According to VG Chartz, Madworld sold 57,553 copies in North America in its initial week of release.  I've been seeing people on both the blogs and the boards claiming this is a great victory for "hardcore" Wii gamers.  Seriously folks, a victory?  It's anything but a victory, in fact it is a damn shame because the game is a blast to play and quite the unique title (not just on the Wii but any system).

While I fully understand that the game has been poorly advertised and it was unfortunately positioned against Resident Evil 5, the game still should have sold more than it did.  First week sales are driven by the "hardcore" gamer, the gamer that follows the industry and knows the release dates like the back of their hand.  You know the gamer that I said isn't really representative of the Wii user base.  For months now I have been arguing that developers had no reason to develop "hardcore" titles for the Wii audience because the "core" audience is relatively small on the system, Madworld's first week sales only go to further prove my point.

So for all you Wii owners who have been complaining that developers don't make games for you, please shut up.  You don't support them anyway and honestly because of that you don't deserve them. 

I'm going to go play golf with some zombie heads now.