Madworld only tanked in the UK

Let me explain. This last sunday i went to a wedding and met my cousin who has a Wii console. We had a chat anbout whatever then he mentioned the Wii. He said, "I want to get a PS3, the wii is too kiddy". I wasn't shocked, i just asked him, have you heard of Madworld? He said no. I then asked him about a bigger title. Have you heard of Overkill. He said no. I was shocked. Take note he also bought brawl and other "hardcore games".

While the USA got a bad ass advert/commercial for 30 secs, in the UK the ad's sucked. No really, if you compare them, the UK ones suck. Plus, i doubt the wii owners in UK hardly know about it.

MAdworld debuted 35th in uk. In comparison, i believe it debuted 8th in Australlia, and sold 50k+ in USA at launch which is dam good if you ask me.

There you go guys, madworld tanked in UK b/c the marketing team really had no idea about marketing ie, when to market, length, making it look good etc.

I live in Australia and I have seen absolutely no advertising here but it still sold pretty well considering.tommy--F

House of the Dead had advertising and did okay here (still in the Wii top 10).

The UK ads show off more of the gore and the violence and it's tanking there

The US ads don't show as much of the gore or violence and it's tanking here

So the argument about ads being good cannot be made, there's both kinds of ads out there and the game sells badly both places

The game is just not going to sell. It's doing horribly

Hi All,

Igot the game from my aunt for my birthday! Yeah

Jay........you always have something to write about madworld (not good or bad really).I have a quesion for you. Did you buy it and have you played it and if so what did you think>?

I live in germany and i've only seen tv ads for nintendo games so far.

We do not know if Madworld and HotD are tanking. There is SO much we do not know. We do not know how much it cost to make the games, Sega's expectations, and the ACTUAL numbers are fairly unknown at this point.

We do not know if Madworld and HotD are tanking. There is SO much we do not know. We do not know how much it cost to make the games, Sega's expectations, and the ACTUAL numbers are fairly unknown at this point.

kardine

yes. it is very hard to know about everything that is 'behind the scenes'. you can never know for sure sometimes. and there are other factors aside from sales.

Jay........you always have something to write about madworld (not good or bad really).I have a quesion for you. Did you buy it and have you played it and if so what did you think>?

PA_DUTCH

I have something to say about just about anything :P

I had it at the top of my list once my boycott stopped but now it's down the list. I don't like games that make me do the same thing over and over again pretending that's somehow a long playing game.

I've seen it in action and I'll play it on other person's Wii's but I wont own it myself until later. And considering the way it's selling the price cuts soon will make it an easier game to ask for

[QUOTE="PA_DUTCH"]

Jay........you always have something to write about madworld (not good or bad really).I have a quesion for you. Did you buy it and have you played it and if so what did you think>?

I have something to say about just about anything :P

I had it at the top of my list once my boycott stopped but now it's down the list. I don't like games that make me do the same thing over and over again pretending that's somehow a long playing game.

I've seen it in action and I'll play it on other person's Wii's but I wont own it myself until later. And considering the way it's selling the price cuts soon will make it an easier game to ask for

[QUOTE="tommy--F"]I live in Australia and I have seen absolutely no advertising here but it still sold pretty well considering.Nintendo_Man

House of the Dead had advertising and did okay here (still in the Wii top 10).

The game is not really that important over there.

let me find that article that says segas impressed w madworld/hotd selling over there expectations its around here somewhere