| .jayderyu said: That's fine, but honestly it's being used in a few hospitals for theraputic reasons. It's not the balance board that matters. It's the feedback. An oppertunity to know that your doing it right. |
The feedback is called gratification which is what the person doesnt get if they workout by themselves, but this is to the average gamer. It's biggest use will be in the commercial hospice sector. My grandmother is in an "Active Senior Citizen's Complex" (nursing home) and they have Wii's in their entertainment halls on the campus (4 per hall and they have 5 halls on site). I've also helped set up some hospitals in the Baltimore area that were using Wii Fit in rehabilitation areas (one of them was for spinal cord injuries to work on balance) and they were also installed in the children's wards. In this case it is a way for them to have fun with their rehabilitation which can be strenuous and testing for a child. It isn't so much the feedback they get, it is an interaction with something other than the hospital staff which takes their mind off of the Hospital and their ailment all together. This is another reason why it is a technical achievement this gen, because they have effectively linked a console to the corporate world and they are selling thousands of units solely to this sector.
Outside of these reasons I'm not a fan of it.
Side note on Wii's:
My grandmother was in a bowling league for 35 years until she couldn't bowl any longer and now she has joined the Wii Bowling league at her home. The system as a whole is great for these centers and most of the senior citizens are able to buy Wii's for their private suites at a discounted price.
