jlauro said:
It was the combination of wii fit + BB that did it. Without the balance board, wii fit would not have sold nearly as well, and certainly wouldn't be selling consoles without the hardware anywhere near as much... Hardware alone will not sell consoles, but hardware + software can, even more than software alone can. Another example is DDR, which sold a lot of PS2s (although now it's for every console), not to mention guitar hero.... |
No you're putting too much emphasis on the board, if they had been able to implement Wii fit without the board it would have sold just as well and would have been pushing systems, people get Wii fit, for the exercises and for the training help, the balance board is only important as a way to give those experience, but its the gameplay that attracts people, not a flat piece of plastic
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
