^ no its the game, the balance board on its own is a glorified pad, ti was the games that could be played on the board that captivated people
No people bought Wii because they played it, and loved the games, especially Wii sports, that game converted millions to Wii.
no, the core games wouldn't have helped profits, because they don't sell as much, bridge titles and expanded audience sells more. Iwata didn't say they blew it on games or needed more core, what he said was that they didn't keep a continuous supply of quality games going, for much of the year no real releases came out, and Wii music and Animal crossing were underwhelming, it wasn't until the second half of the year that software picked up and it wasn't until recently that real hardware movers were released.
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)
