Speaking in a recent 1UP podcast, Sega of America’s Constantine Hantzopoulos lamented that disappointing sales of Madworld and The Conduit has made the company rethink its plans for the Wii. While internal research suggested there was a viable mature market out there, Constantine believes Sega’s gamble did not pay off, further noting that the company is “probably” done with developing titles aimed at the 17 plus bracket on Wii. Looks like their attention towards this particular market segment will stay locked on the Xbox 360 and PS3 going forward.

“Are we going to do more mature titles for the Wii? Probably not. I have to say that it was a space that was open and we took a gamble on it. It’s like, ‘Wow, there’s no mature games on the Wii. Is there an audience out there?’ We did some research, it said there was an audience out there.

Despite garnering positive reviews from critics, MadWorld shifted a meager 66,000 units in its launch month, charting well below expectations. Shame, but you can’t blame ’em after not seeing a sizable return on investment. We’ll take it this means a sequel is out of the question, at least on Wii.

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