When Electronic Arts announced Dead Space Extraction for the Wii—a follow-up to the million-plus selling PS3, 360, and PC title Dead Space—the company explained that the game would be used as a test case to see whether or not it would develop more Mature-rated Wii games in the future. And according to NPD sales figures, Extraction failed: it sold just 9,200 copies in its first week. So what does this mean for the future of Mature Wii games? Sega has publicly stated that it will “probably not” continue developing this style of game due to the low sales of Extraction. But are things really that bad? Ars digs into the numbers to see whether or not there really is a market for Mature games on the Wii.
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