Dead Space was one of 2008’s surprise hits. Unlike Farcry 2, Fallout 3 and Fable 2, Dead space was brand new IP, and hardly made a sound on its way in. The title sold over 1 million copies in 2008 across the PC,PS3 and Xbox 360.<\/p>\n
Following the announcement of the game breaking the 1 million sales mark, EA announced that it would be coming to the Nintendo Wii sometime this year.<\/p>\n
Many have voiced concerns that a Wii version will be a poor addition to the series, however, in business terms; EA would have to be absolutely bonkers to not take the massive success of the game to the world’s most owned current generation console.<\/p>\n
The Wii’s audience is often described as a more casual crowd. Dead Space is anything but a game targeted at casual gamers, if anything it’s one of the most frightening audio-visual-media experiences ever made. It will therefore be interesting to see how well the title sells on Nintendo’s “cutesy” platform.<\/p>\n
It also remains to be seen if the Wii is packing enough of a punch in the hardware department to deliver an experience that at least does not embarrass the technical astonishment that is Dead Space for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.<\/p>\n