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Mummelmann on 10 February 2008
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stof said:
Mummelmann said:
stof said:
Nice read Lyngyis.

I see the anti wiifit uproar to be a telling sign of some people's immaturity and elitism (and videogame elitism is the ultimate sign of immaturity)

I see something that's fun, can be enjoyed by everyone and gives you exercise. How could that possibly be something to get angry over?

Not everyone, just like Eyetoy was not fun for everyone. Personally, I don't mind the idea, in fact; I'm all for it, but I do think that WiiFit's appeal is vastly overrated. Its doing well in Japan, and I think it'll do perhaps even better in NA, but Eu/Others will be its weakest territory and really drag down ww sales potential in the long run. I think the key to WiiFit success lies in broad software support, it won't do having just Nintendo develop for it if this thing is gonna skyrocket for real.


Any idea why the low Europe sales? Looking here http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=6251 , Europe was by far the eye toy's greatest region.


EU seem more keen on "core" games this gen. I bought the EyeToy myself, but quickly tired of it. Here, it was more a niche title that you went over to someones house to give a try rather than buy it.

I can't explain why exactly I think EU/Others will be its weakest region, but the WiiFit is actually quite different from EyeToy in some ways too. I think that games like Singstar, Buzz, Guitar Hero and Rock Band will remain the top selling casual games in this region, it just strikes me as natural. And besides, EyeToy really didn't have tremendous sales at any rate + the Japanese market seems to have changed this gen, so using that as basis to calculate WiiFit's success in Eu/Others which is a vastly different region (and the Wii's weakest software wise) seems slightly odd to me.

Like I've stated before, the main reason I have little faith in WiiFit becoming the next big thing is because of software support from anyone non-Nintendo. And it seems like, lately, having to justify why you don't think it'll sell in tens of millions is more stressed than explaining why you do.