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MadWorld Murders HOTD: Overkill, Sega Happy With Sales

Paul Street | April 17, 2009

MADWORLDSega: Sales of 66,000 Units Is ‘Encouraging’ for Wii’s Most Adult Game

MadWorld might not be to everybody’s taste and is about as far away as you can get to some of Sega’s classic ‘blue sky’ games but that’s rather the point. Releasing such a mature game for Nintendo’s family friendly Wii was always going to be a bit of a gamble but it’s one Sega modestly think has paid off.

Gamautra have received sales figures from the NPD group claiming MadWorld has sold around 66,000 copies since it went on sale in America. While not setting the world on fire like Sega’s combo of Mario, Sonic and the Olympics, MadWorld has scored a minor victory outselling the ‘hardcore’ House of the Dead: Overkill. The lightgun prequel only managed to shift 45,000 units in its first month.

 Despite the lack of chart success compared to other titles Sega remain optimistic. Sean Ratcliffe; Sega of America Executive has said in a recent interview;

“House of the Dead has done very well and has absolutely met our expectations. The first set of data for Madworld is very encouraging, as well.”

For those of you on the fence over MadWorld you’ll want to check back at TSSZ tomorrow for our extensive review. It’s better than being impaled ass first on the fence at least unlike some poor MadWorld bad guys.

Filed Under Gaming News, Sega 

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7 Responses to “MadWorld Murders HOTD: Overkill, Sega Happy With Sales”

  1. TailstheHedgehog on April 17th, 2009 9.54 pm

    I watched the zero punctuation review on it, yahtzee compared it to a balloon slowly being let out with a loud *phoooooooooooopshhh* then again that IS yahtzee… probably more out for a laugh than an actual review…and he hates everything so not o reliable…still hilarious xD
    Anyway, I’ll be on the lookout for that review then tssz!

  2. Skai Cyan on April 17th, 2009 10.40 pm

    Grr, I still need to get mine, I only played my friend’s.

  3. Chaosmaster8753 on April 17th, 2009 11.02 pm

    I never expected MadWorld to do that well, especially seeing as Resident Evil 5 came out around the same time. I’d rather buy MadWorld than Resident Evil 5 any day.

  4. Werehog on April 18th, 2009 10.07 am

    SEGA rules! :D

  5. Spider on April 18th, 2009 2.00 pm

    Hey, I’m one of those 66k because I brought it.

  6. Cartwright on April 18th, 2009 4.42 pm

    Madworld is a great game for sure, SEGA should be applauded for bringing mature games to the Wii and giving us something to play! XD

  7. JJ on April 21st, 2009 2.19 pm

    Hey, it outsold Sonic and the Black Knight so that’s…something!

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