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I will buy wii fit. Maybe not immediately, but will definitely get it at some point.
Can't wait to play some terribly cheesy 'Back to the Future' game with Marty on a hoverboard flying through western america in the 1800's shooting at bandits.



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Louie said:
GranTurismo said:
The wii fit won't increase sales, maybe a couple of rich clubs will pick them up for the hell of it. From what i have seen of the board its just not very popular, i don't need a special board to do push-ups or yoga on, but i'm not a woman or some gay guy so i don't do yoga. Most people in the Us who play games can't even do 10 push-ups so i don't expect it to sell very well. But most people are retarded so it might sell.

GranTurismo, I never ever attacked you or started an argument when I read one of your posts because everyone can have their oppinion but there is a line and you just crossed it.

 

This is a Forum about videogames, not your "personal complaining Forum", so please stop attacking people you don´t even know just because they are gay or women.

Your comment really sounds like "I´m better than those guys and women" because, yeah, you own a Playstation 3. That´s great and be proud of it but you are not a single bit better than any gay men. Some of my best friends are gay so I may be overreacting now but this comment was the most stupid post you ever posted in this Forum.

Please stop such crap. This is just silly. Everyone would listen to you if you would just post some intelligent things and not... such.


"so please stop attacking people you don´t even know just because they are gay or women."   I don't feel i was attacking anyone, the post was not meant as an attack on anyone, i have a gay friend, it was a joke made about yoga in general, i go to a gym 3 times a week and the only people i see in the yoga room are women and gay men.  I'm sorry if what i said offneded you, it was not meant to.

"Your comment really sounds like "I´m better than those guys and women" because, yeah, you own a Playstation 3."   I don't see how my answer about yoga being done by women or gay men, is me saying i am better then anyone because i own a PS3.  I feel that wiifit is a joke on the gaming industry in general, but nintendo may use wiifit to try and tell people that it will get them in shape and help them lose weight.

That is based on the Nintendo adds i have seen for the brain games that tell old people that they can gain back their memory and stop several diseases that happen to the old in general.  Now tell me nintendo is right in doing that.  nintendo has already advertised the wii board as a way to lose weight, you show thin people doing yoga and push-ups on the wii board and it tells people that i can look like that if i buy it.

 My original post was not meant to make fun of any group of people based on sex or sexualality, it was a stab at yoga and Nintendo in general, i'm sorry my post has offened you.

@soriku, I am not blue3.  I have never gone by that name on this site, maybe i am some of the other names you think i am but i'm not blue3, maybe you should go back over your list of names you think i am or names that are blue3's.



Sorry about that TalonMan, i'll leave this thread and only post my ideas with another account.



sparkit said:
I will buy wii fit. Maybe not immediately, but will definitely get it at some point.
Can't wait to play some terribly cheesy 'Back to the Future' game with Marty on a hoverboard flying through western america in the 1800's shooting at bandits.

 hahahaaha

 Fot that, I would buy the board.

 



Soriku said:
GranTurismo said:
But as i said most people are retarded, look at all the gym memberships and weight loss crap that is sold. And people only use those for about 1month max, plus have they posted what a weight limit is for this thing is? Maybe its fine for the Asian culture but for NA its another story.

 

1. I have a VERY violent urge to say "Like you?" 2. Asian people are generally skinny. Heck, this might not make you lose weight, but at least it would be fun.

Asian kids are generally overweight until they reach adulthood and get out of their parents' grasp.

@GranTurismo's posts

One of those retards is you. 



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bulletstopper said:
This is an opinion tainted by the fact that I can see no real use for Wiifit. I predict that the game will sell very few systems. It doesn't look fun. It's expensive. It's just got that, "Look, people will buy anything!" feel to it. I love my Wii, but this game is being overhyped, and that will make it's failier seem that much more disappointing.

Wii Fit had good reviews at http://www.nintendic.com/news/978 Leipzeg.  I think that it adds a lot of justification for families considering a Wii.  Since the Wii is OOS everywhere, Wii Fit could help Nintendo by boosting the attach rate.  For the ten million Wii already sold, Nintendo might sell 2 million Wii Fit this year.



The urge to play is a terrible thing to waste.

As we pull up to the delayed release of Wiifit, anyone want to update their guess as to how effectively Wiifit will drive sales, in particular in the (normally slow) first part of the year?
To keep trending up at the same rate as 2007 did, June 2008 would have to have revenue of $5B USD (or more), which seems out of the question to me even with an apparent smash hit fitness product kids geting games for summer. Probably June 2008 will bring in around $4.2B USD.
On the other hand, Nintendo 4Q sales seem to have been very strong, maybe even hitting $4B USD.
It will be interesting to see what Nintendo's earnings projections are.



The urge to play is a terrible thing to waste.

Well, we don't really know if Wii Fit will drive up sales since we don't know if Nintendo has upped production enough for it to be significantly noticed. Ithey were to up production by some 200k, probably not since they have to stock up to not repeat last christmas's sellouts. But if they up production by some 400+k, that's a whole different story. Obviously this title will affect north america the most, so based on everything that i know........i say that Japan will remain as is, Europe might see some kind of permanent rise in HW sales but by no more than 15k and the USA.....permanent rise by 20-30k.....for the rest of the year in all cases.



Deep into the darkness pearing

Long i stood there

Wondering

Fearing

Doubting. 

BTW what Gran Turismo wrote really made me mad. I just happen to like yoga and consider myself to be purely homo..errr hetero sexual, yes......:P My sig proves it!!



Deep into the darkness pearing

Long i stood there

Wondering

Fearing

Doubting. 

After what a mess the 2007 holiday season was for Nintendo, and Reggie's comments, I have to assume they will announce they have boosted production at the conference this month.
Personally I think Wiifit is dumbed down DDR, but it sold big in Japan so it ought to sell big in NA too.



The urge to play is a terrible thing to waste.