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Soleron on 07 December 2012
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Adinnieken said:

No, peripherals sell consoles. 

Why did Nintendo sell the Wii Fit board with the game? A Wii Remote with a game?  Because people wanted the hardware.

Why was the Xbox 360 so successful?  The Xbox 360 controller, Kinect, and add-on HDDs and Wi-Fi adapters.

Why did it take the PS3 so long to sell well?  The Sixaxis controller.  Once the DualShock 3 was released and the console dropped by $100, it sold like hot cakes.

So people are entertained by peripherals?

They are entertained by what they can DO with those peripherals. Wii Sports. Kinect Adventures. Wii Fit. Critical mass of PS3 exclusives and good enough cross-platform support.

360 is successful because of Halo, CoD and an online service that supports that multiplayer. It could be an small green cube with a PS2 controller and it would sell.

If the Balance Board was released with a test app and then 6 months later Wii Fit launched, when would people buy it? The months later.