Sega: Wii is this generation's PS2

Former Nintendo rival is putting its money where its mouth is, releasing three high profile mature games in the first half of the year.

When the Wii's sales began to outpace the PS2's, I said that it was good because it would inevitably lead to a wider variety of games. It looks like Sega agrees with me, and is taking one of the biggest third-party gambles we've seen in awhile, and for that exact reason.

"The Wii has become this generation's version of the PlayStation 2, reaching all parts of the market and selling tens of millions of units," [Sega President Simon Jeffery] says.

This is Jeffery's rationale for why Sega is releasing three major hardcore Wii titles in 2009, with House of the Dead Overkill already on store shelves. The higher-profile MadWorld hits next month, and The Conduit in June. Now, you could argue Sega's probably banking on Mario &?Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games to soak up any losses that come from those three titles... or you could argue that Sega wants to be the first third-party publisher ready with a solid slate of M-rated triple A?titles to greet the massive new Wii install base.

The Conduit screens on GamePro.com

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TribefanNick

Ready for Indians Baseball.....Hope all the hermits who play video games will try to enjoy some outside activities.

AANTHUNDER

BlackSwordsman01 wrote:

Except PS2 actually had games to play.

PS2 had its share of flops and trash but that was over a SEVEN YEAR period. The wii on the other hand has just about as many garbage titles as the PS2 in less than 2 yrs. Sega has made a decent game in years.

StormKing

weinymew wrote:

Sega........this years 3D0

Last years too......and the year before that....and the year before that....

albinac

are all of you moans paid to bad mouth the wii or are you all sooooooooo boared with your super powerfull xbox360/ps3 that you have nothing better to do than go on the internet to talk about how bad the wii is. isnt there a tripple a title to be played on the other console which is worth spendding more time playing and less time moaning. oh i guess not.i think i will buy the wii.

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