EA willing to take gamble on Dead Space Wii

Thinks it's found the market, but doesn't know until it tries.

SEGA's taken a shot at appealing to the mature gamer on Wii with its double header of House of the Dead: Overkill and Madworld, but while both titles earned solid review scores, neither managed to gain much in the way of commercial success.

It's a worrying situation, that's made some believe that there simply isn't a place on the Wii for mature titles.

EA's not sure either, but EA Games label president Frank Gibeau has revealed the publisher is willing to take a gamble with Wii exclusive, sci-fi horror Dead Space: Extraction.

"Well, there has been some M-rated high-quality games released recently on Wii that we've taken note of, and that's why I think Dead Space: Extraction is a gamble," he told Gamasutra. "It's a calculated risk. Can a high-quality experience like that that appeals to a more mature audience work on the Wii platform?"

"... we think we've found a market on the Wii that would be interested in the Dead Space: Extraction experiment. We're going to take a gamble and build that market. You know, until you try, you don't really know if the hypothesis is correct or not."

Dead Space: Extraction is scheduled for release only on Wii this autumn.