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Sega Boss: "Flood of Crap" on Wii

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By Kris Graft

August 14, 2008

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"The Wii is a great opportunity for hitting hardcore gamers. No one is doing that."

The Wii software library is becoming inundated with sub-par games, but it doesn't have to be that way, says Sega of America president Simon Jeffery.

"The Wii is a very cost effective platform to experiment with," he told Venture Beat. "There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii in general."

Sega was one of the first developers on board with the Wii from the get-go, and has released titles such as Sonic and the Secret Rings and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, the latter of which Jeffery expects to sell "more than 7 million units" by year-end.

He continued, "...If it’s not a good game, it doesn’t sell. That flood of crap will die down as publishers become more coherent."

While the Wii has proven a hit in the mainstream market, Jeffery feels that the console's current library doesn't sufficiently satisfy hardcore gamers' desires.

He said that the upcoming mature-themed game MadWorld from Platinum Games (the promising Japanese studio founded by former Clover Studio members) will address the hardcore audience.

"The Wii is a great opportunity for hitting hardcore gamers," Jeffery said. "No one is doing that. With MadWorld (pictured) from Platinum Games, we are trying to show that millions of Wii gamers want to move on to mature games. They don’t have to have an Xbox 360 to do that."

He added that the "Wii is just a fad" argument is "very much disproven."

TechRyze's picture
On August 20th TechRyze said:

Sega have been making a mess for years now.

Want some Kudos? Try making a decent Sonic game for the consoles, remake Daytona USA with plenty of tracks and online play for the 360/Wii/PS3/PSP.

Also - where's the Wii version of Virtua Tennis?

Streets of Rage? Any chance of a QUALITY update to this?

Sega need to shut up and deliver if you ask me.

Philip_Arcan's picture
On August 17th Philip_Arcan said:

So, the strategy here is to link the casual gamers’ habits to the world of hardcore gamers?

Unfortunately are hardcore gamers (especially the ones who feel at home with games like Madworld) generally quite sensitive to and picky about graphics. It wouldn’t therefore be far fetched to believe this strategy actually would usher the potential hardcore Wii users into the camp of their two major adversaries.

Philip Arcan

Andrew_S's picture
On August 16th Andrew_S said:

Nintendo's lenient quality control is to blame. But, who cares, right? Nintendo "prints money." It's all a laugh.

NickgamertagO1's picture
On August 15th NickgamertagO1 said:

Well, maybe this new game their publishing will actually be decent...maybe not.

Ozzman_79's picture
On August 15th Ozzman_79 said:

"Flood of crappy/shovelware games on teh Wii......but wait, our (insert upcoming release title here) title will change all that. Make sure to pick it up."

Haven't heard THIS before.

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On August 15th Sabrewulf said:

Yeah that flood of crap includes 'Iron Man' and 'Hulk' published by..........oh yeah SEGA!!