The lead designer of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has told ONM that there is a market for mature games on the Wii.
Responding to recent claims from Capcom and Sega employees that mature games don't sell on the Wii, Sam Barlow said "Without badmouthing people, a lot of the games they've been complaining about are rail shooters and a rail shooter wouldn't have sold no matter what platform you put it on because it's a rail shooter and that's a niche genre that had its heyday back in the Dreamcast era."
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Having made Shattered Memories, Barlow clearly believes that people do want to play games aimed at an older audience on Wii. "Ultimately the way we looked at it was that there's a huge audience who own Wiis, we own Wiis and we know that amongst that audience there is a sub-sect who love dark stories, thrillers, mysteries and horror movies and so the development [of Shattered Memories] was all about removing the obstacles to those people enjoying this game.
"If they really enjoy a good horror story, they should enjoy this so we've tried to create a product that has broad appeal but does something really good and unique."
You can read our interview with the developers of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on ONM next week.
