Wii Rail Shooter Games Data

House of the Dead: Overkill, Dead Space: Extraction, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Data, Sale Ranks, and Review Score Averages Comparisons

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Number of Players Reporting Data:

House of the Dead: Overkill has 38,060 players reporting data on the Nintendo Channel.

Dead Space: Extraction has 9,765 players reporting data.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles has 12,886 players reporting data.

Player Increase:

House of the Dead: Overkill had an increase of 749 players reporting play-time data this week.

Dead Space: Extraction had an increase of 422 players reporting their data this week, over last week.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles had an increase of 811 players reporting play-time data this week.

Total Game-Play Hours Reported/Increased:

House of the Dead: Overkill had 315,323 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 6,064 hours from last week.

Dead Space: Extraction had 62,638 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 2,698 from last week.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles had 141,084 Total Hours reported this week, an increase of 10,544 hours from last week.

Amazon.com Sales Rank:

House of the Dead: Overkill's Amazon.com sale rank is #231 and its advertised selling price is $14.79.

Dead Space: Extraction's Amazon.com sale rank is #897 and its advertised selling price is $29.96.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles' sale rank is #875 and its advertised selling price is $46.31.

GameRankings.com Review Score Averages:

House of the Dead: Overkill's review score average is 80.80%, based on 55 reviews.

Dead Space: Extraction's review score average is 83.75% based on 59 reviews.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles' review score average is 74.54% based on 40 reviews.

Thoughts:

You may have noticed, this week I've rearranged a bit.  I'll be tracking the "rail" shooters from 2009 that were released on the Wii in 2009, together in one group, and I'll track the "FPS" shooters on their own.

I do find it interesting that Dead Space: Extraction has the highest review score average and the highest number of reviews, but it has the lowest sales rank currently on Amazon.com and the lowest "total hours" reported.  I wonder if perhaps it's because Dead Space: Extraction was a first time for the franchise on the Wii and it didn't have enough advertising?

I don't know how much advertising House of the Dead: Overkill and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles had compared to Dead Space: Extraction, or even each other.

Questions:

Have you played any of these games?  If so, what do you think of them from what you played?

If you've played all three of them, do you agree with the review score averages, that Dead Space: Extraction is the best "rail" shooter out of these three?

If you're interested in any of these games, you can see the best new/used prices available on Amazon.com below:

Notes: Number of players reporting data is rounded down to the nearest whole number. Prices on Amazon.com may be reflecting the lowest third party price, not Amazon.com's price directly.