64 percent of gamers gave up on Wii Fit
A massive 64 percent of people who bought Wii Fit almost instantly gave up on using it for personal fitness.
The answer is, of course, yes - provided you use it regularly. It's that last little clause which seems to be the problem for most people though as a recent Japanese poll showed that a huge 64 percent of gamers who bought the game gave up on it almost immediately.
In Japan Wii Fit has been around for a little bit longer than in the rest of the world and launched at the end of last year. Japanese website IT Media though wanted to know just how many people were still gaming on regularly on the balance board.
What they found was both disappointing and unsurprising - 64 percent of people stopped using Wii Fit almost immediately after buying it. Only 22 percent of people used the game everyday and faithfully recorded their progress, while the remaining 12 percent were equally split between weekly use and playing every two or three days.
It isn't all that surprising when you get down to it - even we'd have to admit that we guiltily fall into that 64 percent really - but it's interesting to question whether it's a fault of the game design, or just a failing of the customer. Which do you think? Do you have an exercise plan of your own? Let us know in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyFrom what I've heard, people tend to play it quite a bit when they first get one, then after that it doesn't get used until they get reminded that they have it, or have a few friends over.
I think because the game was designed with regular use in mind.
It's exactly like Brain Training, really.. most people will play it a few times and then leave and never come back because they've unlocked everything and played all the activities/minigames they like most to death.
True.. but I don't think Nintendo want a lot of hate for making loads of people lose weight FAR too quickly.. For a lot of people (mostly those who really need to lose it) 6kg is far too much to lose in a month, that's unhealthy.
I've only played this game 3 or 4 times since buying it at launch... give me mario kart any day!
Yep, completely agree.
I got the Wii back when it first hit the UK shops. Wow, neat, says I. After a week I was just plain bored with it. It's not a console for serious gamers -- it's a novelty or party piece and that's about the limitation of it. Yes, it has a fairly nifty UI but even that has become quite common now, with Sony looking to bring out their own equivilant and I'm sure so are M$ (or have they? not sure..)
I sold my Wii 2 weeks after I got it for more than I bought it for.. So I guess there's was some good to come out of it :)
im sorry, what?
I said, "...NOT A CONSOLE FOR SERIOUS GAMERS".
..deafie..
So in short I think i could compare Wii Fit to running, it's good for you but boring as ****.
I agree. It's just a gimmick, and with the way Nintendo markets it more and more people are gonna be sold on the false premise of getting fit quick, only to be let down miserably. It'd be wrong of me to call the Wii a gimmick as well, but looking past the few decent games on it all I see is shovelware this and shovelware that... if Nintendo aren't careful the Wii is definately headed in that direction. Just makes me glad I never ended up getting one because I know it'd just sit there eating dust until the next good first-party game comes along :(
halo 3 ( lack of content / players)
gta 4 ( no real reason to repeat it )
wii sports ( boring boring boring just so bleeding boring )
top my list of games never played again
People love fad diets, and they'll buy anything that they think will give them a sexy body overnight. If they don't see results in the first day, they give up. I don't think is really Nintendo's fault at all, and I don't think it says anything negative about the Wii, either. Even if there were 100 awesome, interactive, hardcore-gamer-certified, super fun games priced at $2 each, people would still give up because staying in shape takes discipline. Unfortunately, the majority of humanity is still looking for that easy fix that takes off the weight overnight without any real work.
Want to see people lose weight? Connect the television to a treadmill and see how far they're willing to go to get their fix of Entertainment Tonight!
Or maybe I'm just pessimistic.
-monkey
theres a proper snowboarding game coming out that uses the balance board. but itll never catch on as a main peripheral because its expensive
Bit like the Wii itself then, eh? :P
I bought a Wii for my family to have a laugh on, and we bought quite a few games since but it doesn't get played much nowadays. Once the novelty of the control method has worn off, the weakness of alot of games shines through. The only game my daughter has gone back to alot is Wii Sports, and that's only because she can kick my arse on most of the games!
I reckon the strength execises are pointless as you are supposed to follow the onscreen action but some of the actions require you to be looking away from the screen so I don't see how you can keep up with the instructor. Oh and has anyone unlocked the balance game where you have to sit on the balance board and your Mii levitates arounds a candle? Bloody impossible in my opinion!
QFT, I play games for FUN