ssj12 said:
Grey Acumen said:
ssj12 said:
dtewi said:
They are focused on gamING, just not the type of gamERS you have in mind. |
What you mean the people who play Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda, Da Blob, Pikiman, Animal Crossing, and the other Nini franchises? I'm going out on a limb here and going to say they aren't even targeting non-gamers at all. They are tagetting the average joe who has no time to buy an dumb bell. The balance board = multiple use tool. The software packaged with it is meant for the people who have no interest in video games at all. Are you people that brainwashed? Sweet jesus does it take a PC fanboy like myself to point out the blantantly obvious here? |
You seem to be fixated on something, but I'm not totally certain what. Wii fit is made for people who have no interest in gaming, yes, that doesn't mean that's the ONY person who can enjoy it and that doesn't mean it's not a game. It's like saying that anime, or good american cartoons like talespin and darkwing duck are only for kids. sure, they're targeted at kids, but they can be enjoyed by any age bracket. Good products are those that are marketed towards one group, but can be enjoyed by any group and it looks like that could easily be the case with Wii fit. So where exactly is the problem? |
You are right. So you would easily understand that even though a product is aimed for one specific group others will still use it. That is pretty obvious. The thing were the focus of the product is coming from. The Wii is a VIDEO GAME console. This is the exact same problem that Sony has had with the PS3. It has features not specific for video games. That is where the issues seem to lie. Just like Sony has Blu-ray, Nintendo is pushing fitness. Now here is the major issues I have here. Sony gets bitched at over having a new media format that supports both movies and games. Yet Nintendo, a company that has been around for a very long times and always focused on games, is pushing fitness. FITNESS and VIDEO GAMES does not even add up. Nintendo is not focusing the Wii at gaming, their own heritage. They are not being questioned on this at all. If you people are about to say "but but DDR." Here is the thing, the main focus for DDR was not the fitness. It was the general interaction between user, game, user movement, and the music. Yes, the movement burned some fat, but that was not the focus of the game. Some of you said, WiiFit has mini-games. Guess what? Just like Wii Sports, the mini-games are just tech-demos to show the overall properties the balance board has. Basically just to show the potential uses in other games. @Kasz216 - the definition changed as time past. That is all. Time changes a ton of words meanings. Come now, the word own used to just mean to own something, now its both to own something and to defeat someone. |
