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Forums - Nintendo - Wii Fit U sells under 20k in U.S. for January

naruball on 17 February 2014
Cheebee said:
Hasn't the game been available digitally since last year though? And didn't they have this crazy offer where you could download the demo for free, and then just buy the pedometer-thingie for $20 or something, after which the demo would be turned into the full game, without any additional charge...?


How many people you think did that?



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Nem on 17 February 2014

Well, what this says clearly is that the Wii U failed to penetrated the casual market. Something we already assumed.



Cheebee on 17 February 2014
naruball said:
Cheebee said:
Hasn't the game been available digitally since last year though? And didn't they have this crazy offer where you could download the demo for free, and then just buy the pedometer-thingie for $20 or something, after which the demo would be turned into the full game, without any additional charge...?


How many people you think did that?

Dunni, or I'd have given a number. Ask Nintendo. But it seems likely it's more than 20k, as those are just the physical sales numbers for january.



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Mummelmann on 17 February 2014

Also; a friend of mine once told me: "Yo momma so fat, she looked for cheats on Wii Fit."



think-man on 17 February 2014

The Wii fit thing was a fad, just like Guitar hero, Singstar and all the other fads before it.



 

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Multishanks on 17 February 2014

they have been giving the game away free for the past month......i don't think they banked on it being that huge at reatil. Just a hunch....



oniyide on 18 February 2014
chapset said:
oniyide said:
Mr Puggsly said:
chapset said:
fatties don't want to change to fit in the media's standard of beauty, good for them


Maybe they became disenchanted because the original Wii Fit taught them exercise alone doesen't stop you from being a fatty.

The excercise game genre was kind of a fad.


THIS, it always boggled my mind how people taught that alone would work.

was wii fit even exercice lol wasn't it more like traditional yoga? standing around doing poses

it was a bunch of nonsense IMHO. BUt perfect, Americans love these quick exercise fads and thats what they always are. There is no substitute for getting ones ass in the gym or outside



oniyide on 18 February 2014
Nem said:
Well, what this says clearly is that the Wii U failed to penetrated the casual market. Something we already assumed.

pretty much



Soundwave on 18 February 2014

All the Touch Generations/Wii _____ games this gen have basically flopped or been big disappointments.

Nintendogs + cats I think is the best selling one, and that was pushed heavily for the 3DS launch and still is about 3.2 million copies versus 20+ million for its predacessor (huge drop off). Brain Training is worse.

Wii Party U did OK in Japan but its bundled with every Wii U from October onwards there so its numbers are inflated.



T.Rexington on 18 February 2014

Wii Fit was a big hit, but the combo of competition from Kinect and Move as well as the general Wii popularity fading away was always the mark of doom for Wii Fit U. I mean, the X1 is offering up free to play exercises with kinect and a ton of other work outs with the option to buy more. I don't know how much stuff this game needs, but the balance board, wiimote/nunchuck, and tablet would all be incorporated I'd imagine. It's too much stuff for the average consumer.