Mature Wii Games Need A Little Something Special

Mature games have not had it easy on the Wii. Games like MadWorld and No More Heroes, which are critically acclaimed, have struggled in sales. This leads some people to make the claim that Mature games can't be made on the Wii, because when it comes down to pure sales figures, they have just not been able to come close to the "Wii Plays" and "Wii Fits" on the Wii.

There has been some success, however, and that has come from the Resident Evil franchise. Games like Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles have managed to make quite a place for themselves on the Wii. Masachika Kawata, a producer of the Resident Evil franchise recently came out and discussed why Resident Evil is a different story when it comes to sales, and gave some insight into how to reproduce the success.

Masachika Kawata attributed Resident Evil's success on it being a household franchise, which helped hasten its acceptance on the Wii. With Resident Evil 4 already being hailed as one of the greatest games of all time, it was only natural that the Wii iteration would sell well. He also talked about other reasons why the games sold, discussing the idea of having to be fully dedicated to your game: "We were serious about creating and developing this particular game, and therefore the fan will accept and recognize our effort."

This isn't to say that he doesn't think that there are other good mature games out there, like the aforementioned titles, but instead he seems to be saying that they just weren't popular enough. "We were lucky that we’ve got the Resident Evil brand, which is well-known all around the world."

Do you agree that games like MadWorld and No More Heroes would have sold better, had they had a more aggressive advertising campaign to spread the word further? Or perhaps sequels of such games will sell better because they are of a known quantity?

Via Destructoid