Why I am not that excited with the Wii and Wii Fit sales

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Ail said:

I think the Wii is doing wonderfull and Wii Fit is going to be a great success and help increase the gaming market nicely.

Sadly as a gamer I don't see that as something that will really benefit me in the future because I see a significant percentage of those new people coming through gaming via the Wii don't really share my gaming tastes.

Maybe I am wrong but if Wii Fit is that successfull I believe quite a few developers will be tempted to work more on Wii Fit clones than on the kind of games I enjoy as a gamer ( AC, Uncharted, GTA4,...).

I believe the situation will improve in a few years when the Wii game market gets saturated but in the meanwhile the Wii success is not pushing developers to start mega productions that could end up being tomorrow's franchise...

 

No, I think this is a reasonable response.

If I could chide you at all, it would be that you're being selfish, but that's normal and not really a big deal with games, which are just entertainment. I think someone could say that it's a good thing that the industry you care about is growing and evolving, and if you are a fan of games in general and not just the games you happen to personally like, that's good.

But again, honestly, that's just a minor complaint in this case. It's just games. It's absolutely fine if you don't care about what other people like.