{"id":191933,"date":"2010-01-17T19:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T00:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/17\/a-mad-world-ars-analyzes-the-mature-rated-wii-market\/"},"modified":"2010-01-17T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T00:26:43","slug":"a-mad-world-ars-analyzes-the-mature-rated-wii-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/191933","title":{"rendered":"A mad world: Ars analyzes the Mature-rated Wii market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/01\/a-mad-world-ars-analyzes-the-mature-rated-wii-market.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/assets\/2010\/01\/madworldwii-thumb-230x130-11215-f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n        <!--body--><\/p>\n<p>When Electronic Arts announced <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/reviews\/2009\/10\/youre-already-dead-ars-reviews-dead-space-extraction.ars\"><i>Dead Space Extraction<\/i><\/a> for the Wii&#8212;a follow-up to the million-plus selling PS3, 360, and PC title <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/reviews\/2008\/10\/dead-space-review.ars\"><i>Dead Space<\/i><\/a>&#8212;the company explained that the game would be <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2009\/09\/dead-space-extraction-a-test-for-wii-from-ea.ars\">used as a test case<\/a> to see whether or not it would develop more Mature-rated Wii games in the future. And according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/25749\/Dead_Space_Extraction_Sees_Slow_Early_Start.php\">NPD sales figures<\/a>, <i>Extraction<\/i> 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 &#8220;probably not&#8221; continue developing this style of game due to the low sales of <i>Extraction<\/i>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/01\/a-mad-world-ars-analyzes-the-mature-rated-wii-market.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\" title=\"Click here to continue reading this article\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/mt-static\/plugins\/ArsTheme\/images\/read-more.jpg\" alt=\"Read the rest of this article...\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/H7uBiVIl1CepCnxtF0QMbF608CM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/H7uBiVIl1CepCnxtF0QMbF608CM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/H7uBiVIl1CepCnxtF0QMbF608CM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/H7uBiVIl1CepCnxtF0QMbF608CM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?i=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?i=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=0sS0dYq3zxs:lhSmYKtPQeY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~4\/0sS0dYq3zxs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/index\/~3\/0sS0dYq3zxs\/a-mad-world-ars-analyzes-the-mature-rated-wii-market.ars\" >Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Electronic Arts announced Dead Space Extraction for the Wii&#8212;a follow-up to the million-plus selling PS3, 360, and PC title Dead Space&#8212;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. 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