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Sales performance for the Wii-exclusive was modest, increasingly typical for Mature-rated games (ages 17 and up) that appear on Nintendo’s generally family-friendly console.

Madworld has been well-received by game reviewers, earning an average score of 82 percent on Metacritic.

While its recent M-rated Wii games aren’t lighting up charts in blockbuster fashion, Sega of America marketing exec Sean Ratcliffe claimed in a recent VentureBeat interview that “House of the Dead has done very well and has absolutely met our expectations. The first set of data for Madworld is very encouraging, as well.”

NPD also confirmed to Gamasutra that the M-rated Take-Two and Rockstar Games DS title Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold just 89,000 units in its opening month of March.

[Gamasutra]

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