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akuma587 on 12 March 2008
Magnific0 said:
on a side note...is price so important? Who would refrain to buy it if Wii Fit sells for $99.99 (pre-tax)
I would and the majority of people I know would.  I mean Wii Fit is cool, but $100 cool?  Hell, there are very few games out there i would every pay $100 for.

 



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ameratsu on 12 March 2008

does it even matter if it sucks? based on what we've seen in japan, something tells me it will sell regardless.



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dsoverpsp on 12 March 2008

^i agree
Wii fit will become an overnight phenomenon and word of mouth will sell millions easily. I think it may even break the 25-30 million mark lifetime (assuming Wii HW sales hit at least 90 million)



rocketpig on 12 March 2008

I don't think WiiFit is going to take off in either NA or PAL regions. It will sell well, but it won't sustain sales like it does in Japan for a few reasons:

1. The Japanese love that sort of stuff. Quirky non-games are all the rage over there and the Japanese love their fads.
2. WiiFit is targeted toward an entirely casual audience, which is fine. The problem is that the Wii is still supply constrained. The people who will buy this won't be able to find a Wii to actually play it.
3. Those same people don't stand in line to buy a video game console.
4. $350+ is a large buy-in for a pseudo workout machine/rig/thingie.
5. The typical gaming audience doesn't give two shits about this game and won't buy it in significant numbers unless it's insanely fun (which, by most reports, it isn't).

I think some hype will build up around WiiFit and it will sell quite well for a bit and then slowly die off as people realize that finding one of those little white boxes is damned near impossible. Once the hype dies down and the Wii is available, it will be too late.

I could be wrong but I don't see this "game" doing that well in the west.




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trestres on 12 March 2008
rocketpig said:
I don't think WiiFit is going to take off in either NA or PAL regions. It will sell well, but it won't sustain sales like it does in Japan for a few reasons:

1. The Japanese love that sort of stuff. Quirky non-games are all the rage over there and the Japanese love their fads.
2. WiiFit is targeted toward an entirely casual audience, which is fine. The problem is that the Wii is still supply constrained. The people who will buy this won't be able to find a Wii to actually play it.
3. Those same people don't stand in line to buy a video game console.
4. $350+ is a large buy-in for a pseudo workout machine/rig/thingie.
5. The typical gaming audience doesn't give two shits about this game and won't buy it in significant numbers unless it's insanely fun (which, by most reports, it isn't).

I think some hype will build up around WiiFit and it will sell quite well for a bit and then slowly die off as people realize that finding one of those little white boxes is damned near impossible. Once the hype dies down and the Wii is available, it will be too late.

I could be wrong but I don't see this "game" doing that well in the west.

I think you are wrong.

First of all is not a fad as you call it, because its still selling well in Japan long after its release.

You say no Wii owner will buy this then? Just new owners, too bad, look at SSBB Wii being supply constrained, at it still managed to sell lmost 2mil according to ioi.

Why would they stand in line, if you say its not going to sell well and considering supply will be bigger than in Japan.

And the typical gaming audience is not represented by you. Im a hardcore gamer and will undoubtly buy this.

 



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RCTjunkie on 12 March 2008

Of course this could suck. Anything could suck, even SSBB could'ver sucked. Fortounatly, that was disproven last sunday. :)



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rocketpig on 13 March 2008
trestres said:
rocketpig said:
I don't think WiiFit is going to take off in either NA or PAL regions. It will sell well, but it won't sustain sales like it does in Japan for a few reasons:

1. The Japanese love that sort of stuff. Quirky non-games are all the rage over there and the Japanese love their fads.
2. WiiFit is targeted toward an entirely casual audience, which is fine. The problem is that the Wii is still supply constrained. The people who will buy this won't be able to find a Wii to actually play it.
3. Those same people don't stand in line to buy a video game console.
4. $350+ is a large buy-in for a pseudo workout machine/rig/thingie.
5. The typical gaming audience doesn't give two shits about this game and won't buy it in significant numbers unless it's insanely fun (which, by most reports, it isn't).

I think some hype will build up around WiiFit and it will sell quite well for a bit and then slowly die off as people realize that finding one of those little white boxes is damned near impossible. Once the hype dies down and the Wii is available, it will be too late.

I could be wrong but I don't see this "game" doing that well in the west.

I think you are wrong.

First of all is not a fad as you call it, because its still selling well in Japan long after its release.

You say no Wii owner will buy this then? Just new owners, too bad, look at SSBB Wii being supply constrained, at it still managed to sell lmost 2mil according to ioi.

Why would they stand in line, if you say its not going to sell well and considering supply will be bigger than in Japan.

And the typical gaming audience is not represented by you. Im a hardcore gamer and will undoubtly buy this.


A fad can last six months, which is longer than WiiFit has been out in Japan. 

I don't even understand your second point. What does SSBB have to do with WiiFit? Brawl is a proven franchise that is massively popular across different demographics.

I don't understand your third point either.

You might buy it but I know plenty of Wii owners with absolutely no intention of buying WiiFit. 

 




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trestres on 13 March 2008

Its made by Nintendo, and its gonna get a lot of Hype as well, its too hard to find a first party title made by Nintendo that hasnt sell that well. Check Wii sports, A LOT of people bought Wii for it.

With my third point I was trying to make you see, that if this wont sell well, why would people have to stand in lines?

You say a fad lasts 6 months? Then I could call most PS3 titles fads. They never sell for more than 4 months. The only ones I can recall are Motorstorm, Resistance and Uncharted.

Your definition of fad doesnt make sense.



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rocketpig on 13 March 2008
trestres said:
Its made by Nintendo, and its gonna get a lot of Hype as well, its too hard to find a first party title made by Nintendo that hasnt sell that well. Check Wii sports, A LOT of people bought Wii for it.

With my third point I was trying to make you see, that if this wont sell well, why would people have to stand in lines?

You say a fad lasts 6 months? Then I could call most PS3 titles fads. They never sell for more than 4 months. The only ones I can recall are Motorstorm, Resistance and Uncharted.

Your definition of fad doesnt make sense.

Yeah, a lot of people bought a Wii for Wii Sports. Wii Sports is brilliant fun for up to four people at once. The same cannot be said for WiiFit.

I mentioned that the Wii's supply constraint will work against this title. It's hard to build up momentum for a title when people still can't find the console. It's doubly hard to build momentum when that title is squarely aimed at the casual demographic.

I said "fads can last six months", not "fads last six months". Amazing what one little word can do for a sentence.

The Pet Rock, Hypercolor shirts, Beany Babies, and Cabbage Patch dolls say "hi". All of those were massively popular for up to a year before fading into obscurity.




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CaptainPrefrences on 13 March 2008

wii fit is like for building stamina or w/e rite?

i could use that, prepare for the upcoming soccer season.