of madworld sold out in 1 day, when there was like 20 copies available |
| scourge666 (on 19 August 2009) omfg, people keep talkin shit aout how there are no hardcore games for the wii but when madworld and conduit comes out no one buys them |
 | Raido (on 19 August 2009) But I think this game was not that expensive to develop... |
 | Tuanniez (on 18 August 2009) Well 300k won't make it profitable considering it didn't sell 300k at full price. |
| MonstaMack (on 17 August 2009) My local Target clearenced it down to $15. Needless to say I grabbed a copy. |
| MarioGalaxy (on 17 August 2009) I think Madworld 'll sell well until Xmas. So my predicition is taht the game may be rise to the range 450-500k. And for the "other mature games" from sega, my prediction is as follows (during the same time): The House of The Dead Overkill: 600k. The conduit: 650k Let's see!! |
| MonstaMack (on 17 August 2009) Yeah sorry looks like It's back up to $30 at most places. Guess it sold decently enough at $20 for them to bump back up the price. Atleast thats what I would think. |
| spurgeonryan (on 16 August 2009) Will 300,000 finally make this profitable? Economy is going up, look for splurging to happen at christmas and through till April 2010, with taxes. Is 500,000 really out of the question with this title? |
 | Roflinator (on 15 August 2009) @rockleemexico: huh? If you put the two in sales since launch, The Conduit is selling better. |
| st_muscat0 (on 15 August 2009) Price drop? Sold 8.5K this week in NA. |
 | rockleemexico (on 14 August 2009) sold better than the conduit mmmm |
 | VivaLaWiida (on 14 August 2009) 10k worldwide this week O__o |
| Tayne (on 10 August 2009) Still 29.99 at my local Gamestop |
| zzyoshiman (on 08 August 2009) its not 29.99 any more, it's 49.99 at best buy! I don't know if it was a typo or somthing. |
| st_muscat0 (on 08 August 2009) Selling 5K+ a week again in America :), and still doing 2K a week in Others so yeah 350K lifetime isn't too bad imo. Compared to what Platinum games/clover studios used to get I consider this good. |
| MarioGalaxy (on 07 August 2009) Goog sales, and I explain why. Certainy is a Hardcore game, but, furthermore, is a very unique game, and not as popular as other franchises in the industry. So, for a new type of Videogame is a good start. Dead Space for the 360 is not a million seller yet, and is a "Hardcore console", so keep in calm. Almost 300k are good numbres. And with over 340k THOTD: Overkill is doing also well. A lot of titles don't need to reach the million marck in ordre to be succesful!! |
| rockleemexico (on 07 August 2009) a lot better than last week yeahh XD |
 | a3hmax (on 03 August 2009) Sells are gonna better up if be published on Japan. Good sales and I wish good luck to SEGA. |
| intro94 (on 01 August 2009) over 300k by the end of the year, a moderate success for platinum. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 31 July 2009) Its only $20 for crying out loud people!!! If you haven't bought this game new yet please just grab it for 20 beans. It is well worth triple that price even if you only play though the game once. I'm on my 3rd time through and love it :) |
| Kenpachi15 (on 30 July 2009) srry ima noob here lol how do u see the sales after week 10??? |
| MonstaMack (on 29 July 2009) Maybe he means in the US. This game is getting depressing numbers considering Amazon and Gamestop just put it at $20 for the week. I doubt it will hit $10 but you never know. |
| Nintendogamer (on 26 July 2009) @sabby_e17 how do you mean 1.6K last week? it was around 5,000 last week. |
| novasonic (on 25 July 2009) be it slow, it is still selling. Keep goiinng! |
| sabby_e17 (on 25 July 2009) The legs are almost dead. 1.6k last week :( |
| Nintendogamer (on 25 July 2009) Quater of a Million! nice legs by the looks of things. |
 | Soma (on 22 July 2009) Ok I finally finished it. Fun game with flaws, and it's biggest flaw is that Hard mode should be available from start. It's a thousand times more fun playing it on hard. |
 | NicholasCage (on 22 July 2009) $29.99 everywhere now. I really wanted this game to sell. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 20 July 2009) :( So sad that we most likely won't see a sequel and may not even see future Platinum Games on the Wii. :( |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 19 July 2009) I wish this'd hit 500k before year's end just so I don't have to change my sig :D Oh well. |
| MonstaMack (on 15 July 2009) Once this hits $20 MRSP I think it will start to sell a more as long as Sega keeps pumping out more copies. |
| luffy45 (on 08 July 2009) damage that is not output in japan and german.the sale would have increased 30 or 40 k |
 | Darkeagle (on 03 July 2009) thx a lot :) |
| Soma (on 01 July 2009) @ Darkeagle In this page, at the left column, below "Community Stats". Where it says "Owners", click (Add) |
| SaviorX (on 01 July 2009) Underperformed saleswise. It isn't done selling though. |
 | TheConduit (on 30 June 2009) Attach rate of 0.455 |
| Darkeagle (on 30 June 2009) this new design is very confusing :D ... where the hell do you add games to your profile? |
| Hardcoregamer1989 (on 30 June 2009) this game deserves so much attention. |
 | whacker41 (on 29 June 2009) why is everyone calling this a flop? it's still selling a modest 6k per week, and I'm positive Sega's made a profit off this. It may not have met expectations, But it doesn't deserve all the crap it's getting. |
| DavidValbu (on 28 June 2009) This game should have sold so much more, we must admitt that MadWorld totally bombed Let's wait for holiday season sales... |
| st_muscat0 (on 28 June 2009) Next week will be at 250K with rounding up, but 240K in reality. :) Still good, considering how its been going lately, at least its starting to sell a bit more now, about 7k a week WW. |
| rockleemexico (on 27 June 2009) it will outsell overkill next week in america, come on keep selling : D. |
 | Phoenix_Wiight (on 27 June 2009) ya. too bad it did this bad, hopefully bayonetta does better. i can't believe i'm saying this, but hopefully I see platinums games on atleast one console I'm fine |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 26 June 2009) it's still selling, must keep up! |
| DOLBYdigital (on 26 June 2009) I get so mad when I look at these numbers. Now we won't see a sequel or any more wii games from Platinum Games which just makes me sad... and then angry... grrr |
| ash3336 (on 23 June 2009) But with the price the sales will increase and the game will show legs. |
| rockleemexico (on 23 June 2009) if it keeps selling like now for another month it will be at 250k. so 300k is very possible : D |
| ash3336 (on 18 June 2009) Do not worry about the sales as they are picking up around 6-7k per week for last couple of weeks. They will continue to stay there for atleast a couple months. Atleast 300-350k after christmas. |
| Arandur (on 17 June 2009) Wow "ash3336", how do you know those numbers? you have some kind of superpowers? |
 | Falcon095 (on 17 June 2009) What's the current price of this game? |
| rockleemexico (on 17 June 2009) at least it will reach 250k, but it deserves more. |
 | uppertone (on 16 June 2009) @Plezbo: thanks, i just think being a mindless fanboy is nonsense, we gotta think for the good of the whole industry not only the console we have. @killeryoshis: i said 10-15% of wii owners are harcore gamers, which translates as potential buyers for games like this. |
| ash3336 (on 13 June 2009) @ chris There is a price drop now. $30. No wonder the sales are up in the last couple weeks by 2k. |
| ash3336 (on 12 June 2009) Do not forget that Only 5% of the Wii market is "Mature". Of that 5% only 4% people bought this game. If only 10% of that 5% would buy this game. Then we would get a sequel for sure. |
| chris100185 (on 12 June 2009) People seem to be forgetting one thing. As fun as the game is (and it is fun though a bit repetitious) it only takes roughly 6-8 hours to beat, and there's minimal replay value. Hard to justify the $50 price point. |
| killeryoshis (on 12 June 2009) @uppertone if 10 to 15% of the people who want madworld it'll be at 5 mllion by now |
 | Plezbo (on 11 June 2009) UpperTone, that was a very concise, mature observation. Most people making such an observation would do something such as "Screeew the Wii-ner, sux0rs!!! go NATAL!!! omg Wii sucks." What you say is sadly true. There are not many takers of hardcore games on Wii. I actually know many 'core' gamers who own Wii's, but many of them only get Ninty games (Mario, Zelda, Metroid) and stick to 360 for the 'core' games. It sucks for Platinum Games because this game looks awesome (plan on purchasing it when I get out of debt next month.) |
| DOLBYdigital (on 10 June 2009) I believe it has a price drop so it is sad to see the sales still lagging. I believe most people have put this game behind them and are looking to the new releases. Which is a shame since this is truly a gem. Hopefully Platinum Games will give us a Sequel which they said they want to or at least another game on Wii since they are such an amazing dev. |
| ash3336 (on 09 June 2009) I would say 350k-400k is an even more accurate prediction. |
| uppertone (on 09 June 2009) Not trying to bash on you Wii owners but I'm sure if this was a 360 exclusive instead, sales would had been more than triple, despite that the wii has a higher userbase only about 10-15% are harcore games interested in games such as this and NMH, i predict slow sales for the Conduit too, sadly. But keep supporting, maybe if they continue releasing games like this and the conduit, it'll bring more harcore gamers to the Wii |
 | Buzzi (on 09 June 2009) It can do 100k in about 20 weeks, so considering christmas holiday it can reach 400k this year. I hope so... |
| Roflinator (on 08 June 2009) @killeryoshis: It isn't going to hit a million. 0.50m seems far more realistic. Remember this isn't the kind of game that would appeal that many people. |
| killeryoshis (on 08 June 2009) come legs don't die. Make it over a million |
| ash3336 (on 08 June 2009) Increasing sales in EUR. Hope that can happen in America by about 4k for about 2 months. |
| Batman...WTF? (on 03 June 2009) I just finished it. Badass ending. |
| ash3336 (on 03 June 2009) @ Phoenix I know what you mean. All of the ones I know have their Wii modded. I tell them to buy original and they always say no. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 02 June 2009) what makes me the most angry is i know tons of hardcore gamers that own a wii and just ignore the console and awesome games like this just because its on the wii. that really makes me angry. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 31 May 2009) sold 7,000 WW this week, which is not bad if it keeps it up, it will reach 0.5 around winter and then who knows, sounds a long way, but it can make it like De Blob and Wario Land made it! |
| ash3336 (on 31 May 2009) I wish there was a zero at the end of all the number on that list. Then it would be so awesome! |
| uno (on 30 May 2009) Its too bad some people feel that way about the presentation. Personally I think that if we dont reward developers that take these kinds of chances then all we will get are typical Realistic presentations. Realism isnt bad but there needs to be more than just HYPER REALISTIC PORE LEVEL SWEAT GLAND. Plus the Style of Madworld is appropriate to the content and allows alot more dramatic gameplay. |
 | dib8rman (on 29 May 2009) Yeap, ash nailed it on the head, I didn't get it because of the short play through and probably because of the black and white. |
| ash3336 (on 29 May 2009) People dont like it because of the black and white style and its short length. But what they DONT look at is the sheer quality of the fun you get when you play this game. I LOVE IT! Why don't you? |
| uno (on 28 May 2009) I dont know why enough people dont like this game. Its hella fun. Funny as hell and super gratifying to murder the baddies. |
| intro94 (on 28 May 2009) If its like NMH we will be hearing "sequel" when it hits 300k.Well this game was ok but could been better. |
| primogen18 (on 27 May 2009) finally got this and its a great game with some decent legs. Others sales even went up even if a little bit, still a good sign. |
| ash3336 (on 26 May 2009) I would love it if this game got lifetime sales equivalent to the opening week of Halo 3. That would be really nice LOL. |
| ash3336 (on 26 May 2009) Yes DOLBYdigital I agree with you. There is no excuse to not be in your collection. Your collection will be better if this game enters it ;) |
| mfogg20 (on 26 May 2009) ive found that its not really my type of game. But im slowly working my way through the story. Usually just play a level each day. The story line is what is keeping me interested mainly. Curious to see what happens in the end. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 26 May 2009) $30 now, no excuses to not own this amazing game. |
| ash3336 (on 25 May 2009) I am getting this now that I cant get The Conduit on release date. Ill get The Conduit for Birthday.(September) |
| mfogg20 (on 22 May 2009) Finally got it today! $30 bucks is a good deal |
| Chrizum (on 22 May 2009) It's actually below NPD numbers now, while VGChartz had it a little above NPD numbers earlier. |
 | Xen (on 22 May 2009) 'Tis a sad case... |
| sabby_e17 (on 20 May 2009) Adjusted down again :( |
| Arandur (on 20 May 2009) Wow... how they can loose selling numbers each day? |
 | PorkChopTD (on 19 May 2009) With this price drop more people are going to buy it. It's going to atleast double! |
| ash3336 (on 18 May 2009) increased down????? |
 | bazmeistergen (on 18 May 2009) A lot of people have not bought it because of the 'too short' comments, which is fair enough. It's great fun, but I think many of us would like a game that lasts longer. That or a reduction in price. |
| DavidValbu (on 18 May 2009) HORRIBLE SALES! |
 | rulo_rezn0r (on 18 May 2009) i think the problem is the price |
 | megaman79 (on 18 May 2009) well its def. their best selling game, its just not selling like HOTD is. We'll see if Sega keeps playing, alot of other 3rd parties are doing the same. |
| kopstudent89 (on 18 May 2009) i guess it flopped sadly... but hopefully sega can see past this and offer more games, hopefully HoD and sonic will perform better |
| Chrizum (on 18 May 2009) Another adjustment down. While initial sales were really good, MadWorld has seen cumulative downward adjustments of over 50k already. Time to admit it: it's a flop. |
| ash3336 (on 18 May 2009) This game is not getting enough legs. hopefully price drop and word of mouth can boost the sales to about 300k |
| VivaLaWiida (on 18 May 2009) legs are becoming "critical" |
 | retroking1981 (on 17 May 2009) will this game be released in japan? i dont see why not, seeing as no more heroes sold 40k. surely its in segas best interests? |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 17 May 2009) This is doing way better than NMH did in Others, but it's doing a bit worse in the US. |
| SaviorX (on 16 May 2009) Well, it is trending slightly above NMH for now. I still say 425k lifetime. |
| Soriku (on 16 May 2009) @Chrizum No way, it'll definitely sell more than 300k. Still selling pretty decent at a $50 tag, it will go down in price eventually and sales will pick up even more. |
 | gvangoeverden (on 15 May 2009) YES!!!!! $20 price drop today. just got it. It ROCKS!!!! |
| MarioGalaxy (on 15 May 2009) With madworld, HOTD: Overkill, The Conduit, Resident evil franchise, Dead Space, Silent hill, Cursed Mountain and some other games like this we can say that 2009 'll be a Hardcore year, but without forgetting the casual games as well. So, 2009 'll be a great year for wii gamers. Speaking about madworld, I think this game 'll sell at least between 500k and 700k trough the next months. Just get patience. Wii games usually runs slow, but a lot continues selling a lot of months after be realased. |
 | vic_viper (on 14 May 2009) "Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry, I don't wanna even get my fresh gear dirty." |
| Chrizum (on 14 May 2009) Not a chance in hell. I can see it top 300k tops. |
| DavidValbu (on 14 May 2009) Will this game outsell No More Heroes? |
| Roflinator (on 14 May 2009) THEY'RE BAC- ... Adjusted down a bit I see..:( |
| Chrizum (on 14 May 2009) They're back, and further adjusted down. |
| Red4ADevil (on 14 May 2009) They're back! |
 | naruto3336 (on 13 May 2009) Others numbers are missing... I am guessing they are goin to add a whole new set of numbers. Hopefully they are more than the american numbers bringing WW sales close to 250k |
| Roflinator (on 13 May 2009) inb4hatersthinksthisistheactualsales im calling it |
| 11ht11 (on 13 May 2009) o_0 |
| Red4ADevil (on 13 May 2009) wth happend to others? |
| Roflinator (on 13 May 2009) Little King's Story is also missing sales too. |
| Roflinator (on 13 May 2009) A glitch. The sales for Others is missing. Weird. We were at 200k too. :/ |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 13 May 2009) Oh, wait ... It's not an adjustment down, the Others numbers are missing... How come? :/ |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 13 May 2009) HUWWAAAAAAAAAHHHH?! What a massive adjustment down! I guess I've already lost the bet in my sig ._. |
| st_muscat0 (on 13 May 2009) naruto3336 how isn't this a niche game? It's not exactly a ultra niche game like Little King Story, but it one because how many people who own a Wii would actually think of this as there style of game? Not many adults (like 40+) who brought the Wii for things like Wii Fit and Mario Kart, no little kids like 10 year olds ( because most parents won't buy it for them). And not even some people within the most likely age group of buying the game (15-30 years). One of friends who's 17 and owns a Wii doesn't want this, he says it's not his type of game and would rather by COD:WaW instead. So how isn't this a niche game, if it wasn't it would to everyone (or at least a lot more people). No more heroes is another example of this, although the sales actually caught on for it. |
| naruto3336 (on 12 May 2009) To anyone that thinks that this a niche game, please do not post here. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 12 May 2009) Still trucking along slowly but I am hoping for a big boost when the price drops. For anyone who is still thinking of getting this game I would strongly encourage you. The game is simply amazing in every aspect and hard mode is quite challenging. Well worth double the asking price in my opinion ;) |
 | RooF (on 11 May 2009) Great game! |
 | mangapicture (on 11 May 2009) too bad, that unlike NMH, there won't be a little boost for the world wide sales with a JP release :/ Hopefully 400k lifetime, would be pretty good for such a niche game. |
| jeffrey9999 (on 11 May 2009) I think it will sell about 250k unfortunately but maybe 300k "I hope".......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 11 May 2009) 200k, not bad + the sales on the game will be shown as long as this game stays in the top 200chart......... |
 | binary solo (on 10 May 2009) Oh, and for the 200K celebrators: according to the sales history graph its on 193 odd K, so this is a generous upwards rounding (unlike the VC sales page where it has a mean downwards rounding). 200K for sure after week 9 sales posted; unless adjusted upwards beforehand. |
| binary solo (on 10 May 2009) @Majin, needs to average 8750 per week for the rest of the year. That's not impossible, but it will be a close run thing. A nice uptick this week which is an encouraging sign. |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 10 May 2009) Still hoping it'll hit 500k before the end of the year ... If it doesn't, my sig won't be mine anymore :( |
| SubiyaCryolite (on 10 May 2009) 200K, nice, keep on truckin'. |
| naruto3336 (on 10 May 2009) I also was expecting around 100-150k opening week from the hype. If that happened then this game was a hit. It is not a hit as of now but it is not a flop either. |
 | robond (on 09 May 2009) I have to buy this game soon, it looks awesome it reminds me of No More Heroes and BTW I loved that game. |
 | rudyrsr8 (on 09 May 2009) This hopefully will reach 500k. But least will reach 400k. |
 | GianCarmen (on 09 May 2009) For a game as violent as Madworld and black and white color, I think its doing pretty good. |
| naruto3336 (on 09 May 2009) Actually, I would say this is not a flop but just not a hit. 200k and counting is not a flop in 2 months. Not to mention low production costs and less manpower was required. I would say again 350k to break even and 500k to be considered a "hit". |
 | diendong (on 09 May 2009) 200K and still selling at full price. A few more thousands of units to surpass Okami on Wii. Bayonetta will surpass all their previous games by a mile though when it's released probably making it their first million seller in my opinion. |
| jaf (on 09 May 2009) YAAAAAAY It's 200k |
| naruto3336 (on 08 May 2009) I wish this game would sell as much as Halo 3 for atleast 3 months. Then it would sell around 700k. |
 | Bobbuffalo (on 08 May 2009) I can't explain how people expected this game to sell millions. Is boring and repetitive and the only good points are the presentation and art direction. But the game is highly mediocre and tedious. Is strictly a niche game, like Okami and Viewtiful joe. Please stop using it as a meter for wii mature games. Is just unrealistic. The wii had great games. This is not one of them. |
| megaman79 (on 08 May 2009) This will break even at 400k surely. According to THQ de Blob needed on average 100 - 400k to break even so id assume a small dev. with staff of less than 100 would be the same. |
| naruto3336 (on 08 May 2009) I am looking at 400k lifetime sales. |
 | Hisiru (on 08 May 2009) @sizynski this is not a game to make 400k in the first month and then die :), this is a game to have looooooooooong legs. A lot of games in the Wii did the same numbers and got 1 million with the time. And remember, this game is very very expensive (I don't got my copy because this game is expensive ¬¬), the game probably already gave a profit just because of the price |
 | Games fanboy (on 08 May 2009) Platinium games have told us that they are really happy with the sales and are thinking about an sequal. And if they are happy so are i happy :) This game will be bumped up like de blob, later when the correct numbers are out. |
| primogen18 (on 07 May 2009) chance at doing mediocre? this game is still selling, it even went up 1k this week, which is still a step up. |
| jeffrey9999 (on 07 May 2009) 10k more and we got 20k I think this game has a chance at doing mediocre.......... with is 300k, actually I mean it's its chance at doing bad witch is alright...........lol |
| Tuulikk (on 07 May 2009) 10 k a week ain't bad sales if it goes on until Madworld hits about 400 k. Hopefully word of mouth keeps it alive. |
| sizynski (on 07 May 2009) This talk of profits and whatnot seems ridiculous. We have no figures. How can you tie any profits to units sold without concrete development/marketing budget information? Anything is speculation. My guess is that the game did not cost a great deal of money to produce. If I remember correctly, Madworld was without a publisher for a short time before Sega picked up the deal with Platinum Games in distribution. So that would imply that Platinum probably put in a fair amount of work with their own funds without the aide of Sega and considering that it's a fledgling new studio, I can't imagine that they'd pour millions upon millions into Madworld. These sales are very mediocre and I think that's about all you can say about them. They aren't putrid, but for a console that's starving for hardcore content according to many publications, this is not the kind of response you would expect. |
| naruto3336 (on 06 May 2009) I want the game to increase popularity to 15k a week for about a month atleast. |
| Soriku (on 06 May 2009) Hey it got an increase in EU. After this week and next week's numbers it should hit 200k. |
| Roflinator (on 06 May 2009) If this gets a price cut, I wonder if it will get any boost...? |
 | campexDD (on 05 May 2009) it was more cheap, the sales go up fast faster. In europe we must pay €60!! |
| naruto3336 (on 04 May 2009) In the end I conclude that this game needs to get atleast 300k in sales before price drop to go into profit. |
 | MontanaHatchet (on 03 May 2009) Savior, maybe you should understand things before talking about them. It helps you save face. If it was so easy to make your money back on a game, companies wouldn't be struggling. |
| Red4ADevil (on 03 May 2009) Sega now has 100 bucks from me and (also HOTD) my full support (ive been saving up for this game) *sega!!* |
 | Smeags (on 03 May 2009) I would love to play this game, but right now I'm a poor college student and I really want a bang for my buck. Someday MadWorld... someday. :-( |
| naruto3336 (on 03 May 2009) This game is actually cheaper in Canada than America. It is 34.99 at Bestbuy.ca but 49.99 at bestbuy.com. Canadians are in for a treat. |
| Hisiru (on 03 May 2009) $50 is an abuse! I will buy this game when he drop the price. |
| SaviorX (on 03 May 2009) No, I'm not saying that, that is too much money. The preorder price for the game off of Amazon was $40, and it is still full price in stores at $50. I just put $39.99 because not every store still has it at $50. I don't know the cut that the people involved with the game get from the price. |
| st_muscat0 (on 02 May 2009) I'd say $23 or so dollars per game sold would go to PlatinumGames so, $23 x 180,000 = 4.14 million. |
 | AnarchyWest (on 02 May 2009) savior your assuming the publisher (SEGA) gets a $40 share for a $50 game ? |
| SaviorX (on 02 May 2009) 180k sold so far. If $8.5m was the creation cost...($39.99 x 180,000) = $7.2m After nearly 2 months, it would've made 85% of its cost back. Sounds good to me. With forseeable legs of at least 4k a week worldwide for the next 4 months (17 weeks), it is a guaranteed profit. |
| a3hmax (on 02 May 2009) It just think the lack of online make a bad effect in sales, already has a multiplayer, they could make the multiplayer online for evade piracy and make better sales. |
| diendong (on 30 April 2009) I love this game. It brings me back to old beat em up games like Double Dragon and Final Fight. I hope a sequel gets made. |
| BoneArk (on 30 April 2009) "Hear dat beast, spit dat fire, kill dat beat........let's go" |
| Darkeagle (on 30 April 2009) @naruto: i think its about 25 cad yes :) @muscat: you´re welcome. the more people get this game the better :P |
| st_muscat0 (on 30 April 2009) Thanks for that Darkeagle, I was planning on picking it up cheap sometime, but 15 pounds is cheap enough for me. |
 | J-Favs (on 30 April 2009) Getting to 200k very slowly, but its getting there. |
 | puffy (on 30 April 2009) @SaviorX: Yup $8.5 Million works for me |
| naruto3336 (on 29 April 2009) That is a really good deal. 15 pounds is like 20-25 cad right? |
| Darkeagle (on 29 April 2009) http://www.game.co.uk/Wii/Action/~r338741/MadWorld/?s=madworld 15 pounds OMG buy it, thats 16 euros go BUY IT |
| dh858 (on 29 April 2009) i meant wouldnt overestimate :P |
| dh858 (on 29 April 2009) i would overestimate the budget of the game... it is a score base 5 hour long brawler that doesnt even have online leaderboards.. :S not a bad game, but not AAA budget at all |
| SaviorX (on 29 April 2009) @puffy OK, I'll play ball. I haven't played the game, but from what I have heard, quality costs money. Say it was $6m MAX to make, advertising could've been reduced be being coupled with House of The Dead: Overkill; $1.25m advertising in each territory, that is 2/5 of the games dev cost. .....I get $8.5m lol, the cost I said for strictly development. Can we agree on $8.5m (give or take a couple $100k)? |
| puffy (on 29 April 2009) Have you played the game SaviourX? It would have cost $6 Million MAX in dev costs. $8.5 Million is nearly half of Mario Galaxy's budget and that was in development for 3 years at least. MadWorld had between 12 - 18 months with a small team. All up Sega would not have spent over $10 Million on this game, marketing costs included |
| Arfen (on 29 April 2009) i still think this game is a little bit undertracked |
| naruto3336 (on 29 April 2009) They should release this in Japan. With the advertising they did here, It might sell around 50-70k there. I think No More Heroes did no advertising and got 40k from there. If this is just a bit advertised from SEGA there, it might mean 60-70k more in their profits. |
| naruto3336 (on 29 April 2009) Agreed with arsenicazure. This would mean a sequel for fans. YAY! |
 | arsenicazure (on 28 April 2009) 180k by week 6 doesnt sound as bad as I thought originally.. hell it might just go onto sell beyond 500k |
| SaviorX (on 28 April 2009) Sega advertised this in Europe and America, and the only figure I know concerning advertising is $2m per territory. Do you really think this game only cost 5 million? Please. Despite lower Wii dev costs, this game requires more work than normal shovelware stuff. Good games aren't cheap. I stand by my $8.5m for pure dev work, and Sega's (the publisher) advertising of $4m. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 28 April 2009) I can't confirm any solid numbers but I can confirm that this game ROCKS. I would strongly suggest purchasing this game if you like quality games that have excellent art, story, music, controls and gameplay. No reason not to own this gem, buy new not used! |
| naruto3336 (on 28 April 2009) If No More Heroes can reach 400k, then why not this? |
| Brummipluesch (on 28 April 2009) i can only say: buy it and play it.it`s amazing !! |
| Chrizum (on 28 April 2009) 14 dollars profit per copy is bullshit, and you know it. The game is selling for $50, so Sega is making at least $20 per copy. Development and marketing costs combined should be around 7 million, that means Sega must sell around 350k to break even. |
 | WereKitten (on 28 April 2009) TWRoO: HD games cost 10-20M on average nowadays, whereas only a big game on Wii (SMG) will reach 15-20M. PS2 games costed 5-8M in 2005, thus I think we can assume about 7-8M between development and marketing. At 14 dollars profit for the publisher per copy, that means a 500-570k sales at full price to break even. It looks like it will take some time to go into the black. |
| naruto3336 (on 27 April 2009) So that would mean that it is already going into profit. But because of the price drops in places, I am guessing 300k is a better guess at profit line. |
| TWRoO (on 27 April 2009) Ha what... 10 million for this. Bullshit. The average cost of a HD game is probably about 10 million. The average of a Wii game is like 2 million (similar to last gen... although it would be higher if Devs were making more of an effort) My bet i this is about average costing, although the marketing was ok, so that probably equals development costs itself. I'd say $5 million total to develop AND market this game. |
| SaviorX (on 27 April 2009) @naruto3336 I doubt the title cost more than Red Steel, but it wasn't a cheap endeavor either. I'm guessing development cost $6-9m (I think $8.5m) with Sega's extra $4 million in advertising. |
| 11ht11 (on 26 April 2009) rented the game, so much fun! |
| naruto3336 (on 26 April 2009) How much did it cost the devs to make this game? 8 mill? 10 mill? Even if it is 10 mill, it will take devs 300k to go into profit. 500k (which is for sure this game will get) will mean that this game will become a franchise. |
| uno (on 26 April 2009) really good game. Wouldnt be as enjoyable on the HD consoles. |
| droop4 (on 26 April 2009) (see no more heroes) .40m developers happy bringing sequel. |
| droop4 (on 26 April 2009) @ naruto: the thing is that this game is very nicheish it may be too much even for some hardcore gamers (on the superficial side) I wish it would be a little higher, but the devepers realize the statement above and i believe they will be pleased with the sales be the end of the year |
| naruto3336 (on 25 April 2009) I wish the sales of this game was close to Wii fits sales. |
| naruto3336 (on 25 April 2009) wht so good bout credits? tell me. |
 | mandisc (on 25 April 2009) lordmatrix Just seen the credits awesome lol |
| 11ht11 (on 25 April 2009) @YesWiiCan not yet, might get/rent it tomorrow |
 | PeteyPeeps (on 25 April 2009) Great Game ... GO BUY IT NOW |
 | LordMatrix (on 24 April 2009) I never laughed so hard during a credits roll in my life. |
| naruto3336 (on 23 April 2009) I wish it makes it to 600k before it gets to 19.99. Then at Christmas time it can get to 800k. |
| puffy (on 23 April 2009) Played another two levels last nite so I just finished Asia town :) Really enjoying the boss battles! |
 | waron (on 23 April 2009) should make it to 500-600k this year, i think. |
 | YesWiiCan (on 22 April 2009) @11ht11 Did you get it yet? |
| Darkeagle (on 22 April 2009) i bought it, but unfortunately im very busy at the moment, so it´ll have to wait a few more weeks till i am goin to have the pleasure of playin it. hope it reaches 1 million lifetime :) even if thats unrealistic. |
| 11ht11 (on 21 April 2009) @DOLBYdigital got a sensor bar already, gonna try this game next week |
 | YusukeUnlimited (on 21 April 2009) Bought this today. Really fun and I love the commentary. My only complaint(which was the same with No More Heroes) is that the camera is either hit or miss. I heard it was a fairly short game, but I can already tell I'll be replaying this just for laughs later on.:) |
| naruto3336 (on 21 April 2009) This game deserved sales close to GTA:CTW. Then it would have reach 1 mill for sure. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 21 April 2009) Great game that deserves more sales. Hopefully it will keep rising as more and more people get the Wii and hear about this amazing game. Platinum Games are my favorite console developer and they didn't disappoint with this one :) Also 11ht11: 1. You don't need a sensor bar for this game. 2. You can make a sensor bar from 2 IR light sources. These include candles and LED lights. Just put them on top of your TV about 1 foot apart ;) |
| naruto3336 (on 20 April 2009) Hopefully gets adjusted up to 500k! ;) |
| sabby_e17 (on 20 April 2009) Adjusted Down? DAMN IT! |
 | outlawauron (on 20 April 2009) it seems it got adjusted donw in America. |
 | Madanial (on 20 April 2009) (T_T) ah , i still didn't buy this game.I hope i'll have any chance soon. |
| naruto3336 (on 19 April 2009) i downloaded one song. Crimson Rain. |
| uno (on 19 April 2009) anyone know where I can get the soundtrack? Its pretty rad. |
 | fmc83 (on 19 April 2009) If I was misunderstood: The game itself is great, but I expected more sales, and I doubt it will reach 1 million LTD like COD:WaW. But yeah it is a musthave just for the brilliant art-work |
| CheoRock (on 19 April 2009) Madworld was barely shown on tv. I only saw One Madworld commercial. While i see about 8 Killzone 2 and Fallout 3 commercials a day. And about 12 "Petz" related and carnival frenzy shovel ware games each night. I don't know whats wrong with Nintendo. They NEED to support games like Madworld more, like how they try to sell the crap out of shovel ware. No wonder these sales are low. |
| naruto3336 (on 19 April 2009) Call of Duty: World at War had the same sales as this game when it was at 3 weeks. The only bright thing that this game shows me is that this game is selling more in Others than No More Heroes did. But then No More Heroes sold way more in America than Others. This will outsell No More Heroes also considering that No More Heroes was released in Japan while this was not. |
| 11ht11 (on 18 April 2009) i was gonna buy this yesterday, but i forgot my sensor bar broke, so i didnt buy it :-( |
| fmc83 (on 18 April 2009) Doesn't look to good. Actually this already had a price drop in the UK. Bought it new for 20 pound. |
| naruto3336 (on 18 April 2009) I want this to be adjusted back up to 57, 553 but it is not possible now but we can hope for big legs (20k per week for 1 month and then 15k per week for 1 more month and then 10k for 1 month and at that rate it will hit half million and possibly 1 mill) |
 | Drage (on 18 April 2009) Good legs, hope they continue! |
 | City17 (on 17 April 2009) Well it took me awhile but here i am! |
| Procrastinato (on 17 April 2009) This game will last through 300K at least, maybe 350K. I don't think it'll ever hit 500K, because its not going to have "shelf legs" -- people will have to seek it out to buy it after not too much longer. Lots of legs titles on the Wii just stay on the shelf at retailers, and sell by nature of being available. I don't think the situation is the same for this one. 350K will be okay though. |
 | yusuke93_ita (on 17 April 2009) just bought this today, with a new Nintendo Wii... |
| Soriku (on 17 April 2009) Adjusted down only a few k though, nothing too serious. |
 | tastyshovelware (on 17 April 2009) hmmmm, adjusted down combined with the fact that neither territory has yet to have a 'bounce back' week. It's not the end of the world, but it's not a good sign either. |
 | coasterlove (on 17 April 2009) This game is starting to be more popular in "Others" than North America. It opened fairly well in the US but has dropped. "Others" didn't open that well, only about half of NA but has stayed consistent through the first four weeks. It is showing some legs though and will eventually hit a half million. Not too bad for a new property and one that is very hardcore and unique. |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 17 April 2009) And it got adjusted down again ._. |
| Man (on 17 April 2009) I thought there were rumours going around that NPD said it sold about 70k in March. Thats roughly the first 3 weeks, which we have at about 83k. The general rule is vgchartz is 10% bigger than npd because of Canada, so 70*1.1 is 77k 77k and 83 k are very similar. I may be wrong about the 70k though, im not sure if it was genuine. |
 | scottie (on 17 April 2009) You may have to run that one by us again hyperion. Possibly with a link. As far as I can tell, all the NPD results say is that it sold less than 205k in the USA. http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3429 We have it at 100k for USA+the rest of America for March and part of April |
 | Hyperion (on 17 April 2009) Are we going to see another adjustment down from NPD data? I think I'm just going to ignore vgc numbers altogether ;[ |
| naruto3336 (on 16 April 2009) The christmas boost will be not that much, I would say about 10k. |
| DavidValbu (on 16 April 2009) It should get a boost at Chritsmas. |
| arsenicazure (on 16 April 2009) looking at first week sales i was gonna go with 350k tops but im gonna revise my projection to 550k LTD for now :) |
| YusukeUnlimited (on 16 April 2009) I could see this landing somewhere between 400k-500k before a price drop. Not too shabby imo. |
| mmpop (on 16 April 2009) Nice! I hope these sales can keep going. 170K its not bad för one month but you could ask for more. But its like with every Wii game out there. VGchartz is always late with them and never update them until a long time. Its would not suprise me if The Conduit reach like only 300K first month and then hit 600 after the update. |
 | OmegaRugalv3 (on 16 April 2009) Seems Wii games can suprise any sales wise. After Call of Duty WoW wii sales ... it would never surprise me to see a game like Madworld start so bad and then possible end up being a million seller in the long run. |
 | thanny (on 16 April 2009) if everyone who hit this page bought Madworld, it would be doing well |
| naruto3336 (on 15 April 2009) I love Jacks voice in the game. It is so deep and mysterious and if I was in front of him, it would make me wet my pants. |
 | hatmoza 2.0 (on 15 April 2009) Go Sega Go !!! |
| joora (on 15 April 2009) Nice to see these numbers, the game deserves them. I hope for a million, but 600-800k is more probable |
| sabby_e17 (on 15 April 2009) wow nice numbers and sales. |
| Cheebee (on 15 April 2009) Wow nice to see some decent numbers on this one. :) |
| Soriku (on 15 April 2009) Woah, 170k! |
| naruto3336 (on 15 April 2009) I would like legs to be around 15-20k for atleast 3 more months and then 10k for a couple more months. |
| tastyshovelware (on 15 April 2009) @blazin thanks, I just had them waxed. :) |
 | blazinhead89 (on 15 April 2009) Nice legs |
 | NJ5 (on 15 April 2009) Wow, 170k. I hope this is correct! There was no price drop, just some retailers doing promotions. |
| Games fanboy (on 15 April 2009) AKIRAGR.. Wath price drop ? |
| J-Favs (on 15 April 2009) seeing this at 170k bring a smile to my face :) |
 | AkiraGr (on 15 April 2009) Did this numbers came because of the price drop? |
| yusuke93_ita (on 15 April 2009) it will come on ps3... |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 15 April 2009) Wham bam 170k. I just hope it doesn't get adjusted back down later on. |
| st_muscat0 (on 15 April 2009) Nice adjustment up and also HERE COMES T3H LEGS! Wo0T! |
| naruto3336 (on 14 April 2009) Hopefully america pushes this to 200k. |
 | Dark Chaos (on 14 April 2009) OMG TEH LEGZZ!! BELIEVE |
| Hisiru (on 14 April 2009) i hope this game hit the 800k soon, this is a great game. SEGA WHERE IS MY CRAZY TAXI HD FOR ANY PLATAFORM? |
| naruto3336 (on 14 April 2009) SEE? I told you guys that there was an update needed. I was wondering when I saw the opening week for No More Heroes I was like MadWorld can not have such low sales in first week. This game will definitely hit 500k and 1 milion by the end of the year with christmas boost. |
| Roflinator (on 14 April 2009) Wow, it's outselling Black Knight. |
| Chrizum (on 14 April 2009) If these numbers are correct, this game is selling really well! |
| Hyperion (on 14 April 2009) More adjustments (yay!)...when can we actually trust these numbers? I guess we should not judge games sales on here until after at least a month, when adjustments will more accurately reflect the sales (hopefully). |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 14 April 2009) nice adjustment up! |
| DavidValbu (on 14 April 2009) Adjusted up in Others? |
| SaviorX (on 14 April 2009) 200 owners on here. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 14 April 2009) Hard Mode really extends the replay value of this great game. One of the better action beat em up games I have played in awhile with great story, graphics, and gameplay. Complete package that is worthy of great sales and a SEQUEL. Write Platinum Games to let them know what you think about the game. |
| PeteyPeeps (on 14 April 2009) GO BUY THIS GAME NOW! BEST WII GAME! |
| primogen18 (on 13 April 2009) I was sorta let down by the sales at first but.. ill give it more time, I mean for $50, the legs are holding up decently. |
 | iron_megalith (on 13 April 2009) Damn the sales.... What's with that? |
 | dead_parrot (on 12 April 2009) I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, and don't know where to post it otherwise, but Sega France (and maybe in some other countries as well) made a really cool promo pack for game reviewers, you can watch it in video there: http://wii.jeuxvideo.org/2009/04/12/le-kit-presse-sanglant-de-madworld/ |
| naruto3336 (on 12 April 2009) TRU but if I buy a game right now, I will not be able to buy The Conduit. I do not want to risk me buying The Conduit for this. Ill buy this in Christmas time. |
| intro94 (on 12 April 2009) wonderful game.Hard mode is really way more fun tho. |
| Hyperion (on 12 April 2009) @naruto...It can't be that hard finding $5 around your house Can't you use actual cash with store credit? |
| SaviorX (on 11 April 2009) @YesWiiCan I don't. |
| YesWiiCan (on 11 April 2009) Who wants to bet this game will sell 2 million worldwide LTD. |
| uno (on 11 April 2009) Just beat the game today. Wicked good times. What a great game!! Definitely gonna play through again soon!! Especially after I unlocked the unlockables!! |
| naruto3336 (on 11 April 2009) lol Hyperion its just that i have a 50 dollar in store credit left after returning CoD:WaW. I returned it cuz I did not have a router to play online. I want MadWorld at 29.99 so I can get a router AND MadWorld in the store credit. |
| doubletap (on 11 April 2009) how come good third party games on the wii just dont sell well? first was no more heroes and now its madworld. i really hate to see this |
| SubiyaCryolite (on 11 April 2009) Sell! sell! sell! |
| SubiyaCryolite (on 11 April 2009) Sell! sell! sell! |
| Hyperion (on 11 April 2009) @naruto....Wow, 5 more dollars! Why not save just a few more bucks and buy it now instead of waiting for it to drop $5 more.... |
| SaviorX (on 10 April 2009) It might not hit 6.5k in America until week 9. |
 | CONMAN15 (on 10 April 2009) really? didnt it get a price drop in europe, for next weeks sales? I dont think it will drop all the way down to 3.5k in europe, I could see 6.5 in NA. |
| SaviorX (on 10 April 2009) @CONMAN15 I think (for now) sales will average around 6.5k in NA and 3.5k in Others for a couple months. At least that is what I hope will happen, so it gets close to 10k every week. |
| CONMAN15 (on 10 April 2009) Nice. Hopefully it can stay over 10k a week in americas. |
| naruto3336 (on 10 April 2009) This dropped to 34.99 in my bestbuy from 54.99. When it drops to 29.99, It will be a must buy for me. |
| J-Favs (on 10 April 2009) Looks like Sega was right when they said the game was selling well. |
| mandisc (on 10 April 2009) i'm glad that it is picking up in the UK. Price drop probably helped people feel more adventurous so they pickin it up |
 | dazmando (on 10 April 2009) I know its realy selling well in the UK as its been no1 in the wii section in Game and Gamestation for a few weeks and thats in the last few weeks too |
 | Rainbird (on 10 April 2009) Sweet adjustment! Now keep selling! >:D |
 | Vil3 (on 10 April 2009) nice to see that the week to week drops have started to get really small..:) |
 | BladeOfGod (on 10 April 2009) I expected more since its Wii title |
 | shakarak (on 10 April 2009) wow almost 200 people own this game on vgchartz. That is hot! |
| Roflinator (on 09 April 2009) Oh great, adjustments. :) |
| wonphi (on 09 April 2009) wow it has barely been a month and people here are saying the game flopped already, look at world at war for the Wii, it made platinum and is still going strong, it just takes some time. |
| Soriku (on 09 April 2009) Unpossible, the game flopped! |
| naruto3336 (on 09 April 2009) I will laugh if Week 1 sales of MadWorld are adjusted back up to 57, 553 in AMERICA. |
| Hyperion (on 09 April 2009) That's why I don't trust VGC numbers. But I love the community ^__^ |
| mmpop (on 09 April 2009) Very good and im very happy now! 100K in USA alone in three weeks is very good and now its only have to keep up the same legs and we will have a 500k seller which will mean a sequal and profit to Platium Games. |
| Kenology (on 09 April 2009) Yeah! Adjusted UP! ^_^ |
| marcoberry3 (on 09 April 2009) 120K and counting. This is like music to my eyes. |
| naruto3336 (on 09 April 2009) WHT DID I SAY? I knew this game had to be adjusted up. Look at the legs in America! Hope it can continue this. This now sold the same as NMH considering this is not even out in Japan. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 09 April 2009) nice adjustment up |
 | bmmb1 (on 09 April 2009) Yes adjusted up, I posted a day ago and it was around 97,000 for the first 3 weeks for US + Others together, now first 3 weeks total is around 111,000 |
| bmmb1 (on 09 April 2009) Ah, unless I misremember I think vgchartz has corrected (upward) the game's first week numbers for the US, possibly other numbers as well. |
| SmokedHostage (on 09 April 2009) Adjusted up? :'D |
| mangapicture (on 09 April 2009) Poor Clover Studios. Making such great games and none of them sold as good as they deserved :( |
 | J.U.N.O (on 09 April 2009) This game is great... should def sell a lot more, hopefully it will do so slowly jejjeje |
| grayfoxjaguer (on 09 April 2009) i just beat the game today, wow is awesome, so much gore, beautiful art looking , was hoping it sell like 300 in the 2 first weeks thought |
| mmpop (on 08 April 2009) 100 thousand in three weeks is a good number indeed. And I belive that the Christmas are going to be important for this game, the same for The Conduit. |
 | Paul (on 08 April 2009) I find it interesting that aprox. 1 in 600 of this games owners have added it to their collection on vgchartz. |
| mpereira (on 08 April 2009) DOLBYdigital - Everyone should do what you're doing thanks ;) |
| naruto3336 (on 08 April 2009) Hopefully this will reach 120k with the US sales. I am really happy with these sales believe it or not. Though more would have been better this game is truly going to sell more. |
 | Onimusha12 (on 08 April 2009) Platinum is too busy puting their real efforts into their HD endeavors. |
| intro94 (on 08 April 2009) @mjc2021 because this title was much more debated in the terms of potential sales,due to the market and and console,than any sony title.its pretty obvious. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 08 April 2009) I just hope Platinum Games gets the green light to start working on the sequel. I also hope they get the green light for more projects since I'll take anything from those guys ;) I am still spreading the word about this game. You would be surprised how many people do not know about this game and love it once I show them it. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 08 April 2009) hey, atleast it didnt really drop from last week |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 08 April 2009) constant sales in Europe means some kind of legs |
| bmmb1 (on 08 April 2009) When comparing to HOTD in order to try to estimate if Madworld will have sufficient legs, so far Madworld's major problem seems to be Others. HOTD's 8th week in Others is at the same level as Madword's 3rd week in Others. |
| SmokedHostage (on 08 April 2009) 100k.. nice. :) |
| bmmb1 (on 08 April 2009) Madworld, a new IP and a somewhat niche title, has sold about 97,000 in the first 3 weeks (we'll see if this is adjusted and in what direction after NPD numbers come out). House of the Dead:Overkill (with admittedly better legs than Madworld so far, or so it looks), a game from a known IP, sold roughly 107,000 in the first 3 weeks, not that much of a difference. So it makes sense that so far Sega are not lying and are ok with Madworld sales numbers (though of course I am sure they would have preferred more). |
 | mjc2021 (on 08 April 2009) @ mangapicture Sony doesn't admit they aren't happy with sales. Why would Sega? |
| SaviorX (on 07 April 2009) Why would Sega lie? To save face? I think if it wasn't doing good,they would come out and say it,or avoid the question altogether. Anyways, I found the guy in that interview to be pretty genuine,so I don't think he's lying. |
| joora (on 07 April 2009) If sega is happy, than i'm happy too, because it means more hc games like Madworld |
 | Cowboys4u86 (on 07 April 2009) Wow, these sales numbers are low. Just goes to show that if it isn't shovelware party games or Ninty first party it ain't gonna sell. |
| naruto3336 (on 07 April 2009) @ mangapicture They are not lying. They just say that so people think that a lot of people must have bought it. That must mean that it is really good. This way more people buy it. This will cross the 500k mark so dont worry people. |
| mangapicture (on 07 April 2009) @mjc2021 Capcom keeps telling how disappointing the Okami and Zack and Wiki sales on Wii are for them. So, why would SEGA lie ? |
 | Zucas (on 07 April 2009) Well finally just beat this game and man what a weird ending. Definitely a punk game like No More Heroes and the story fits it. Great game though. |
| mjc2021 (on 07 April 2009) @ SaviorX What were you expecting Sega to say? You think they want to admit sales aren't what they hoped? Sony is in last place and they'll still say things are going according to plan. |
 | *~Onna76~* (on 07 April 2009) If this game gets a sequel with these sales, then Capcom better get its ass working on Zack & Wiki 2! |
| jeffrey9999 (on 07 April 2009) 90,030copies sold and I'm sure it will sell 10,000 copies next week........ I still know 2or3 people who might buy this....... |
| mfogg20 (on 06 April 2009) pretty crazy how this game has almost as many owners on this site as RE5 combined (xbox ps3) and yet its sales or so tiny in comparison. |
| naruto3336 (on 06 April 2009) This game had a better launch and Week 2 COMBINED sales than HotD. If HoTD has met expectations( assumingly they now go into profit) it means that madworld will soon go into profit maybe after 300k considering it has a higher production cost. We all know it will grow higher than 300k and possibly 500k so it is a hit. If No More Heroes can get a sequel at 400k in sales then why can't MadWorld get a sequel in 500k even if MadWorld cost more to make? |
| SaviorX (on 06 April 2009) Sega has once again said that they are happy with the sales performance of Madworld, since no one wants to believe it. http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/06/sega-shows-off-next-big-olympics-game-and-targets-wiidsi/ |
| EdEN (on 06 April 2009) Just purchased the game yesterday. Hopefully worldwide sales surpass 500,000 so we can get a sequel at the end of next year... |
| DOLBYdigital (on 06 April 2009) Great game that deserves more sales, buy the game and show your friends. It is ashame that we may not see a sequel thanks to the wii owners not supporting this game :( |
 | bobbo19 (on 06 April 2009) fellow britons, go and buy this game. I bought it for £19.99 and was well worth it! |
| primogen18 (on 05 April 2009) kersed3 explain Resident Evil 4 & Umbrella chronicles, or House of the Dead 2/3, or Call of Duty W@W? M rated games that have sold 1 million + and still going? |
 | trestres (on 05 April 2009) Well it's a clover studios game, therefore it's niche. It's also M rated thus appealing to a lower part of the fanbase, and lastly it's a really hardcore game for the Wii, and history has shown us they don't launch to mega numbers. A lot of things going against it, but we should wait a bit before calling it a flop. |
 | ironcladgranite (on 05 April 2009) Once this game drops down to $40, I'll be rushing my ass out to the store to buy it. |
| buxtoc (on 05 April 2009) Stop making 3rd person action Wii games, stupid. |
 | Skeeuk (on 05 April 2009) £14.99 in the uk i might pick this up. |
| mandisc (on 05 April 2009) Just read that this game is dying in the UK and can be found as low as £16.99 in shops. Why are yo doing this UK public? We need these games to sell! |
| naruto3336 (on 05 April 2009) Awaiting NPD numbers for March. They are more accurate and VGChartz usually updates there numbers after. |
| naruto3336 (on 05 April 2009) PRICE DROP! 39.99 @ bestbuy!!! |
| J-Favs (on 05 April 2009) Almost 100k in sales isnt all that bad considering it probably had a small initial shipment. |
| intro94 (on 05 April 2009) @mikemill they will learn when they stop making money(oh wait..that would be stupid).They make money on the wii, thats all they care,not some ps3 fanboys. |
| charts845 (on 04 April 2009) Erm...No More Heroes sold great, dude. It was the first ever Suda 51 game to sell enough to get a sequel. |
| AOK Games (on 04 April 2009) Mikemill says: "This game and No More Heroes both prove that cool hardcore games just don't sell on the Wii." Yeah, and World at War Wii at one million sales further proves this point. Wait... |
 | Aj_habfan (on 04 April 2009) I just noticed the similarity in this games sales, and Resistance: Retribution's sales, cooool (Take it as you will): http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=24665®ion=All |
 | Omega_Phazon_Pirate. (on 04 April 2009) @ mikemill, 400K for NMH isn't bad, and I believe the publishers apparently even threw a party because it was successful. Madworld has about the same start so I think it could sell at least 500K. And lol at the use of the term "hardcore." |
 | shinyuhadouken (on 04 April 2009) this should be on 360/ps3 |
 | cody6695 (on 04 April 2009) I am soooo disappointed! This game had so much potential. I just think everyone is hesitant to but it because of the black and white style :( This will decide for a lot of publishers weather or not to make good hardcore games for wii. Thats why I got my 360 :) |
| bobbo19 (on 04 April 2009) just bought the game for £20 ($30). Price Drop already. |
| AkiraGr (on 04 April 2009) @Mikemill Ok you did your trolling now GTFO of this game thread. |
 | mikemill (on 04 April 2009) This game and No More Heroes both prove that cool hardcore games just don't sell on the Wii. The Wii is DOMINATED by little kids and house wives! All the hardcore gamers are on Xbox and PS3... when are these developers gonna learn??? |
| Soriku (on 04 April 2009) The drops weren't that bad. The price will go down and it will sell better. |
| FaRmLaNd (on 03 April 2009) Its a shame that it isn't doing better. I wish this had a 360 release so I could buy it :S |
| Omega_Phazon_Pirate. (on 03 April 2009) @ Gearbox, Sega isn't developing The Conduit, they are just the publishers. There's a difference ;). And why the drop from 60k to 40k first week for NA sales? |
| DavidValbu (on 03 April 2009) Exactly, CoD is a very famous franchise and this was a new IP. I think that if they try to do a mature title they should not use black&white cell shaded graphics, it does not appeal to many gamers. |
| BoneArk (on 03 April 2009) Check out my thread on MadWorld and No More Heroes. |
| uno (on 03 April 2009) patience y'all. If Sega had the patience of some of you folk, they would not be were they are financially. |
| VivaLaWiida (on 03 April 2009) This won't have the same legs as CoD. |
 | XiaoMay (on 03 April 2009) bombed ? |
| J-Favs (on 03 April 2009) I wonder if these sales reflect the number of copies printed? |
| jeffrey9999 (on 03 April 2009) btw, this is still a popular game.......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 03 April 2009) if this game stays at 30k a week then it probably has legs just a small audience with know money......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 03 April 2009) I hope they re-advertise it with all the great games they made or are still to come by "sega" in the holidayseason and print a couple 100k copies cause that should put this up for a million just before the year ends......... I still know people planning on buying it and theirs alway easter coming this sunday so I hope alot of kids with parents who don't give a shit give them gamestop giftcards.......... 100k next week maybe it has legs after all, cause I know not everyone who wants it has it......... |
 | Gearbox (on 02 April 2009) hope seems lost imo oi well couldnt has cost sega to much to make it |
| DOLBYdigital (on 02 April 2009) Just keep spreading the word and it should keep selling. Not many people know about this one since so many games are coming out for all systems. |
 | Moongoddess256 (on 02 April 2009) If this game maintains some legs it would be doing fairly well for a game that breaks out of the mold of what companies *know* sells well. |
| NicholasCage (on 02 April 2009) Wii is known as a casual console. You all need to know that. I also heard that if you copy a game onto a DVD format disc, the Wii can play it o.O. My friend said he will give me a DVD disc of Madworld to try it out. If it works, that could be a major reason. Also, Sega doesn't really advert games that much, but I have seen magazine ads of it. |
| naruto3336 (on 02 April 2009) Reason why this game is low on sales is: Major competition. Dead Rising, Sonic and Black Knight, house of the Dead Overkill, Tenchu. Though I admit that MadWorld is a way better game than these games, but not everyone might think that and might want to buy the other game. So considering that, MadWorld sold considerable well. |
 | --OkeyDokey-- (on 02 April 2009) Still not over 100k... damn O_o |
| SaviorX (on 02 April 2009) 1/1000 of people who own this are on VGChartz ; you can't blame them for not supporting it. |
 | monlosez (on 02 April 2009) This game is ugly it's like Unreal Tournament 3 in black/white. |
| Seferoth75 (on 02 April 2009) One point I would like to bring up. Nintendo announced they had 75 million sellers in the US alone last week. By this site there are only 42. These sales are only estimates after all. I don't expect a black and white game that is around 7 hours to be a million seller. It's just not going to have mainstream appeal |
 | ferret1094 (on 02 April 2009) It's already dropped to £16.99 at Gameplay and a few other stores have it for under £20. |
| Chrizum (on 02 April 2009) Can somebody give me a VALID reason why this game is selling a LOT worse than No More Heroes? I can only think of reasons why this should sell better than NMH... |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 02 April 2009) sales drop slowly, this a positive sign (positive thinking) |
| shokenchi (on 02 April 2009) u dont see many copies of this in stores, same with gta chinatown wars. |
 | Hunter-121 (on 02 April 2009) That´s strange, I thought the Americans were violence-lovers but I think I was wrong. |
| waron (on 02 April 2009) i would wait with analysis cause there are plenty ds/wii games 1-3 first weeks of terrible sales and make it to 1-2mln mark with better sales afterwards. as long as sega will make copies of this game it will sell. |
| bobbo19 (on 02 April 2009) my credit card expired :( i will buy when i renew it |
 | Scruff7 (on 02 April 2009) I want this game. i don't have a wii. i wish they'd bring it out on PSN or something, it deserves sales. |
 | Carl2291 (on 02 April 2009) People bringing up the CoD arguement, CoD is an established franchise and CoD WaW didnt drop below 50k in its first 8 weeks on sale... 1 million was guarenteed imo. this flopped hard so far. no doubt about it. Should be made a PSN/Live downloadable soon to try make up for terrible Wii sales. |
| SaviorX (on 02 April 2009) I don't know what else chopped the sales, but length vs. price is probably a major factor. However, I don't see it dipping lower than 8k weekly worldwide for a long time. |
| Games fanboy (on 02 April 2009) Remember cod wow that is over 1 million now :) |
| SmokedHostage (on 02 April 2009) Hard mode is HARD! |
| puffy (on 02 April 2009) It's a great game but I don't think it's worth full price and that's what's being asked in many places.. The sales will have a fairly long tail but I don't think it'll take very long at all before it gets a price cut. |
| jeffrey9999 (on 01 April 2009) that's o-k, "procrastinato" your entitled to your opinion that cooking mama cook-off is the best game out their and we know you play it everyday......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 01 April 2009) well okey-dokey, alot of people on this site are lying about the fact that they own this game cause they don't want to let you know the poverty ghetto IBF dumpster they live in......... |
 | drakesfortune (on 01 April 2009) @okeydokey, It had worse reviews than No More Heroes, and I think much of the hardcore market has soured on the Wii since NMH came out. I know I have. |
| Procrastinato (on 01 April 2009) Contrary to popular belief, ultra-violence is not actually very popular. Particularly not in little Billy's room, when he should be doing homework, or out next to the WiiYoga mat. Even I have no interest in this game, and I adore games like God of War, and even the Wii version of Rygar. That's not to say its bad, rather that, somehow, it even managed to not attract the $49.99 of some of its target demographics, of which I am a prime example. |
| naruto3336 (on 01 April 2009) Res Evil 5 sux and that is why. Res Evil 4 is clearly a better title but this game is not selling because of Res Evil 5 even though this is better than Res Evil 5. |
 | NYANKS (on 01 April 2009) Well, I thought the site was established as being overwhelmingly Wii owners? That would make it make sense. |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 01 April 2009) I also can't understand how the game has more owners than RE5 on this site. What a strange community... |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 01 April 2009) I can't understand how this can be selling worse than No More Heroes. I just can't. |
 | leo-j (on 01 April 2009) dunno why the low sales, they were advertising like crazy on adult swim, almost as much as SO4, def more than kz2. |
| ulissesnascim (on 01 April 2009) WTF? Before, VGChartz had set 60k for the first week. Now, it's 40k. We'd better wait for NPD's information. |
| luffy45 (on 01 April 2009) it began to advertise on television in france.On if the figure will increase |
 | llewdebkram (on 01 April 2009) In my local Tesco Madworld was no1 for the week and sold out. It then wasn't restocked and in week 2 not even in their top 30! |
 | BengaBenga (on 01 April 2009) Seriously, who did the PAL localization for this game? Yes, the game is great, but really lousy portwork here with the black bars. |
| haxxiy (on 01 April 2009) Changed my mind. Now I predict about 400k lifetime. |
 | Khuutra (on 01 April 2009) Bombing nothing, this game is having a quick death in others. Ouch. |
| mmpop (on 01 April 2009) What I expcted before. Europe will not be the head center for games like this, It will have to survive on America. I mean I live in Sweden and I no freinds which have a Wii. Its hard to hype a Wii game in the way you can hype a 360 game when you only have freinds which have a 360. |
| outlawauron (on 01 April 2009) Hmm, even in Others? |
| Chrizum (on 01 April 2009) Not a big drop? Most Wii games have a better second week than first week in Others. This game is totally bombing in Others. America may save it, let's wait for NPD. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 01 April 2009) not a big drop is Europe can mean legs! |
| arsenal009 (on 01 April 2009) Ouch, it looks to be doing worse than No More Heroes :( |
| SaviorX (on 31 March 2009) Week 3 NA and Week 2 Others is coming up. Can't wait to see the results. |
| naruto3336 (on 31 March 2009) This will probably get adjusted up just like CoD:WaW. Do not worry this will sell great if not awesome. |
| Seferoth75 (on 31 March 2009) They kinda ruined their chances of a million seller when they decided to go black and white. I love the game but let's be honest titles like this are not core titles, they are niche titles. The mainstream core gamer will look right over this. |
 | DiplomaticImmunity (on 31 March 2009) this flopped, correct me if i am wrong |
 | Thechalkblock (on 31 March 2009) Compare to No More Heroes sales. http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=7667 |
| mmpop (on 31 March 2009) Here is my prediction for this title: 15 000 copies with this 17 000 will be 30 000 and it will be overall 100 000 copies for MadWorld. And after 2 weeks it will break the 200 000 barrel. And within 3 months it will be atleast 500 000 copies of MadWorld sold. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 31 March 2009) the best songs are "Ain't That Funny," "Ride!!," and "Soul" great stuff |
 | Avarice28 (on 31 March 2009) wow what happened, I was thinking this would do much better. I hope in the following weeks, that this game picks up. for an original IP exclusive this does not look good. |
| SmokedHostage (on 31 March 2009) "Look Pimpin! I ain't playing. In a minute, you're gonna be laying.. on the ground, not messing around my city, my money, my town." One of the best final boss themes ever. |
 | Kantor (on 31 March 2009) 1 in 443, to be precise. |
| Kantor (on 31 March 2009) Wow, something like 1 in 400 people who own this game are on VGC. |
| mjc2021 (on 31 March 2009) @ Zugdar Well De Blob came out just a few months before Christmas and it was rate E. Madworld on the otherhand is M rated and its currently March. |
 | Levi (on 30 March 2009) I really love the game so far it bum's me out seeing Pikmin(a GC port )Out sell a new Wii game. |
 | Ishy (on 30 March 2009) if u want the soundtrack go to megaupload.com and search for it.... i have it =) |
 | Zugdar (on 30 March 2009) I'm hoping for a DeBlob reaction where it will pick up 4-6 weeks after launch. |
| BoneArk (on 30 March 2009) I want the soundtrack, its f***ing badass. =) |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 30 March 2009) Just finished this game. Good fun :D I don't think it was just 6 hours for me, though... More like 8 hours. And I just did the bare bone-stuff, no extras. I just did what was required and nothing more. I think some people might've rushed through the game REALLY quickly ... |
| megaman79 (on 30 March 2009) Chart track 30/3 - MW down from 6 to 8 on the Wii list. Disappears from All formats top 40. Plus side, nothing else opened well either, Wheelman at 18 on 360 for eg. RE5 is still killing em http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032 |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 30 March 2009) Grrrr >_> Who's dumb decision was it to force you to restart the entire level if you lose all your lives? I died during a boss battle, restarted the level, got up to the boss again, and then the game froze. OMG ;_; |
| SaviorX (on 29 March 2009) Week 1 in NA was 57k Week 1 was then adjusted to 40k, while week 2 turned into 17k. Last time I checked, 40 + 17 = 57. I'm just waiting a while so that the sales for this game can be fixed later on. The adjustment just came too quickly for me. |
| DavidValbu (on 29 March 2009) When next Chritsmas pass we will see the sales of MarWorld. |
| mandisc (on 29 March 2009) I agree with mmpop wait a while and see. These numbers are no reliable at the moment. This will likely have a similar trip that World at war did. Word of mouth will carry it |
| megaman79 (on 29 March 2009) @famousringo, just spoke to my brother in Canada, 55$ he reckons |
 | Seraphic_Sixaxis (on 29 March 2009) Is this game in black and white? no wonder the sales are so... |
| J-Favs (on 29 March 2009) @ Soriku, agreed. If the price was to drop it would sell much better and for all the whingers saying its short, theres actually challenges you can take in levels you've already completed which help add to the length and then theres the multiplayer. |
 | Pristine20 (on 29 March 2009) This game sold really badly. was sega really happy with this? |
| Soriku (on 29 March 2009) The game will sell more once the price comes down. |
| BrainBoxLtd (on 28 March 2009) Boo-yah, beat it on hard. |
| mmpop (on 28 March 2009) I dont understand how people take this number serously. This game is so undertracked on this website so its laughable. MadWorld was number one on the boked list in the biggest swedish store, at the same time the swedish week sales, MadWorld was the second best selling Wii game, and the week only matched 2 days. Wait in a month and you guys will se the real numbers of this game. |
 | famousringo (on 28 March 2009) I just saw a copy of this game at HMV with the ridiculous price tag of $70 CAD. Perhaps that's negatively impacting the sales? :-P |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 28 March 2009) its funny that people wont buy it based on length. MGS4 was an amazing game, and it was about 20 hours in length the first play through, but I doubt I'll touch it again for a VERY long time. I've played MadWorld for at the very least 15 hours and it's a game that I'll replay again and again. People don't use common sense sometimes. |
| naruto3336 (on 28 March 2009) I think we should wait for this game to get to Week 10 and then make decisions as to whether this is a fail or not. If this gets to 300k+ by Week 10 then this game is not a fail and if it gets less then that then it is a fail. Consider this, HotD2 and 3 Boom Blox and Cod:WaW all had really terrible sales in the first 2 weeks. They all are near 1 million and will sell a million eventually while CoD already sold a million. This will sell good so just chill and wait. |
| Paul (on 28 March 2009) Great sales, it has outsold all other black, white and red games on all the other consoles by 70,000 and the lead is sure to grow each week. |
 | Naum (on 28 March 2009) too short for me to buy. gonna wait 6 month and see if it have had a pricecut. |
| Xen (on 28 March 2009) Aw, right. I forgot that the others data came on waaaay before the week 2 US data, so I thought we missed a week. |
 | oliminator1994 (on 28 March 2009) great sales for a equally good game! LOL |
| Rainbird (on 28 March 2009) @ Xen It was released a week later in PAL |
| Xen (on 28 March 2009) Now I lay thee down... How don't we have week 2 others data? |
| novasonic (on 28 March 2009) Comon people! The only problem with this game is that the story mode is kinda short! Otherwise it's pure gold in every way shape and form! Go buy it! |
| Omega_Phazon_Pirate. (on 27 March 2009) Alright sales, although not spectacular. First guess at lifetime sales: 500k. |
| naruto3336 (on 27 March 2009) This game is actually really really awesome. If it was 49.99 I would have bought it but the 59.99 really makes me wonder. That is like 5 bux an hour even if I play the game twice which I will minimum. This would have sold 4 times as much if it was 39.99. |
 | NeoStar9 (on 27 March 2009) You can't find Wii owners at fault when they don't find a particular game interesting. Blame developers who don't take the time to actually research and see what type of game will sell or why buyers like particular games. Just because they put out a violent game doesn't mean those that want more hardcore games should buy it just because. I only buy games that I find interesting not because they find someone elses definition of "Mature". |
| naruto3336 (on 27 March 2009) I will get it soon. Like I said its expensive here in canada. 59.99!!! For a game that is 6 hours. I am waiting for a 5 buck drop. CoD:WaW was 5 bux off in its 4th or 5th week and was 54.99 before the price drop and thats when i got it. Same thing with this game. As long as i buy it i will support it. I just wont buy it in the first 3-4 weeks. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 27 March 2009) I hate my fellow wii owners :( If you don't own the game then don't even post about you being upset. You have no right to be upset when you are PART OF THE PROBLEM :( |
 | Hawk (on 27 March 2009) I guess on the bright side, maybe the price will come down quick. I rented the game and love it, I'll certainly get it here. |
| mangapicture (on 27 March 2009) ugh, just checked no more heroes. This game does even worse in sales T_T |
| mangapicture (on 27 March 2009) The sad thing is, all those people who keep saying "Wii doesn't have games!!1" probably never heard of this one. Gotta hate mainstream... |
 | dizzydee_011 (on 27 March 2009) Wow only 70,000 total damn you wii owners! You're tellling Nintendo you like Wii fitness over MadWorld. This sucks. |
| Metallicube (on 27 March 2009) yeah 40 bucks I think would be the sweet spot for a game like this. 50 is a little too much for a 4-5 hour game, no matter how fun it is. Fenrish: It has by far the biggest userbase at nearly 50 million, why not put it on Wii? I'm not convinved this game would sell much better on PS3 or even 360 considering its abstract art style and niche appeal. |
| primogen18 (on 27 March 2009) @metallicube This and HOTD:O are 2 very short games, I agree. $50 is a bit much for both of them, I think a $40 price would have been more suitable. When there is a price drop on both, perhaps there will be a bit more sales. I hope anyway. |
| BoneArk (on 27 March 2009) I'm confused how did it get adjusted down on its 1st week already. @_@ |
| Fenristh (on 27 March 2009) lol this should not be on the Wii. Why would you even think putting this kind of game on it would be a good idea? |
 | pmaster4 (on 27 March 2009) man this feels like No More Heroes all over again :( |
 | cura (on 27 March 2009) this is a hardcore game, do people really expect it to have legs? I don't see sales magically picking up. |
| dark_gh0st_b0y (on 27 March 2009) shut up people, it's not over, for god's sake! Wii games never sell just the 2 first weeks!! |
| J-Favs (on 27 March 2009) Why is it that since the post I made yesterday on this wall all theres been is hardcore trolling? IT'S F***ING SAD! |
| cody6695 (on 27 March 2009) It is sad to say but I don't think many people like it's style :( |
| naruto3336 (on 27 March 2009) I am buying this game soon. But here in canada, the price of the game is HIGH! 59.99. My parents hesitate to buy me a 50 buck game so how will they let me buy a 60 buck game which will ultimately cost 70 bux with tax and warranty. Im waiting for a 5 buck price drop or some kind of deal. Then Ill buy it but Im definitely not missing an awesome gem like this from my collection. |
| Metallicube (on 27 March 2009) I don't think the reason for this game not selling is the fact that its a "hardcore" game or even an M rated game as jeffrey is rambling about. Remember, RE4 has done really well on Wii, so the fanbase DOES exist for the Wii. I think the game has two big things going against it. One, it's a new IP, and two, the game is way too short. I beat it in like 4 hours. That's not to say it's a bad game, it just left a lot more to be desired. |
 | xcot (on 27 March 2009) for awareness ofcourse |
| xcot (on 27 March 2009) ok we need a campaign |
| jeffrey9999 (on 27 March 2009) It's a flop and I don't see House of the dead anywhere on the charts and why don't you do every wii owner a favor and go buy this game so we could get good games for a change......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 27 March 2009) I think everyone should tarde in there games to get this because it's the only good wii game since you people obviously don't have the money to buy it since your all fucking bums......... |
| MonstaMack (on 27 March 2009) If RE5 wasn't released in the same month I probably would have bought Madworld. The 5 hour length also threw me off. I still see it selling well in the long run thanks to those wonderful "legs" games exhibit in their later weeks. |
| jeffrey9999 (on 27 March 2009) I'm making an early prediction.......... I think the conduit will sell 5copies and after that please don't cry about hardcore games on wii cause to fucking bad you need new hardware ps3/360 to play an m-rated game........ |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 27 March 2009) First week adjusted down and second week isn't exactly reassuring. Yup, bomb. Might end up being profitable eventually... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 27 March 2009) I think everyone who doesn't buy this game who owns a wii in the next 30days needs to be beat'en over the head with a wii-fit balance bord, funny how it's one of the "MOST POPULAR" games and knowone buys it I guess I'm one of the few wii owners who actually has a job to buy games and a ton of people run out to buy mario power tennis when I already owned the game YEARS ago and I'd rather buy vertua tennis cause at least its something new and guess what else????? It goes online and it's better then mario tennis.......... I think sega should just stop printing madworld on wii "if they already haven't" and put it on 360 cause it's nentendo's job to find a hardcore audience and who ever tries to do that will probably lose 50billion$ trying to do that alone.......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 26 March 2009) by the way I bought madworld on day-1.......... At least me and 57k other people ain't complete fucking assholes and meanwhile RE:5 sold like 750k "PFFT" well congratulation to "CAPCOM" I actually like sega so I hope they do the smart thing and say fuck all you stupid fucking wii-tard fucking idiots for being dumbfuckers, "NOW" wonder why RE:5 ain't on wii, HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, I wonder why??????? I don't know how many posts Iv'e seen with people crying about the game aint on wii well that's because your all fucking assholes and want out and bought DECA SPORTA instead........... fucking morons |
| jeffrey9999 (on 26 March 2009) unfortunately with the kind of people who own a wii I wouldn't be surprised if not only this game flopped and the conduit was cancelled completely but I'm really starting to think my gamecube had better games then my wii seriously it's getting that bad + my wii is worth over 450$ because of my VC downloads so I can't just trade my wii in so I don't know I guess I'm just going to give it away or something because I don't think the wii is ever going to have more then 2good games a year and It's never going to be anything like the other 2 consoles......... If you don't get or own this game then your a fuckhead and I really needed to throw that out there because I guess everyone besides me who owns a wii don't know good games......... |
| jeffrey9999 (on 26 March 2009) I'm really starting to think "coolestguyever" is right but "naruto" I believe also cause I also know two other people who are PROBABLY buying this and one of them own a 360 and the other owns a ps3......... |
| SaviorX (on 26 March 2009) I'm disappointed, but I am not worried. We'll just have to keep watchin this thing. |
| Red4ADevil (on 26 March 2009) Why did VGChartz even bother uploading sales of this game. only 2 days in the market and it sold 40k? wonder how much it sold for its first week. |
 | coolestguyever (on 26 March 2009) lol at all the people who expected huge sales. Most wii owners are too young to be allowed to buy it, too old to care, or are women (and women don't like violent games as much as guys) |
| CONMAN15 (on 26 March 2009) aww darn adjusted down. Now this isnt looking very good. |
| Kenology (on 26 March 2009) Call of Duty had the benefit of the holiday season to push it though. Gonna be a slow burn for MadWorld. Adjusted down 1st week hurts... T_T |
| Khuutra (on 26 March 2009) Adjusted down first week? Very, very unfortunate. Better pick my copy up soon, then. |
| naruto3336 (on 26 March 2009) This will improve and Im so sure. There are a lot of my friends including me that have yet to buy this game, who just did not buy it in the first two weeks. My friend is buying a Wii JUST TO PLAY THIS GAME! That says something about this game. |
| Chrizum (on 26 March 2009) Hmm, this doesn't look good. Sure, it doesn't mean anything yet, but so far this game is doing worse than No More Heroes - a very similar game. I'll wait until 4 weeks of sales worldwide. But I'm not holding my breath. |
| Smeags (on 26 March 2009) The internet: serious business! But yeah, I'll be buying this game at the end of the month. I'll have some money by then... can't wait! :-D |
 | Arius Dion (on 26 March 2009) Tasty, what the hell are you talking about? The same thing can be said especially of the HD consoles. |
| Man (on 26 March 2009) Well Call of Duty WAW sold 44,000 first week in the Us, and 17,000 first week in Others. Look at it now, its over 1 million. Im not saying this will do that well, im just saying people need to stop saying wii games dont sell after 2 weeks. try waiting till at least a month and then you can se if its selling or not. |
| tastyshovelware (on 26 March 2009) if it's not nintendo if it's not a major name if it's not a piece of shit it must have poor sales it must, well, you know no excuses for the system with by far the largest installed base. |
 | snyperdud (on 26 March 2009) Shame. Pure shame. |
 | coonana (on 26 March 2009) Dammit wii owners what is wrong with you. One of the best games of the year... |
 | NanakiXI (on 26 March 2009) Adjusted down. Wii fans I'm sorry but I feel kind of happy only because people are claiming that 50k+ first week was great. Sorry it didn't make it but I still stand by my word that this game will flop in the end. |
| drakesfortune (on 26 March 2009) More proof that hardcore games do not sell on Wii. This is not just random at this point, this is a proven trend. Only well known remakes, ala RE4, and Nintendo games do well on this platform. It's safe to say that the hardcore audience is almost entirely buying PS360 games. It's just a fact. The hardcore seem willing to cross over to buy Nintendo games for the Wii, but that's it. |
| megaman79 (on 26 March 2009) Bloody renting trolls, congratulations on your attention getting waste of comment space. Wii fans do not want to hear about it but thanks for offering. |
| SmokedHostage (on 26 March 2009) adjusted down.. :'( |
| Hyperion (on 26 March 2009) I'm really begging for some legs. I want it to reach 500k...it can do it, right? |
| AkiraGr (on 26 March 2009) More correctly the sales were divided between 1st and 2nd Week because the game was out mid week in NTSC and PAL regions. Anyway no big deal the sales pattern is good thas far lets see after 1 week if it keeps this legs of 30k a week. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 26 March 2009) holy shit huge ajudgement down. wow. people need to buy wii games |
| Roflinator (on 26 March 2009) wait a minute... ...it got adjusted down? DAMN IT |
 | Solid_Raiden (on 26 March 2009) DOLBY, We don't just throw our money away to "support" anything. If they wanted my money they shouldn't have made a game that I can beat in 5 hours with little enough replay value to warrant a purchase. A rent is all it will get from me. |
| naruto3336 (on 26 March 2009) AW MAN! Madworld got adjusted down! NOT COOL! |
| DOLBYdigital (on 26 March 2009) First off if anyone is RENTING this game then we can thank you for not supporting this quality 3rd party hardcore title. For anyone thinking about getting this game I can agree that the game is just insanely fun. There are a variety of ways to play the game and the levels and enemies are quite different from section to section. The sub bosses in each level are my favorite part since they just keep popping up until you fight the boss. The boss fights are fun, challenging, and really help put closure to the level. All enemies including bosses are so detailed that half the time you will want to just stare at the screen in awe ;) Music is different and original but really fits the theme well. Voice acting is very well done and the story is actually really good for a brawler action game. The controls are solid and do not get in the way. You can play the game slowly by racking up combos on single enemies or you can just go buck wild and rip through enemies as fast as possible. At first the game can be slow and easy for veteran gamers but the later levels start to kick up the challenge. Also after you beat the game you unlock more weapons and a Hard Mode which is quite challenging. The graphics and style of the game are unbelievable and very easy to follow. The pictures do not do the game justice, it looks even better in motion which is hard to believe since it looks amazing in the screens. Finally the game is just a good time ripping through mobs of people. Toss in the great sub boss fights, bloodbath challenges, and unique boss fights and you have a great game. Well worth the price! |
| hatmoza 2.0 (on 26 March 2009) I feel bad for Sega. They make great games yet no one recognizes them . |
| ulissesnascim (on 26 March 2009) Hey guys, please note that the numbers for the US include only the first two days of sales before complaining. Another update may be coming today. I would expect this to sell at least 500k =] |
| Chrizum (on 26 March 2009) LOL, you know the Wii is doing something right if all the trolls feel obliged to troll Wii game walls. Wii fans seldomly bother to troll the PS360 walls. |
 | Riot Of The Blood (on 26 March 2009) mediocre sales for a mediocre game. |
| J-Favs (on 26 March 2009) I got the soundtrack, WOOHOO. Its not bad but I would of prefered techno. |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 26 March 2009) I went to rent this game today and they didn't have it. I ended up getting MK vs DC instead. Ugh >_> |
 | Lurker (on 26 March 2009) This game flopped |
| Seraphic_Sixaxis (on 26 March 2009) why...are the sales so low? Nearly 50M Wii's world wide and this is the results first week? *sigh* |
 | fgkiller (on 25 March 2009) 70K Good First week I say. Perhaps It will hit at least a half mill. life time |
| Batman...WTF? (on 25 March 2009) It's mine now! MWAHAHAHAHA! |
| naruto3336 (on 25 March 2009) This game is just too good to be on an HD console. It would kill all the fun in the game. Though people will not agree I think that this game could only be made and made fun on the wii. |
| uno (on 24 March 2009) If this game were on the HD twins, you wouldnt get the gratifying feeling of cutting an opponent in half or impaling 3 guys with the gestural controls of the wiimote. You would just press a button. It will sell. Patience |
| NanakiXI (on 24 March 2009) Sonic and the Black Knight outdid it week 2 and people say it is a mediocre game. Hell Penguin Club almost sold more its second week and I saw no one hyping it up (Don't give me no BS handheld or different genre). Madworld may sell more second week in EU if it wasn't released in some areas but it isn't going to be amazing. Legs might take it to a mil if they do in fact last but this should be a 2mil+ seller just because the catchy name and violence. In all truth I'm jealouse that this only came out for the Wii. This game should have been a multiplatform release for major sales. Good luck with the sub-par profits Sega! |
| naruto3336 (on 24 March 2009) CHILLAX PEOPLE! wait for week two sales. |
| Seferoth75 (on 24 March 2009) Most places near me didnt even get the game until the 14th. I wonder how many other areas didnt have this game at all for the 13th. Anyway I knew sales of this game would be lower than most expected. When I went looking for Hotd last month I was told be 3 different Gamestops that if I wanted a PS3 or Wii game it was best to preorder because they only get 2-3 copies beyond the preorder amount. I did Preorder Madworld and it was the last copy in the store when I finally had the time to go by and pick it up. |
| Xen (on 24 March 2009) I predicted 72k... it seems I wasn't too far off.. and its sad that I wasn't.. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 24 March 2009) I would love for this game to hit a million but these sales are lower than I expected and I thought I under estimated :( Come on people, spread the word and show all your friends some of this game. I doubt they will be able to resist this once they see how awesome it is. Send emails with links to videos or just stop by their house with the game and let them get a taste of it! |
| AkiraGr (on 24 March 2009) To all the trolls that keep saying that madworld floped i have a good advice: Eat a Crow. I bought my copy today! |
| haxxiy (on 24 March 2009) I'm sure it will get up to 800k or the like. |
| uno (on 24 March 2009) do Nintendo fanboys post "fail" comments on PS3/360 game walls? What gives? The sales pattern of Wii games is different than PS3/360 games. Go splash your Haterade somewhere else. Great game. It will do fine. Patience. |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 24 March 2009) I've learned to never call a game a flop so soon after release. I got owned by COD: WaW Wii and just about every PS3 exclusive released before 2008 :( |
 | stof (on 24 March 2009) When was the last time a game wasn't released to 2 days of sales? Stop making that argument and just accept that Madworld is heading to one million sales in it's first year. |
 | Simulacrum (on 24 March 2009) Huge flop |
| snyperdud (on 24 March 2009) Even for one day of sales,it's low. Hopefully legs will develop. |
| Zugdar (on 24 March 2009) Let's hope the later release and the usual limited quantity of these kind of Wii games are whats keeping this game from higher sales. Not bad though. Could be better but Deadly Creatures got much worse. |
| coonana (on 24 March 2009) its probably not even 2 days as retailers do tend to open release it the next day. great sales. |
| Roflinator (on 24 March 2009) Madworld only has 1 or 2 days in Europe. :X Hopefully it'll do better next week. |
| snyperdud (on 23 March 2009) Other's did not want...too bad. the game looks great. |
| NanakiXI (on 23 March 2009) This game will do nothing in Japan either. This isn't a Suda51 game so 500,000 LTD copies won't be successful enough for Sega. The advertising had to cost a pretty penny as well, especially on highly viewed stations. The only reason I knew VC existed even was because of internet which = free advertisement from fans. Tell me I'm wrong (I don't care). I live in the real world where great movies can sell like shit but movies like Twilight could sell millions and millions. Same thing goes for games. I wanted KZ2 to sell 1mil+ EU alone first week but it failed. The Halo killer didn't even kill Resistance. It will sell more than Resistance 2 but legs can only get you so far. Basically people want to think Forza will outsell GT5. LBP will outsell Mario. GTA on DS will outsell GTA on PS360. We all now the true facts but we ignore and turn a blind eye. |
| NanakiXI (on 23 March 2009) @MontanaHatchet I respect you and all but this comment really wasn't toward you. I just laugh at all the over predictions made as I knew it would never sale these numbers. I would have loved to be proved wrong but I heard more bashing of this game outside of VGchartz (The real world) than praising. I'm sorry but even if this game does sell more than VC for PS3 I still think it is a fail. Extremely more niche genre of JRPG with 0 advertising in US and smallest userbase. Niche art style mixed with violence(Which Sells) and just as many commercials as Street Fighter IV or RE5 on TV + highest userbase. I honestly think 1st week sales are fail. My opinion it may be to some of you but that isn't good at all. Flame me all you want but Sega better be praying for some legs cause it is the only thing that can save it. It may have legs and be saved but my gut feeling says no it isn't going to happen. If I'm wrong then I'm glad to be wrong. We will see. |
 | AE86 (on 23 March 2009) Big time bomba. |
| SaviorX (on 23 March 2009) The Others sales will increase next week. It is almost a given. Still disappointing though, I had it at 24k, so I guess I was half-right. Still, 70,000 copies sold 1st week isn't bad at all. Can't wait to see America sales for the 2nd week. |
| b3n3v3nt3 (on 23 March 2009) Madworld only hits next friday in my country :( |
| naruto3336 (on 23 March 2009) Hope next week can take this to 200-300k? then a constant 20-30k will get it to a million in less than 4 months. |
| kopstudent89 (on 23 March 2009) hey i dont think this is available in all the EU teritory yet, next week numbers should give a better idea about sales |
| Chrizum (on 23 March 2009) 2 days, actually (friday and saturday). It did bad, no excuses. But let's wait for legs before deciding MadWorld's fate. America's sales are excellent though. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 23 March 2009) yes, its only one day of sales. |
 | level8-8 (on 23 March 2009) This only represents 1 day of sales, right? Next week's numbers (first full week on sale) will be larger. |
| MontanaHatchet (on 23 March 2009) Nanaki, Valkyria Chronicles has been out for months (even over a year in Japan if memory serves). MadWorld has been out for one week, and it's already sold about 60k in America for Valkria's 110k in America. I don't know where this sales dispute started, but it needs to stop. The game is having some great sales. |
| NanakiXI (on 23 March 2009) Valkyrie Chronicles outsold this game with 0 advertising compared to Madworld. People will insist this is great for a niche game but last time I checked violence is more popular than SRPGs. May break 500k but dream on if you think this will do better. |
| naruto3336 (on 23 March 2009) WOW!!! sales beat no more heroes sales. Considering that japan gave 11k to no more heroes in first week and the total was 70k this game did extremely good. NICE NICE! |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 23 March 2009) Good US - Painful Others... Hoping for legs. |
| Carl2291 (on 23 March 2009) lol epic sales :-) |
| 11ht11 (on 23 March 2009) ignore him, he likes to troll wii game pages |
| SmokedHostage (on 23 March 2009) @mjc2021 I really hope you're joking.. |
| SaviorX (on 23 March 2009) @mjc2021 You do realize The Conduit is 2 months from release right? Sgea "cutting" it would be the dumbest thing I have ever heard in many months. How many cel-shaded games have seen success on the "HD consoles"? And if so, where are their sequels? |
 | WiiStation360 (on 23 March 2009) @ mjc2021 Which HD games from Sega has better NA launches in that past year? I will save you the searching. There were none. |
| naruto3336 (on 23 March 2009) This game will gain more profit. This opening week is not bad. PLUS HotD is not a failure. You saw those sales??? Thought so...This will have massive legs. |
| mjc2021 (on 23 March 2009) As I expected, this game would have had more success on the HD consoles. Between the latest Sonic, HotD, and Madworld... that's three bombs in a row from Sega. They should cancel Conduit and cut their losses. |
| uno (on 22 March 2009) This game is DOPE!!! I suspect Sega realizes the sales pattern for Wii games and expect a steady stream of sales. Much like their Sonic and Mario Olympic game. |
| Lolcislaw (on 22 March 2009) Game kicks ass, i wonder will the release of GTA:Chinatown Wars have impact on sales... |
| Seferoth75 (on 22 March 2009) Another thing you have to look at is how many each retail store had. IN my area most Gamestops got 2-3 copies of the game. When I went to get my preorder it was the only copy in the store. Also how is 50k in one week bad? If it keeps those sales up that is 200k for a month. |
| naruto3336 (on 22 March 2009) @ ShadowSoldier Call of Duty: World at War? Star Wars: Force Unleashed? Guitar Hero: World Tour? Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock? Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga? Shaun White Snowboarding? de Blob? Rayman Raving Rabbids? House of the Dead 2 and 3? Resident Evil 4? Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles? Rock Band? Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures? RedSteel? These definitely do not have Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy in them! |
 | ShadowSoldier (on 22 March 2009) ...... If this and the conduit doesnt sell well I think we can safely assume that if a Third party game doesnt have Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest on it, its going to sell like Fat on a Turd |
| intro94 (on 22 March 2009) 60k in 1 week in US alone, love to say:i told you so^^.i think thats 6 times more than NMH first week and twice than WAW, which means this might sell a million quickly. |
| naruto3336 (on 22 March 2009) This game is not coming out in Japan according to my knowledge. |
| DiplomaticImmunity (on 22 March 2009) this is pretty bad |
 | 1337 Gamer (on 22 March 2009) thats too bad that its not selling great. 50000 is pathetic considering the wiis user base is almost 50M. |
| Agamemnon862 (on 22 March 2009) Not too bad, with EU and Japan it should reach 150k first week |
| marcianito (on 22 March 2009) very good numbers, remember it's all about legs on wii games, hopefully it does good in Europe too |
| Carl2291 (on 22 March 2009) Lots of sales i see... looks like i predicted right :-) |
| puffy (on 22 March 2009) I think it'll hit 500k in 12 weeks time.. Price drop will get it to the million, christmas will propel it past the million. No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle should do well off the back of MadWorld too (if it gets advertising this time of course) |
| novasonic (on 22 March 2009) I only played one stage sofar, but WOOW.. LOTS of fun! |
| naruto3336 (on 21 March 2009) @ thanny CoD:WaW also had a much worse start than this. Not to mention CoD was not even hyped. There are atleast 200k+ people who want this game that could not get it in the first week. Not to mention that this is only America. |
| Voltaire (on 21 March 2009) This was 5th top selling Wii game in Amazon.uk. I think itll do fine in Others. |
| sizynski (on 21 March 2009) This game is being advertised on ESPN. Sega and Gamestop are really going all out on the advertising end of things. Hope it results in sales. Even if it does the same 50,000-60,000 next week, I think that would be a success. Just keep the numbers flowing. |
 | Vas-y (on 21 March 2009) In Saturn in Austria they really want to get 60 fucking Euros for this game. It's like CoD:WaW, Quantum of Solace, Spidermen etc. Noone will buy a Wii game for 60€ when the normal prices are 40 - 45€. |
| thanny (on 21 March 2009) @naruto doubt it, CoD had christmas weeks after release. madworld wont get that sort of boost |
| naruto3336 (on 20 March 2009) @ Strategyking92 Sales will more likely be better than this. http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=23991®ion=All |
 | VonShigsy (on 20 March 2009) Let's just watch the legs of it. Wii titles tend to slowly build momentum. 500.000-600.000 perhaps. And 2nd week sales will surpass God Hand :-) |
| DOLBYdigital (on 20 March 2009) Just beat the game and unlocked the katana, double chainsaw, and hard mode :) Trust me the game is worth getting regardless of how long it takes you to beat the game. Hard mode will keep you busy for awhile as well and the levels are fun as hell. I can't believe this game isn't selling more, it deserves a lot more attention and sales. I really hope word of mouth helps get this game to gamers who don't read online sites etc... Remember to write Platinum Games after beating the game to let them know what you liked and didn't like as well as what you want to see in the SEQUEL! Hopefully enough people buy this one and we get a trilogy out of this happy |
 | Strategyking92 (on 20 March 2009) sales might be similar to this: http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=14557®ion=All let's hope not though. |
| naruto3336 (on 20 March 2009) MadWorld was a shoe-in for this category. Not only is it the most uniquely-presented game on the Wii, it's one of the most uniquely-presented games on any system right now. Its stark black and white visual style was a hell of a lot harder to achieve than you'd imagine – making sure the environment and objects were always readable and distinct for the player, and making sure that the world always looks interesting in black and white is no mean feat. Super stylish, with the constant bloodletting the perfect punctuation point on the rest of the presentation. |
| naruto3336 (on 20 March 2009) http://wii.ign.com/articles/964/964788p2.html This game won the Serving a Creative Vision Award in the graphics section. Still wondering if you should buy it or not? |
| waron (on 20 March 2009) madworld will do better probably in EU, but still i thought that US sales would be near 100k first week. as long as sega will keep making copies of this game just like with HotD madworld should hit atleast 1.2mln LTD. |
 | gameguy (on 20 March 2009) The reason this game sold well in its first week is because, unlike many other "hardcore" games on the Wii this game had an advertisement campaign behind it (commercials , etc...) Well done Sega. |
| Naum (on 20 March 2009) So how long is this game? have heard everything from 3,5-6 hours long? how long on hard mode?. don't think I'll spend 70$ on a game I can finish in a afternoon. |
| rulo_rezn0r (on 20 March 2009) people, rememebr how bad HotD 2 and 3 started? this game is gonna perform pretty well in the charts |
| snyperdud (on 20 March 2009) I hope this game has great legs. Looks like a fantastic game. |
| arsenicazure (on 20 March 2009) best debut this week barring RE:5.. not bad at all... |
| coonana (on 19 March 2009) This is also 4 days of tracking Im sure a full week would be higher. |
 | Megadude (on 19 March 2009) Gonna try and rent. |
| SaviorX (on 19 March 2009) I think for the 1st week, Europe will have 24k. Lifetime: 550k |
 | nordlead (on 19 March 2009) 60k is great. I don't know what hype you guys have been listening too. This wouldn't have sold significantly more or less on another system either. This is the same as No More Heroes. Tons of hype for a niche game. |
| puffy (on 19 March 2009) Wow nice sales for US, should get over 100k first week. That's a great start for Platinum Games! I predict that it'll drop off next week but it'll have strong word of mouth and get into a nice rhythm. |
| naruto3336 (on 19 March 2009) Might be adjusted up. Not to mention OTHERS. 200k by the end of 2nd week is my bet. HOPEFULLY |
| coasterlove (on 19 March 2009) The sales aren't bad at all. As of now (Mar 19), it hasn't launched outside the US yet. With those sales, it might be reasonably close to 100k. With hopefully typical Wii legs, it should have no problem selling half a million eventually. |
 | Ari_Gold (on 19 March 2009) will wait for NPD. 57 K seems too goood to be true |
| DiplomaticImmunity (on 19 March 2009) are you guys serious the game is good, but sales are CRAP |
| CONMAN15 (on 19 March 2009) I would expect this to drop off next week, but you never know what word of mouth, and advertising can do. Lets hope for the best. |
 | Myviewing (on 19 March 2009) LEGS??? |
| mandisc (on 19 March 2009) definitely an interesting game. Just beat the 1st boss and thoroughly enjoyed the wii motions lol |
 | ECC (on 19 March 2009) GREAT SALES!!! NOW WATCH THE LEGS!!! |
| naruto3336 (on 19 March 2009) LEGS FOSHO! |
 | Zuhyc (on 19 March 2009) Very good sales in the US for its first week. Will it have Wii legs? |
| *~Onna76~* (on 19 March 2009) Not bad at all, see, Wii owners are not all casual, party whores. Too bad I simply don't like these kind of "gore" games or else it would belong to my collection. I gave my money to Rune Factory Frontier, a game that needs it even more IMO. |
| sizynski (on 19 March 2009) Too soon to tell if this is a success. Certainly not a bad start. If it sells well again this week in the US and it catches on in Others, then Sega may actually have a hit on their hands. |
| Raido (on 19 March 2009) Good first week sales, I'm very happy about it! |
| Egghead (on 19 March 2009) Wow amazing start! |
 | travis (on 19 March 2009) This game is selling really well in it first week for a niche game. This site is so much full of haters or illusionate people. Seriously, you think that because a game is hyped on a geek site that it will sell 500 k first weak. Give me a break!! I was just reading yesterday someone beting that it would do 1 million first week. But whatever, the paterne always stay the same... Some predict completly innacurate prevision without taking in consideration any factors but their prayers and create a genreral expectation. After that come all the haters and fanboys smiling and screaming wii is casual or third party don't sell. Get real for jes'sake. This game is probably gonna sell more than No more heroes and stop somewhere in the 650k. This is going to be a big sucess for what it is, whatever one will say. |
| Roflinator (on 19 March 2009) @Gilgamesh: Oh please. Call of Duty World At War sold a million recently. Besides, are we even sure how well Madworld is gonna do in its lifetime sales? Besides, the game was released late in the week and half of the retailers didn't get the game til a few days later. 60k is actually decent. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 19 March 2009) I already prepared myself for disappointing sales since awesome games from small developers like Clover or Platinum Games never sell well. Its ashame since this game deserves well over a million sales. I am happy that it is showing up in the list of Best Sellers at ebgames.com. I would strongly suggest everyone show their friends about this game and encourage them to support this quality title. Also don't forget to write Platinum games and let them know what you liked/disliked and what you want to see in the sequel!! |
 | Gilgamesh (on 19 March 2009) I guess that just proves how much the Wii is a "Casual" machine. |
| primogen18 (on 19 March 2009) no others at all? |
 | siavm (on 19 March 2009) @radha: It would have done a little better if you would have bought the game. So don't talk about its sells. It actually looks like it is doing pretty good. |
 | radha (on 19 March 2009) that is a low first week sales, specially for a console with 40 million users. |
| tastyshovelware (on 19 March 2009) decent start. It would look much better if it wasn't smothered by both RE:5s. |
| kazad91 (on 19 March 2009) great for madworld, it very well deserves it |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 19 March 2009) Pretty sure SW benefited from it being close to the holidays, though. I don't think this'll have a massive drop, though. I think the lowest it might go in the US for week 2 is 35k. But I might be way too optimistic. |
| naruto3336 (on 19 March 2009) With the PAL sales it will be near 100k. |
| megaman79 (on 19 March 2009) @Phoenix, not neccesarily. Its only a few days and SW Wii had a much better 2nd week than first in US and Pal. http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=23927 |
| megaman79 (on 19 March 2009) You know what this says? It says Wii IS NOT casual exclusively, it says ADULTS over the age of 18 are interested and it also says ADVERTISING HELPS, Remember that 3rd parties. |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 19 March 2009) great opening, sadly the sales will drop |
| megaman79 (on 19 March 2009) MadWorld cherry popped. Its excellent, better 1st week (2 days) than COD Waw, ZW, NMH, HOTD OK, and it beat a game with the word Mario in the title. |
 | TopCat (on 19 March 2009) Good opening....considering it's only 1 day worth of sales. |
| Chrizum (on 19 March 2009) Good first week, better than I expected. |
 | Barozi (on 19 March 2009) nice start |
| SmokedHostage (on 19 March 2009) Impressive first week. I'm guessing there will be a nasty drop though. possibly into 12k-20k. |
| Majin-Tenshinhan (on 19 March 2009) Pretty nice first week! :D Sure hope legs keep this game up, too. With any luck, it might pass 100k worldwide first week? Probably not. Think Others might have 20-30k. |
| BoneArk (on 19 March 2009) I think it sell better next week, but 60k still good. =) |
| AkiraGr (on 19 March 2009) 60k first week and it's out! Go buy it you monkeys! |
 | WhiteX (on 19 March 2009) Go get this game, anyone that reads this, it is very good game that deserves our support, it is short but itis a very fun ride. |
 | segajon (on 18 March 2009) Segajon may have to buy a Wii because of this game?? |
| naruto3336 (on 18 March 2009) This game will have awesome sales on the first week. |
| OmegaRugalv3 (on 18 March 2009) Just got it ... can't wait to play it. Will be the perfect game to play after beating RE5. |
| intro94 (on 18 March 2009) mmm i predict against those odds.This game was 10 times more hyped AND advertised than NMH and that at least got 390k sales,not to mention it got even better reviews.So 600k in a year or less is what i asume.Havent been wrong gamewise in years so i will check this later. |
| Onimusha12 (on 17 March 2009) like most games by this studio, it will sell poorly, recieve decent praise but all in all fail to achive any great commercial success, hopefully this game seeds a franchise for future enjoyment. |
 | Theo (on 17 March 2009) I'm still on the wall with this game, dunno if I'm going to get it. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 17 March 2009) This game deserves a million sales but I am tired of being optimistic for the Wii owners. Realistically this game will get around 500k max and that is disappointing since it deserves much more. I personally took my time with the game and it took me around 6 hours to beat the game. It also depends if you have it on the unlockable HARD mode. I don't think it is repetitive since the levels and bosses are so varied. But everyone has their opinion, I just wish more people would buy the game and then form one ;) |
| redsoxfan9477 (on 17 March 2009) This game was only out for half a week during its first week, so you have to look at both first and second week sales. |
| CONMAN15 (on 17 March 2009) I'm going to stick with a first week prediction of 75k-80k WW. I mean that number when adding together NA, and others sales for first week. 45k NA, and 30-35k others. |
| pmaster4 (on 17 March 2009) the game play time is really stopping me from getting this game :( |
| puffy (on 17 March 2009) Preorded! Have to wait until March 26th for the Australian release.. I'm glad it's short or I'd have to wait for my mid semester break to play it D: I've also told all my mates about it and they can't wait :D |
| Valkyria00 (on 16 March 2009) Beat the game in 3:25 hours. Its really short. Fun but repetitive and short. |
| DiplomaticImmunity (on 16 March 2009) i wonder if it can reach 400k first week, one of my friends *NINTENDO FANBOYS*, told me about this game it looks good btw |
 | Finnbar (on 16 March 2009) Got my copy today, our EB games only got one copy in and its mine! muhahah. Decent game so far, just got through with the first boss. |
| a3hmax (on 16 March 2009) The game is too much violent for japanese audiences, and too much west style, there nobody wants sandbox games like us. Playing in hard roght now. |
 | MasterZack (on 16 March 2009) hope this game will sell ok |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 16 March 2009) @ SmokedSausage Then I should hope you buy Bayonetta later this year >_> I hope this sells well. |
| Arius Dion (on 15 March 2009) Nothing serious, but it happens on occasion. |
| SmokedHostage (on 15 March 2009) Anyoen else have some serious framerate hiccups? Anyway.. I love this game. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I'm a Platinum Games fanboy now. |
| redsoxfan9477 (on 15 March 2009) Heard about all the hype for this game so I decided to pick it up. Definitely worth it, one of the most fun games I have ever played |
 | Mr.Y (on 15 March 2009) CONMAN15, the game was designed for the western market. It is what a lot of Japanese developers are aiming for. |
| CONMAN15 (on 15 March 2009) I find that weird that its not coming to japan. Isn't platinum games a japanese dev? |
| Voltaire (on 15 March 2009) I think itll do more, Amazon sold out on day one (and preorders were greater than expected apparently). Id say >50K, but |
| SaviorX (on 15 March 2009) 59k first week? |
| Valkyria00 (on 15 March 2009) Its not going to be released in Japan. |
| CONMAN15 (on 15 March 2009) When does this come out in Japan? do you guys think it will do well there? I'd hope it could do at least 20k first week there. |
| puffy (on 15 March 2009) Will preorder tommorrow! |
 | TreasureFanboy (on 15 March 2009) Yeah I also tought it shared some similarities with No More Heroes. The more I play this game, the more I love it!! |
| shinyuhadouken (on 15 March 2009) i will probably pick it up one day. |
| Valkyria00 (on 15 March 2009) Oh and its short and very easy. Ive never played a beat em up though so not sure if thats how theyre suppose to be. Might die once on a boss but thats it. |
| Valkyria00 (on 15 March 2009) This games great. Its not as fucking amazing as everyone might think or make it out to be though. I enjoy it. Its like a cleaned up version of NMH. I enjoy it but theres still areas that can use some tweaking. Its a good game though and Im enjoying it. |
 | MANUELF (on 14 March 2009) I had saw very few copies for the game so or is a succes or the retails ordered few copies. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 14 March 2009) Save up your pennies.... Become a gigolo.... Mow some lawns.... If you like action games or fighters then please do whatever necessary and get this game. It will not disappoint, once you learn the controls it is all over ;) |
| SmokedHostage (on 14 March 2009) @amer he's European and can't get the game til the 20th. |
 | shizzlee (on 13 March 2009) My brother plays this too much... |
 | ameratsu (on 13 March 2009) Do you own a Wii but haven't purchased this game? ...What are you waiting for? Get off vgchartz and go buy a copy if you are old enough to do so. |
| AkiraGr (on 13 March 2009) Lucky bastards!!! I have to wait 6 more days to purchuse mine!!!! Ohh the envy! |
| CONMAN15 (on 12 March 2009) I freakin love this game. So satisfying to do those finishers with the wii remote, and throw enemies around. Spread the word, and buy this one everybody. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 12 March 2009) 2 days about 9 levels into the game and I can confirm that this game is Sweet and worthy of purchase. The boss fights are really the strongest gameplay part for me and there are a lot of them ;) Style and graphics are unbelievable and simply stunning. The detail that can be seen with two colors is remarkable! I really hope this game sells well cause Platinum Games is simply amazing and I would love to see more. Please write them and let them know what you like and don't like about the game after beating it. They want to know what WE want in the sequel!! |
| BoneArk (on 12 March 2009) This game is crazy fun. |
| SmokedHostage (on 12 March 2009) Wonderful game so far, I've been waiting for a good SEGA beat-em-up for years and this doesn't disappoint. |
 | superchunk (on 11 March 2009) got, still in wrapper as I need to get some hw done and kids to bed. however, tonight i will be slashin' and killin' |
| frank242 (on 11 March 2009) whaaaaattttt a fantastic game,its not just about violence the gameplay grafics,and the bosses o my god,you guys must see to believe,at least a game to be fully played on the wii. |
| frank242 (on 11 March 2009) one of the best games ever creted,please suport this worth title,manhunt its a child game compared to this one. |
| Kenology (on 11 March 2009) Got it! Lovin' it! |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 11 March 2009) excellent game so far. |
 | I like Bacon (on 11 March 2009) Beat the first 2 levels so far! Awesome! ^_^ |
 | barret232hxc (on 11 March 2009) this game is amazing |
| Batman...WTF? (on 11 March 2009) Sega has been doing a pretty good job advertising this. |
| CONMAN15 (on 10 March 2009) I will own this on friday. |
| Voltaire (on 10 March 2009) I hope this does 1 million, it really depends on SEGAs advertising now. |
| naruto3336 (on 10 March 2009) Agreed but i think 2 million is a safer bet. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 10 March 2009) Many people disregard the ability that they have to help a game sell. Remember that many wii owners do not read gaming sites or know about many new games. So we all can make a difference and help the Wii game library become more diversified by spreading the word about new and quality games like MadWorld. I know there at least 1 million Wii gamers that are looking for a great action game. So if this game doesn't sell well then I will be sorely disappointed. |
| Onimusha12 (on 10 March 2009) let's hope for the best and expect the worst. This studio is infamous for making great games that sell like shit and its on the Wii. |
 | vess13 (on 09 March 2009) 2:23 hrs. till a release here, omgomgomgomg!!!!!!! |
| naruto3336 (on 09 March 2009) 9 from ign and nintendo power. AWESOME NEWS! goona sell a million fosho |
 | StarcraftManiac (on 09 March 2009) 9.0 from IGN!!! Hope this has a sweet debut and some legs! |
 | Hoffmole (on 09 March 2009) If this sells even 1 million then I'll eat my handbag |
 | Senrii (on 09 March 2009) Let's hope it'll sell that much... =) |
| megaman79 (on 09 March 2009) This will be the best selling of the 3 Sega games. If HOTD can do a million and Conduit can do 1.5 mill, especially following great reviews and critical acclaim, then this will do 2 million within a yr. |
| naruto3336 (on 08 March 2009) you mean like awesome! i see it selling more than halo wars... |
| Green Penguin (on 08 March 2009) This game will sell like crap |
| naruto3336 (on 06 March 2009) This game will sell over the top! |
| Hoffmole (on 05 March 2009) I'm so scared this game will sell fuck all. All the things I love about video games are being shat on... whether by Wii music or gears of war... same difference. Remember when video games were just fun? Dumb, ingenious fun? No stuck-up space marines or contrived attempts at being taken seriously. Just fun. This is kind of a beacon for me, and I'm so afraid of no sales being the final nail in a coffin I never wanted to bury. |
| kopstudent89 (on 05 March 2009) i want this game!!!! Omg!! a month ago i wasn't so excited, but its the only game i rly want at the moment! I haven't felt this hyped since SMG! |
| 11ht11 (on 03 March 2009) same here |
 | Blacksaber (on 03 March 2009) I just saw a full Madworld commercial! |
| BoneArk (on 03 March 2009) One more week! =) |
| Phoenix_Wiight (on 01 March 2009) one week, two days |
 | SunRedRX7 (on 28 February 2009) Pre-ordered a copy for me, and a copy for my brother. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 26 February 2009) Please tell everyone you know about this game. We need to get the word out about this quality game. If this sells well then Platinum Games said they'll release sequels and other hardcore games on the Wii. I personally am getting 3 copies of this game and giving 2 to my friends. This is one of the pivotal games in the wii library that will show publishers and investors that there is a hardcore market on the Wii and we are hungry! I will end with a quote from Kamiboy: "This is it my friends, this studio is one of the last bastions of creativity still standing in Japan. A small band of idealists taking on the fast approaching bloated hulking giant of western mediocrity casting its suffocating shadow on this industry." |
| naruto3336 (on 25 February 2009) One of the best WII games of the year!!!!!!!!! |
 | wiisley64 (on 21 February 2009) Can't wait for this game looks awesome. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 19 February 2009) This title it being produced by Platinum games who are made up of ex devs from many well known studios. The main one being 'Clover Studios' who produced amazing titles like Okami, Viewtiful Joe, and also worked with Capcom on Resident Evil 4, among other titles as well. So these guys KNOW what they are doing! The devs decided to use a black and white design that is inspired by american comic books. They did this because the game is all about brutality and they felt having blood red be the only color, helped emphasize this aspect. If you watch the game in motion, you will be blown away at how stylized and amazing it looks. The game is a 3-D brawler type similar to Final Fight or Double Dragon and story is about a Death Match sport (similar to Running Man). The main character, Jack, has a chainsaw on one of his arms and can deal out deadly linkable combos and moves. Another big part of the combat is being able to use the environment. One example, is ramming a sign post through your opponents head which then allows you to do a variety of other moves (like throwing them into a wall of spikes). Throw in some great voice acting like Greg Propes, John DiMaggio, and Steve Blum. Along with some solid controls that do not overuse the motion and this game looks absolutely fantastic. Finally the team has already said that there will be sequels in the works if this game sells well! |
 | oliist (on 19 February 2009) Confirmed PAL release date: 20th of March |
| Zucas (on 19 February 2009) I must say this game is getting some pretty good advertising through Gamestop and it's affiliates. Lot's of advertisments for it around the stores, in Game Informer, among other things. Hopefully Sega will continue this marketing closer to release with other retailers and of course with commercial marketing. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 15 February 2009) There are a bunch of great videos and good interviews with Platinum games at wii IGN. They are really trying to show the public this amazing game. 2 mins of direct feed :) This game will rock our socks off! Buy it so they make sequels which they already mentioned they wanted to do :) |
| naruto3336 (on 12 February 2009) I think: Japan:0( Will not be there probably and even if it is 0 sales) America: 1million Others:300k |
| Green Penguin (on 11 February 2009) I predict the game will sell like this: Japan 0(Even if it ends up coming out there) Others 400 Thousand America 900 Thousand Total: 1.3 Million Worldwide I think this game will be to violent to sell well in others. |
| DOLBYdigital (on 18 January 2009) Ahh Platinum games.... how I love thee... let me count the ways ;) Seriously though this game looks like a huge breath of fresh air compared to any game that I have played in awhile (and I play a lot of games on many different platforms) Finally remember that word of mouth is a great, free marketing method that we can use. I always show my friends cool, fun games that they may not know about. So get the game and show you friends and they will come ;) |
| primogen18 (on 18 January 2009) @naruto, Your enthusiasm is good but seriously, your "telling people to buy a game" is starting to get really annoying around here, sorry. Also, technically some people can "own" the game as of now because they are taking pre-orders. If I went out and paid it completely off, technically I own the game now. I don't have it in my possession and cannot give it a fair rating as of now, but I own it. Maybe that is what they have done? |
| naruto3336 (on 11 January 2009) we need more hits!!!!! |
| Batman...WTF? (on 10 January 2009) This game is a load of epic win. This and Conduit are gonna be my top games of '09. This will be one of the... How the hell do three people own it already? |
| naruto3336 (on 09 January 2009) sales should be hitting 1 million atleast! with a 300k-400k opening week!! even though not a lot of advertising is done, we can spread the word to friends and tell them to buy the game!! Even i am doing that, tell them to buy the game right when it comes out! |
| primogen18 (on 09 January 2009) This game looks very good. I was afraid there would be no advertising for it (as much as most Wii hardcore games get, while Halo got a Mountain Dew flavor I never ONCE saw a single commercial for NMH/ CoD/MoH or Metroid 3), but I at least see a huge poster at my local Gamestops for it along with the other games for pre-order. Why doesn't wii have ANY commercials for games outside of the "wiisports/fit/play" games? Honestly, I DONT see them not even during the Holidays. I saw a Mario Kart one once, but why don't these games get adverts? There are trailers online for games, do they ever reach anyone not sitting at a computer? |
| BoneArk (on 08 January 2009) Wiki said it comes out 3/10/09 in NA. 3/31/09 in Europe. |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 31 December 2008) @ Conduit I think you mean core audience... Nice box art btw. |
| TheConduit (on 30 December 2008) Finally a great Hardcore game this plus The Conduit, House of the dead overkill, No more heroes 2, Red steel 2, Sin and Punishment will give the Wii a chance at getting the casual audience |
 | DanielD (on 07 December 2008) It's good to see Platinum is making a violent game for the Wii. |
| Zucas (on 24 August 2008) Can't wait for this game. |
 | super_etecoon (on 21 August 2008) This game sure has a lot of hits for the number of comments/screenshots on the page. |
 | brawl4life (on 20 August 2008) This game looks awesome reminds me of one my favorite movies Sin City . Must buy !. |
| --OkeyDokey-- (on 16 August 2008) I'd be really looking forward to this if I wasn't 100% certain that it will be banned in Australia. |
| thas (on 15 August 2008) Will have to see what it offers, but seems interesting. |
| SaviorX (on 14 August 2008) No More Heroes meets Gears of War...this game will be very interesting. |
