stof said:
rocketpig said:
I may not be the target demographic but I am a demographic of the Wii, as are many other "traditional" gamers on this forum. My point is that the Wii's demographic is more fractured than any other console we have seen in history. Some will bite on Wii Fit, others will not. But those who bite will not be a large enough porportion to push this game into the 15m category. And if you think that Westerners will buy this game by the millions when the Wii itself is massively shortaged, you're sadly mistaken. There aren't many housewives out there who will stand in the freezing rain at 7am on a random Sunday in March to pick up a console whether they saw it as the weekly f***ing gadget on Oprah or not. Basically, it shakes down like this. Is SSBB going to sell to a gigantic audience or is Wii Fit going to sell to a gigantic audience? You can't have it both ways because the userbase is not there to support them both. Pick one or shut the hell up. This isn't geared at anyone in particular, just Ninty fans in general. All I'm asking is for a little realism here. |
I'm going to have to disagree with this one. I think that provided Wii fit is marketed right, they'll both sell to gigantic audiences. Often to different audiences that share the same console. Just because there's one Wii in a household doesn't mean there's only one person playing it. I'm sure plenty of Wii's will have a copy of Wii fit for Mom and dad and a copy of Smash Bros for junior. |
I should have clarified:
By "gigantic audience", I meant the 15m+ I have heard for both games spouted on this forum more times than I can count. I think both games will do well (and have predicted such in several threads), but those kind of numbers for two vastly different games on the same system are rather silly.
Does anyone here honestly believe that both SSBB and Wii Fit will pass the 15m mark? The 10m mark?
Personally, I think Wii Fit will come in around 7m (mostly Japan) and SSBB will challenge GTA IV right around the 10m mark.
