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High Voltage made The Conduit as a reason to dust off your Wii
A portion of a CVG interview with Josh Olson, producer on The Conduit…
CVG: More core-focused, mature titles are now starting to crop up on Wii. Why is this and do you think the trend will continue?
Olson: Our Wiis were gathering dust. Wii Sports is fun to play with my parents and family, but what do I do with it, as a core gamer, after I’ve bowled my hundredth set in a row? Until now, the answer has been: not a whole lot. There’s a huge install base for the Wii - I think there are something like 8 trillion of them out there - and we don’t believe for a second that everyone is content to play these more casual games exclusively. There’s plenty of room for us on the Wii - we’d be content if only a trillion of all of the Wii owners bought our game.
Sega is leading the charge with MadWorld, House of the Dead: Overkill, and The Conduit. We certainly hope that the trend continues. We believe that the market exists. We want to continue to make these kinds of games for the Wii.