Sega was one of the main companies leading the charge for core titles on the Wii, though now might be a case of once bitten, twice shy. Sega marketing VP Alan Pritchard admits that MadWorld may have been a better fit for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and that the performance of the system of late has caused the publisher to revise its strategy.
“The Wii as a platform is in a strange place,” said Pritchard. “We’ve got the economic situation. It’s hard for retailers, and consumers are buying fewer products. The Wii had such a massive amount of success for three years; things are different now.”
“It’s hard for the core titles. Going back 12 or 18 months when we release those titles, it was a risk,” he said. “Nintendo was supportive of the strategy. There was an intent to take the Wii console a little older, and make a more core machine. So games like MadWorld, House of the Dead and Conduit fit that strategy.”
Source: GameInformer
