phisheep on 02 April 2009
| Gamerace said: The Wii is a family console and most owners have wives. kids or are themselves women. There's no way this is getting played in front of the women and children (some women will be exceptions and may love it but we're talking avg non-gamer Wii Fit wife here). Most families have a budget and the misses is having a say on which game gets bought. Mr Wii owner may want MadWorld but he may have to wait for his birthday to get this game that only he will ever play (and chances are it won't be the gift his wife or kids bought for him, hope he was a brother). Also Mr Wii may decide to get a game that he can play anytime instead of one where he has to wait for everyone else to go to bed first. Lastly, it's expensive. $55 (Cdn) for a 6 hour game with little replay value and severe restrictions on when it can be play and only daddy wants it vs buy a game like Mario Kart that everyone will play all the time, or 2 $30 games that everyone can play all the time, or 3 $20 games.... |
This.
Because the Wii is a social machine it lives in the living room, and not tucked away on a second TV in a bedroom or something. And with the age of my children, that means I'd only ever get to play it after midnight and with the sound off.
And that's the *only* reason I don't have it already.
This will likely be a significant factor, not so much for 'hardcore' games as such but for those with extreme violence.
