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http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/866/866524p1.html

A recent IGN preview of the game for those who haven't already read this.



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FishyJoe said:
Those percentages are the most useless stat ever. Wii Fit will sell great, but please don't use those stupid percentages from Amazon. All it means is that Wii Fit went from 0 orders to whatever orders they got. Might as well be infinity percent.

 Very true, however, the higher the %, the higher the first day of pre-orders were. @781000%, a high number were sold when that image was taken.

 It will be pretty exciting to see its launch numbers.



DMeisterJ said:
I call a ban on all Amazon ranking = sales threads.

Anyone who makes one should be banned also.

YES lets censor.

All you people are taking this a little to seriously. You act like Soriku committed a crime. what will you all say if ioi's thing with amazon works out and he does poll those numbers?

Now that percentage is bogus but they use the same system on everything at amazon and if its big relative to others things there and past events, then it is an indicator that a lot of people ordered it, or at least it was popular for that day.



"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.


ioi + 1
BCNR34 said:
wii fit has no chance of coming close to gta4 numbers at that price, and before you all whine and cry about how ps3 and 360 games are only slightly cheaper, people with a 360/ps3 expect to pay those prices for a game, and for the casuals who bought the wii because its cheap and its games are cheap, aren't going to be happy spending 90$ for a "game".

if wii fit was 50$ i could see it getting close to gta, but at this price, not a chance.

I wonder why you would put the word "game" in quotation marks?

 

I wonder if sales is the argument you want to take on, when confronting the Wii with the PS3 or 360?

 

I fully expect Wii Fit to have legs much longer than GTA IV and potentially pass the individual sales for the game on either system.

 

In other words, the 360 version of GTA IV, I predict, will be passed by sales of Wii-Fit in under 3 years.

 

It's fairly exhilerating to know you have to combine the sales of the biggest game for the Wii's two rival systems, to be confident enough to compare it to the next Nintendo game being released, which happens to cost 90 dollars.

 

When is the PS3 or 360s next 5 minute segment on Good Morning America? Tell me so I can tune in. 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

superchunk said:
FishyJoe said:
Those percentages are the most useless stat ever. Wii Fit will sell great, but please don't use those stupid percentages from Amazon. All it means is that Wii Fit went from 0 orders to whatever orders they got. Might as well be infinity percent.

Very true, however, the higher the %, the higher the first day of pre-orders were. @781000%, a high number were sold when that image was taken.

It will be pretty exciting to see its launch numbers.


I don't think it works that way. There may have been a reset when the unit was officially priced. These percentages are mostly gibberish. I trust them about as much as the groundhog for predicting weather. All you can really say is there was an increase orders, nothing more. 



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FishyJoe said:
superchunk said:
FishyJoe said:
Those percentages are the most useless stat ever. Wii Fit will sell great, but please don't use those stupid percentages from Amazon. All it means is that Wii Fit went from 0 orders to whatever orders they got. Might as well be infinity percent.

Very true, however, the higher the %, the higher the first day of pre-orders were. @781000%, a high number were sold when that image was taken.

It will be pretty exciting to see its launch numbers.


I don't think it works that way. There may have been a reset when the unit was officially priced. These percentages are mostly gibberish. I trust them about as much as the groundhog for predicting weather. All you can really say is there was an increase orders, nothing more.

Fishy, your absolutely correct. The Amazon numbers mean nothing.

 

However, it certainly doesn't disprove that WiiFit will sell like hotcakes.

 

I think the most interesting thing about this, is it seems to be a response from the segment on the hugely popular Good Morning America(which is nationally syndicated on television and radio), who raved over the product.

 

I wish the price hadn't been recently announced so we could see the actual effect of free mainstream press on an upcoming game release.

 

Either way, I feel fairly comfortably talking crap about Wii Fit sales, because I'd say its time to bet the farm that the game is gonna blow up. 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

ZenfoldorVGI said:
BCNR34 said:
wii fit has no chance of coming close to gta4 numbers at that price, and before you all whine and cry about how ps3 and 360 games are only slightly cheaper, people with a 360/ps3 expect to pay those prices for a game, and for the casuals who bought the wii because its cheap and its games are cheap, aren't going to be happy spending 90$ for a "game".

if wii fit was 50$ i could see it getting close to gta, but at this price, not a chance.

I wonder why you would put the word "game" in quotation marks?

 

I wonder if sales is the argument you want to take on, when confronting the Wii with the PS3 or 360?

 

I fully expect Wii Fit to have legs much longer than GTA IV and potentially pass the individual sales for the game on either system.

 

In other words, the 360 version of GTA IV, I predict, will be passed by sales of Wii-Fit in under 3 years.

 

It's fairly exhilerating to know you have to combine the sales of the biggest game for the Wii's two rival systems, to be confident enough to compare it to the next Nintendo game being released, which happens to cost 90 dollars.

 

When is the PS3 or 360s next 5 minute segment on Good Morning America? Tell me so I can tune in.


 so, you agree with me then.




also




why do you post





like this



its annoying




and a waste of space.



You didn't waste any time spending all that newfound respect i had for you actually playing a classic like metroid and actually beating it like most would.



BCNR34 said:
 

so, you agree with me then.




also




why do you post





like this



its annoying




and a waste of space.


That's just how I post. It's great.

 

I agree with everything but your obvious spite and malice towards the Wii's casual fanbase. 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.