"I'm not sure we'll know how well it did for at least 6 months to a year. The Wii sales performance is different than the 360 or PS3. It doesn't have the giant opening week followed by dead silence. Games start slow and through word of mouth tend to grow. That being said, Madworld was never likely to succeed, very few highly stylized games have sold well, on any platform, particularly in niche markets like brawlers. Look at Clover Studios Godhand, a reasonable comparison on PS2. It was a very similar game and did very poorly. Publishers need reasonable expectations when they adventurous outside the standard 3-4 genres popular with hardcore gamers."

"Well i think its far too violent. I like Core games but this is not one for me. Rather have RE5 or the Conduit."

"The Wii completely abandoned the demographic that likes this genre long, long ago. It's no surprise that an ultra-violent game released on a system that showcases infinite amounts of shovelware like Nintendogs and Party Babies has failed. Had this been released on the Xbox 360 it probably would have enjoyed moderate success."

""The Wii completely abandoned the demographic that likes this genre long, long ago." No. Simply No. The Wii never catered to this crowd to begin with. The Wii as a platform was designed to be approachable by literally everyone. It doesn't target certain niches. Yes, it has shovelware. It has party babies. It has mini games. But it also has great sports games, racing games, platformers, shooters, adventure games, sims, etc. It has everything. Maybe you like the games maybe you don't, but it's not the hardware. Its the developers. Nintendo is pumping out its usual, hig quality, high fun-factor games. Third parties are pumping out the cash ins. It's going to take some time and some high quality third party titles to convince customers that not all third party games are shovelware. You and I both know that if you grab a game off the Wii shelf at Target or Walmart, its more likely than not to be garbage. This needs to change before a title like Madworld can really shine. Even so, a game like Madworld is incredibly niche, as I mentioned in my last post. Similar games have done just as poorly on PS3, Xbox and even the almighty PS2. So this comment is also nonsense, "Had this been released on the Xbox 360 it probably would have enjoyed moderate success." Sorry, just not true."

"Doesn't surprise me at all, in fact it would be interesting to know what numbers they thought they would sell, which is what would have informed their business decision to make such a title. Even on Xbox or PS3 this would be a niche title: a brawling game -> with excessive gore -> with stylised graphics. On Wii, it's inside another niche, the small adult gamer market on that platform. Doesn't take a genius to realise that's a small number of customers you're aiming at."

"I am pretty hardcore PC gamer with the a better than XBOX 360 level rig. At the moment I rack up hours with L4D. Hours waiting for games to start, friends to all be able to join, people not to quit when they are losing. :-) I would never exchange keyboard and mouse for a gamepad. But I have just bought a Wii after seeing a number of appealing adult games on the system. What i want from a console is pure quick and easy fun. The Wii delivers. So does my Dreamcast and arcade sticks. Both Madworld and Overdose have had me grinning ear to ear. Sure the Wii isn't a serious ultra HD gaming machine. That's what the PC is for!"