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HappySqurriel on 11 August 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:

I agree with him.

The difference between someone who plays games and someone who doesn't is enjoyment.  If people buying WiiFit are playing it once and tossing it to the wayside, it means they're not enjoying it as much as they likely could/should.

The worst part is that many of these "non-gamers" aren't going to give games a second chance.  If they don't buy in now, they're never going to buy in.  They're going to hear people talk about video games and think about that "over priced WiiFit POS" they tossed in a closet after the first week.  At that point they're done with gaming.

In fact, the more people Nintendo turns off to gaming, the more they're actually damaging the industry themselves.  Nintendo got their quick buck, the consumers got something they won't like/use shortly after buying it, and the rest of the industry gets hosed.

So at the rate it is going, Wii Fit is already preventing 10% of Wii owners (in North America) from buying games and by the end of the year it will be up to (or over) 20% of Wii owners? Its amazing that the Wii can sell more software than the XBox 360 and PS3 then ...

I wouldn't be surprised to see 60% to 75% of Wii Fit owners not playing it 6 weeks after they bought it, but I don't (realistically) see them as holding it against the Wii or Wii Fit as much as they will hold it against themself. I go to a lot of garage sales throughout the summer months, and I see a ton of fitness equipment yet I almost never hear someone say that they were mad at the company who made it (or that they wouldn't buy equipment in the future) as much as I hear people say that they simply ran out of time to use it and a couple of years later decided to sell it so someone else can get use out of their mint-condition excercise equipment.



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Words Of Wisdom on 11 August 2008
HappySqurriel said:

I wouldn't be surprised to see 60% to 75% of Wii Fit owners not playing it 6 weeks after they bought it, but I don't (realistically) see them as holding it against the Wii or Wii Fit as much as they will hold it against themself. I go to a lot of garage sales throughout the summer months, and I see a ton of fitness equipment yet I almost never hear someone say that they were mad at the company who made it (or that they wouldn't buy equipment in the future) as much as I hear people say that they simply ran out of time to use it and a couple of years later decided to sell it so someone else can get use out of their mint-condition excercise equipment.

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.



HappySqurriel on 11 August 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
HappySqurriel said:

I wouldn't be surprised to see 60% to 75% of Wii Fit owners not playing it 6 weeks after they bought it, but I don't (realistically) see them as holding it against the Wii or Wii Fit as much as they will hold it against themself. I go to a lot of garage sales throughout the summer months, and I see a ton of fitness equipment yet I almost never hear someone say that they were mad at the company who made it (or that they wouldn't buy equipment in the future) as much as I hear people say that they simply ran out of time to use it and a couple of years later decided to sell it so someone else can get use out of their mint-condition excercise equipment.

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.

So, unsatisfied Wii Fit owners may not buy Wii Fit 2 or a third party published Wii Fit clone ... That doesn't mean that they won't buy Wii Sports: Resort or Kid Icarus when they're released.

 



Words Of Wisdom on 11 August 2008
HappySqurriel said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.

So, unsatisfied Wii Fit owners may not buy Wii Fit 2 or a third party published Wii Fit clone ... That doesn't mean that they won't buy Wii Sports: Resort or Kid Icarus when they're released.

So to carry your analogy further: 

You expect someone who bought a treadmill and didn't like/use it to go out and buy a set of barbells?



SaviorX on 11 August 2008

@Words of Wisdom

That negative spin you just did there amazes me. Somehow, everything leads back to Nintendo destroying the industry.

How many people say they want to lose weight and actually follow through on it? WiiFit is lucky to have 40% of people using it, seeing how it has sold around 6m, that's 1.25 million people exercising a little more thanks to Wii Fit. Getting into exercise routines is like quitting smoking, difficult.



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Kasz216 on 11 August 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
HappySqurriel said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.

So, unsatisfied Wii Fit owners may not buy Wii Fit 2 or a third party published Wii Fit clone ... That doesn't mean that they won't buy Wii Sports: Resort or Kid Icarus when they're released.

So to carry your analogy further:

You expect someone who bought a treadmill and didn't like/use it to go out and buy a set of barbells?


Isn't that what happens in the fitness industry?



Words Of Wisdom on 11 August 2008
Kasz216 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
HappySqurriel said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.

So, unsatisfied Wii Fit owners may not buy Wii Fit 2 or a third party published Wii Fit clone ... That doesn't mean that they won't buy Wii Sports: Resort or Kid Icarus when they're released.

So to carry your analogy further:

You expect someone who bought a treadmill and didn't like/use it to go out and buy a set of barbells?


Isn't that what happens in the fitness industry?

Nah, the fitness industry has athletic centers, universities, and more that buy machines and equipment from them in bulk. 

The video game equivalent (the arcade) is dying.



The Ghost of RubangB on 11 August 2008

I swear Wii Fit was so good for my posture it made me 3 inches taller.



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Xponent on 11 August 2008

Wii Fit is a great game. I don't use it so much anymore, but I can say the same thing about all my games.



HappySqurriel on 11 August 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
HappySqurriel said:
Words Of Wisdom said:

I'm sure you also don't hear any of those people saying they plan to go out and buy another treadmill or the like either.

So, unsatisfied Wii Fit owners may not buy Wii Fit 2 or a third party published Wii Fit clone ... That doesn't mean that they won't buy Wii Sports: Resort or Kid Icarus when they're released.

So to carry your analogy further: 

You expect someone who bought a treadmill and didn't like/use it to go out and buy a set of barbells?

 

No, that would not be my analogy at all ...

Wii Fit is much more like an Aerobics DVD than any other form of excercise equipment on the market, and much like Aerobics DVDs people are likely to be very motivated early on and (even though they see improvements) they tend to become unmotivated and give up after a short period of time. These people tend not to hold their failure to lose weight against the Aerobics DVD, and may buy similar products in the future (often only to go through this cycle again) but rarely has anyone gotten so frustrated by an Aerobics DVD to the extent that they refused to buy movies in the future.