| mitsuhide said: WiiFit flopping i hope so because i dont see how that is going to help the gaming industry in any way, if WiiSports doesnt interest you to buy a Wii then WiiFit wont either and WiiFit isnt free unlike WiiSports(except JPN).Just because i hope WiiFit bombs,flops and gets forgotten doesnt mean it will i think it will sell quite well in JPN but not has great as people think as Japanses homes are small and doing excersise in your living room isnt easy in JPN.It could sell in NA but i dont think it will have anything above a 20% attach rate.In EU/PAL it might sell but again i dont see anything above a 20% attach rate.I am not saying it wont sell millions i just hope to god it doesnt it will probably sell 3-4million i think. |
I agree with you that WiiFit will not be HUGE in NA. I would be surprised if the attach rate even got close to 20%, I would guess between 10%-15% attach rate for NA. I would hardly consider that a flop (my point with jjseth).
But Japan is entirely different. The have always been on a health crazy (the kids go back to school during summer break just to exercise for crying out load). And like you said they don't have alot of free room so stair climbers machines and exercise bikes are more then likely out of the question. But a fun exercise system that is cheap, (not sure what the price will be, but I would guess less the $90) only needs a 5ft by 5ft area to work in, and can be put away in the closet easily when you are done is goning to be a big hit with the Japanese.
I can understand your concern that WiiFit won't help the game industry, but I actually believe it will help the industry. This system has the posibility of being a gateway system to new gamers. New gamers mean more money. More money mean companies can spend more on AAA games. (Kind of like how Ubisoft is using profits from the casual Wii games to help pay for development of AAA titles for the 360/PS3. I just hope they use some of the profits to make some AAA Wii games) Not all companies will develope only casual games, so hardcore fans don't need to worry.
