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64% of Japanese Gamers Have Quit Using Wii Fit Already

nintendoeverything.com — Rather than a game, Wii Fit is more comparable to an exercise program. More specifically, it ’s something that most people would consider playing in short bursts each day. A recent poll, however, shows that close to two-thirds of Japanese gamers are already giving up on the product. ITMedia in Japan took poll data from 1000 gamers and a. . .

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  • dsmx, on 07/04/2008, -9/+238Who didn't see that coming?
    • LongShlong, on 07/05/2008, -7/+27People who bought into the hype of the NES Power Pad.
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -6/+4At first I thought you meant the NES Advantage, which I loved - http://www.vidgame.net/NINTENDO/Nintendo/nes_perip ...

        But yeah, Power Pad, it's hard to believe people bought that...
      • WhereAmI, on 07/05/2008, -3/+3I had one of those, didn't buy it but when I got the NES from a cousin he had it along with duck hunt. Threw it out when I was 8 cause the thing never worked.

        Side note: copy the link location of chaos's link and paste it in the URL box, they relocate a referral.
      • kenvsryu, on 07/05/2008, -2/+13It's obvious you've never played track and field on the power pad.
      • modifiedbears, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3I remember playing Track and Field with my family when I was a kid and we all had a blast.
      • t0x2c, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1Track and Field? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqv8UJc72SU
    • SpeedyG, on 07/06/2008, -5/+14If you're reading this, you can probably think of at least one thing you got last Christmas that you aren't using now. You could put just about any game in the headline and it would work just the same.

      And BTW, if you're not using your Wii Fit anymore, how about hooking me up with it? I sure as hell can't find one anywhere. =D
    • rpgmaker, on 07/06/2008, -2/+8What are the Wii owners going to play now?!
      • XSDX3R0, on 07/06/2008, -4/+1super pii pii brothers, that game is awesome and funny as hell
    • MonkeyHugger, on 07/06/2008, -1/+12The american market will quit soon.

      Too much exercise.
    • bamsebomsen, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7"% Population Obese, Japan 2.9"
      Don't really think they need it, though I could mention a country that does; http://tinyurl.com/zcp8d
    • sofunnyithurts, on 07/07/2008, -3/+2why not just exercise????!!!!!!!!!
      • Juice7, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Yea, and why go for a jog when you can just "exercise" instead.
    • alach11, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1I keep my morning jog and evening video games separate. If you need a video game to motivate you to stay healthy there's something wrong with you.
  • xParker, on 09/12/2008, -9/+91Knowing Japan, they probably have something better.
    • yamikaze, on 07/06/2008, -7/+20Knowing the Japanese, they probably don't need it like Americans do.
    • Jack8274, on 07/06/2008, -0/+16Knowing Japan, they have robots to do their exercise for them.
    • twp219, on 07/06/2008, -9/+1Knowing Japan, they will go back in time to create "Wii Fit + Matt Foley".
    • jo21, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3they are playing psp now
    • djm19, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2sales would say DS
    • Andrwmorph, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Tentacle porn
  • Andyschism, on 07/04/2008, -9/+34You walk around enough there as it is.
  • Wiinii, on 07/05/2008, -73/+501On a related note, 75% of gamers have stopped playing their Wii altogether.
    • p3dr4m, on 07/05/2008, -68/+8NO! it's 74%
    • BobMysterioso, on 07/06/2008, -39/+28I have been playing Mario Kart way too much, and after being totally schooled on guitar hero 3 at a party a few nights ago, I even got the guitar out again. Wiiware game Pop is good mindless fun too.

      I'd say I actually play more now than in the past year.
      • spookycheddar, on 07/06/2008, -2/+9you play guitar hero at parties? woof.
      • Syphon8, on 07/07/2008, -5/+1You... Don't?
      • Andrwmorph, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1Buy a real system.
      • BearinG, on 07/11/2008, -1/+1Have you never played GH drunk or watch drunk people play GH ? Priceless
    • pharekyz, on 07/06/2008, -49/+29Inaccurate... gamers don't play the Wii to begin with.
    • FrankTheTank17, on 07/06/2008, -26/+15On a related note, there are lies, there are damned lies, and there are statistics.
    • KillsTheWeak, on 07/06/2008, -36/+21Just cause you dorks like playing 100 different; but the same, First Person Shooters, don't mean 75% of gamers went back to that nonsense.
      • bagboyrebel, on 07/07/2008, -1/+6oh, this game! Oh, lets see... well we could also talk about how all JRPGs are basically the same game. The same goes for racing games, fighting games, and.. well you could make that argument for any genre. Or you could just shut up and except the fact the none of that is actually true and let people like whatever genre they like.
    • stinger666, on 07/06/2008, -14/+50Just cause you casuals like playing 5 different, but the same, motion controlled games, don't mean 75% of gamers will keep playing that nonsense.
      • opnickc, on 07/06/2008, -18/+31Just cause you 'hardcores' like playing 5 different, but the same, first-person-shooter games, don't mean 75% of gamers will keep playing that nonsense.
      • jgtg32a, on 07/06/2008, -8/+3I see what you did there
      • wush, on 07/06/2008, -2/+7teh hardcores videogames
    • Dean177, on 07/06/2008, -21/+3I never stopped playing with my wii

      if you get what i mean
    • Shaflugi, on 07/06/2008, -4/+17I dunno, I'm having quite a bit of fun with homebrew, Boom Blox, and Smash Bros.
    • joltcola, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7blast works and boom blox should be enough for you to dust off your wii
    • Chuck95, on 07/06/2008, -2/+15See I don't get this really. People keep saying this, but everyone I know who has a Wii plays it all the time. We have had ours for a year and a half or so and still play it just as much as we ever did. We use it for casual family gaming which honestly is what its really geared towards. Its something we all can do together. I mean how many games are there on the Xbox or PS3 that a 4 year old can play? There's quite a few on the Wii...
      • Skitals, on 07/06/2008, -12/+9People are saying it because they, like myself, bought into the Wii craze, played with it for a couple months, and let it collect dust until they finally sold the thing. The people I know that haven't sold their Wii, don't play it. Ever.

        The 360 gets all the game time, and the PS3 is still good for Blu-ray movies.

        But don't get me wrong... there are many times when I'm tempted to get a wii again. I just KNOW I won't play it enough to justify the purchase. It really does get old fast.

        Btw, I'm not 4 years old. That probably is the best explanation.
      • bbqsalad, on 07/06/2008, -10/+6Same. I grew up playing NES, Then SNES, Then N64. Loved them. Purchased a Wii. Loved it for a month then got bored with it, collected dust, sold it. Too Gimicky and gets old really fast. PC Games FTW.
    • AgoodChap, on 07/06/2008, -4/+4Maybe gone back to DDR?
    • 33PercentGod, on 07/06/2008, -2/+2Amen brother.
    • bloggerjul, on 07/06/2008, -5/+11I just got a ps3... and I haven't played with the wii since then...
    • tyywebb, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5I'm still finishing up Paper Mario. Actually I think I've spent more time using the wii virtual console than playing actual wii games.
    • TehProphet, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2I don't know about you but I have smash bros brawl.. and quite a few friends. That's all you really need to keep the wii interesting.
  • ChileanGoD, on 07/05/2008, -45/+120Wii F...ail
    • praveenmarkandu, on 07/06/2008, -23/+13guess what?.... Nintendo has already made their money off them. i dont think thats considered a fail
    • crazymonkey1, on 07/06/2008, -5/+4But it won't anymore, and I'm pretty sure they'll keep producing the game due to lagging indicators which means lost profits.
      • worbd, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6LOL, wishful thinking from crazymonkey1.

        People will keep buying it. When sales slow down, Nintendo can just slow down production as well. Even if it lags slightly, they will have no problems selling out every single copy.
    • efitz11, on 07/06/2008, -1/+32more like Wii Quit
    • Shaflugi, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7Thought you said WiFail. Which would also be accurate because Nintendo's online offerings blow.
    • DrKickflip13, on 07/06/2008, -4/+2Would have been better as Wii Fail, no need for the ... except making me pause and waste 1/5 a second of my life
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    • Jikul, on 07/06/2008, -3/+0Wii are tired so wii give up!

      Tomorrow wii'll quit and downgrade to one of the other boring "next-gen" devices (can't remember their names).
  • NecroSexy, on 07/05/2008, -7/+57It was released last December, so those figures are actually flattering.
    • jgtg32a, on 07/06/2008, -6/+2What's your point TF2 was released in Oct
      • Jenadae, on 07/06/2008, -1/+14What's YOUR point?
      • benmiller313, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5I bet you more than half of the people that bought that are still playing it.
    • norm7, on 07/06/2008, -1/+10I'd have to agree about this being more positive than negative.
      36% of people stick to an exercise routine for over 5 months? Not something you see everyday.
    • DesertDude, on 07/07/2008, -4/+1Natural. The Wii is just a fad. The novelty will wear off soon.
      • Elranzer, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2You still can't find one in a store, eh?
      • DesertDude, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1We have one. It's just not for hardcore gamers. Unorthodox and technically inferior to the competition, it's for casual folk. Kind of a lateral move from the Gamecube.
  • Synova, on 07/05/2008, -6/+201The problem is those Wii fits probably didn't have girlfriends without pants to accompany them.
  • vashgunfighter, on 07/05/2008, -51/+381000 people? That's hardly an appropriate sampling size to make that claim about the entire market.
    • atbnet, on 07/06/2008, -3/+28Not really, that is a fairly large sample. You figure most election statistics that are using to present the entire US voter population are composed of just a few thousand samples.
    • AchaIemoipas, on 07/06/2008, -3/+41No, it's more than enough. Sample size is not as important as realistic representation.

      If 1,000 people contains a realistic representation of all types of gamers, the statistic is correct. If a million gamers are used as a sample but they all happen to be over 50, then the statistic is false.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)
      • staticneuron, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2The Problem is there is no real way to find a realistic representation of all gamers. Unless they are doing it by numbers they can still fall flat.

        The issue with statistics and sample sizes is not just the low amount but it is the fact that they have to paint roadstroaks on prefernces and attitudes.
    • eryximachus, on 07/06/2008, -2/+17Someone obviously knows absolutely nothing about statistics.
    • Downwritemad, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Well there's no way of determining whether their sample accurately reflected the population or not. We'd need to see their sampling method to make any real judgment.
      • yardie, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0Pshaa, I bet it's an internet survey which fails automatically for a variety of reasons.
    • jgtg32a, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2We can get results from a poll on the Daily Kos home page and its considered valid and proves XYZ. We get a proper poll saying that people stop playing games after a while and there is a crusade against polls.
      Good God
  • BoonTobias, on 07/05/2008, -17/+6i thought japs were already fit? or thin at least
    • Xihix, on 07/06/2008, -3/+4Yes, because the game was intended to make you thin in the first place.
      • mywhitenoise, on 07/06/2008, -2/+5Then what the ***** was the intention of WiiFit then?
      • Xihix, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Nintendo to cash in on fatasses trying to get skinny. In the world we live in now, it's pretty easy. The 90's had people who marketed food as fat free getting rich, but the latest thing is Nabisco making billions with their ***** 100 calorie packs.
    • sofunnyithurts, on 07/07/2008, -1/+0wow how insightful
  • bmxrid3r, on 07/05/2008, -13/+1lmao
  • Carv, on 07/05/2008, -17/+77The only Wii game I've played for more than a week or so was Super Mario Galaxy. The thing is collecting dust now.
    • krd1979, on 07/06/2008, -16/+6How original... so how many other things around your house are collecting dust? Sounds like a personal problem to me...
    • BlueSkyfish, on 07/06/2008, -10/+12Are you blaming the Wii for that? Go buy some games.
      • benmiller313, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5you got any suggestions?
      • BlueSkyfish, on 07/06/2008, -3/+5Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Boom Blox are some recent ones that come to mind. Medal of Honor Heroes 2 came out last fall and didn't get much hype, but it has a great online multiplayer that I still play on and off up until this day. Same with Battalion Wars 2 if you like RTS games.
      • 33PercentGod, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Any ideas for the guy who wants the revolutionary new control scheme,but not a fan of Nintendo's franchises?
      • Sedako, on 07/06/2008, -7/+1Mario Kart Wii? Ha, if you like overly simplified racing games that practically play themselves. Smash Bros Brawl is really just more of them same anyways. Mario Galaxy and Boom Blox are really the only innovative games I've played on the Wii.
    • chilidbz, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Super Smash Brothers, get it. Other than that....well....there's not much.
      • bbqsalad, on 07/06/2008, -6/+2Or dont, It sucks real bad. Playing SSB is like dreaming of playing a good fighter or platformer. If you like floating around a huge area full of platforms randomly smashing buttons and having neon pink characters scream at you in their high pitched voice then go ahead and waste your money. Better off buying a claw hammer to whack yourself with.
      • Ninja337, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Why would you buy a Nintendo console and then only play Smash on it? The whole point of the series is it showcases characters from classic Nintendo franchises (most of which are pretty good).
    • Ninja337, on 07/07/2008, -0/+6Try No More Heroes for the Wii.
    • petemorley, on 07/07/2008, -0/+3Try cleaning your house once in a while?
  • davidk2, on 07/05/2008, -21/+564% of 1000 Japanese gamers, not all of them.
    • opiniastrous, on 07/06/2008, -1/+11As said above, 1000 people is a decent sampling size.
  • Snokage, on 07/05/2008, -21/+46Wii is a great system being hurt by the lack of great games, and graphics.

    Personally, the controls are much better and easy to get used to then a PS3/Xbox360.
    • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+27Dunno about graphics, they are fine to me as long as developers actually put effort into them. But developers really need get serious and stop with the shovelware though, otherwise the Wii will die off not because of the console itself, but because no one is even trying to make any games for it besides cash in titles. Without good games there won't be as much interest, and nothing to cash in on...

      Even Nintendo seems to be cashing in now... my brother has the GCN Mario Baseball and it's pretty fun (moreso than normal baseball games, to me at least), but the new one sounds horrible compared to the GCN one.

      Controller is fine for some games, but most games really should offer GCN controller support and make the remote optional.
      • burrgrinder, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6I agree. My Wii has sat unplugged on the shelf for several months now for the exact reasons you listed.

        Don't forget the stupid Virtual Console release schedule. You rarely know whats coming, and it seems to be entirely up to random chance what gets released. They also aim for easy releases, which is understandable but annoying. I don't want to pay $5 for a ***** NES title, it had a limited number of great games, and most have been released already. I would love some more N64 games though, and those are never released.
      • chaosblade77, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6What makes the Virtual Console even more disappointing is the Japanese releases. They get a lot more games than we do (including more GOOD games), and they announce what games are going to be released. We just get whatever they give us here in the US (and Europe I believe).

        VC was the feature I looked foward to most about the Wii, and it turns out it's really one of the most disappointing aspects.

        I want to see more Japan only titles, specifically Fire Emblem games.
    • petard, on 07/06/2008, -17/+5Are you kidding? Controls better? The wiimote is so inaccurate its useless. Instead of pressing a button, you now get to shake a stick. Big deal. Its pointing is CRAP!
    • chamberlanderic, on 07/06/2008, -3/+3I love to play FPS , but the lack of that kind of games is make me want to sell my wii. Call of duty was great, MOHH2 is incredible RE4 is genius. The rest is all bad mostly because developers programmed the control so bad the games are impossible to play (ie: farcry !!!) , Recently I found No More Heroes whcich is great too, but for the rest it's all puzzle and platformer. Overall the quality games are not there.
      • CrazyChair, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0FPS on consoles are terrible anyway. I'm glad they aren't trying to make them.
      • BearinG, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1"FPS on consoles are terrible anyway"

        Not when you're holding a "gun" in your hand..
    • Kardall, on 07/06/2008, -2/+1I would like to see a comparison of how many "Comic or Cell-Shaded" games vs. "Realistic Video" games there are on the Wii.

      I am willing to bet that it's pretty huge. I'm going to take a stab at 10% of the games have "Realistic" video (Actual textures). The rest are just cell-shaded filler, designed to get kids to buy it, play it, and go pick up the next one in a month.
    • Leedrick, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Than.
  • j4nj1m3n3z, on 07/05/2008, -11/+47I'm pretty sure 64% of all American Wii owners don't even own the game.
    • kreneskyp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7most stores only get a couple wii-fits a month. many hadn't had them since launch day over a month ago. I got one for my wife after calling several stores every shipment day for 2 weeks.
    • s0nicfreak, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8Because they can't find a copy.
  • cyberdork, on 07/05/2008, -5/+9Simple.. most fitness programs are fun, but they don't pay off in the end.
  • BowieX, on 07/05/2008, -16/+223Do you use Wii Fit faithfully everyday?

    - 22% - I record my progress faithfully everyday
    - 6% - Maybe once every two or three days
    - 6% - Once a week
    - 64% - Stopped using after purchase

    The fact that 1 out of 3 users of ANY PRODUCT still uses it regularly 6 months* after purchase is a staggeringly good statistic, let alone for a fitness game. Futhermore, these statistics don't speak of the quality or performance of the game: clearly it's doing its job for about a quarter of owners, and a game cannot prevent the majority of people being lazy.

    (*I presume most Japanese owners of the game bought it in December or early January aboard the hype.)
    • WhereAmI, on 07/05/2008, -16/+3So, when we talk about PS3 games like Warhawk that are played by 1/4 of all people that bought it once a week ish then it doesn't count, but when its a Nintendo product, Good for them!
      • BowieX, on 07/05/2008, -2/+15Umm, I dunno. Do we? I don't. Do you?
    • superkendall, on 07/06/2008, -11/+5Looks more like 1/4, rather than 1/3, to me....

      Not too bad, but I have to wonder how it corresponds to things like gym memberships after new year. I imagine it's pretty similar.
      • gm33, on 07/06/2008, -0/+16I'm pretty sure BowieX added up the 22%+6%+6%= 34% (percent of people who play it at least once per week) ~ 1/3.
    • CancerBomb, on 07/06/2008, -1/+7That's a good point, BowieX, and it made me wonder if the intention of this article was to try to make it look like Wii Fit is bombing or underperforming or to reinforce the stereotype of Wii only having "casual" games that no one wants to play for very long. The reason I wonder if this is the case is because I can't remember having seen any surveys similar to this for any other games that have come out. (Feel free to post links if you've got them.) I'm not hating on any of these games (and I've never played Wii Fit), but I wonder how many people were or will still be playing Halo 3, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy VII, Gears of War, Grant Theft Auto 4, Ocarina of Time, or any other game (blockbuster or otherwise, especially games that aren't mainly about the multiplayer/online modes like Wii Fit) at least once a week seven-and-a-half months after these games were first released. (For that matter, I wonder how many people keep up with any exercise routine for seven-and-a-half months.)
    • thestranger, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6I must agree. I an avid gamer and huge nerd would venture to guess that a lot of my "must-have" games that I buy about 60-70% of them I don't play after about 2 weeks of regular play. 1. it doesn't grab my attention right away 2. I beat it 3. I am focusing on another game.

      This isn't that big of a surprise. I bought Ninja giaden II the day it came out and beat 5 missions in a day and half. After that though, over the course of this last month I have only beat 1 or 2 missions since. I play my games in bursts.
      • EpochOne, on 07/07/2008, -0/+0Same, although me and my friends seem to be a bit more, persistent I suppose. We binge on one or two games for a few weeks, then swap after completing the game/certain milestones, and do the same with other games. Obviously newer games get more time in the lime-light, but overall there are still many games that my friends I play many months after their release regularly (less so in the summer).
        Before Tribes fell to the ***** (vengeance anyone?) I actually averaged 1.5hours a day playing either 1 or 2 for years.
    • staticneuron, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3Why don't you tell that to any MMO player. Or halo player, or rainbow 6 player. Its nice to say ANY product but dammit video games have more faithful than any other product you can imagine.
    • merreborn, on 07/06/2008, -2/+9My thoughts exactly.

      A 22% success rate for any exercise program is impressive.
    • BearinG, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1There's also the fact that more games will be coming out to use it.. its as if the 360 only had 1 game for 6 months, how many people will still be playing it.. Wii Fit is hardware on its own.. it needs software too
  • gordonrp, on 07/06/2008, -16/+4Since when was a 1,000 people a large enough sampling to compare to a country. I don't doubt people are getting bored of the game, but really the 1,000 people polled part sounds like fox news.
    • fanclerks, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5Said by someone that obviously doesn't know jack ***** about statistics. It's not necessarily the sample size that's important but the diversity of the sample. You can have a 100 people represent a population if the sample is diverse enough.
    • prophetpimp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Multi Billion Dollar Marketing Strategies have been made based on Sample size less then that.
  • knute5, on 07/06/2008, -3/+105You could probably say the same thing for the Total Gym, treadmill, Bowflex, NordicTrak, etc. "Fitness" equipment has a drop-out rate.
    • matu4251, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7or most video game for that matter... after a while most people just move on to a different game.
    • pensel, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah the fleeting enjoyment of workout equipment AND of video games in general probably makes for many, many accounts of lost interest.
  • tiiim, on 07/06/2008, -10/+2this doesnt suprise me, i know a few people who are given up on the Wii or bored of it. The Wii is not a rubbish console it just needs that "something" to keep it going. Also i dont think it helps that after a long day at work the last thing you want to do is jump around your living room. Maybe they should make a "WiiRelax" game?

    Seriously hope Nintendo think of something.. there is a lot of Wii's out there that are gathering dust.
    • BobMysterioso, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1try Pop on wiiware, its relaxing and easy w/ the pointer.
  • projectstartrek, on 07/06/2008, -7/+1Um, are they including people who didn't own it too?
  • FlaWiio, on 07/06/2008, -4/+32I am still doing it almost everyday, 20-30 mins mixing balance games, push ups and other stuff, I never did in my life so I guess is a goal anyway.
    • rexcom, on 07/09/2008, -1/+0Buried for admitting to playing Wii Fit regularly.
  • azizrulez, on 07/06/2008, -11/+3looks like the Japs the are really fit people,either that or Wii Fit is not perverted enough for them
    • Phyraxus, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1Do people not realize that "Jap" is a derogatory term?
  • djkrush, on 07/06/2008, -5/+1Maybe cause they're all downloading from HearJapan?
  • polvo, on 07/06/2008, -1/+28Most people always give on any exercise equipment regardless of how good it is. Humans are lazy SOBs.
  • hellsing47, on 07/06/2008, -13/+464% out of a 1000 people?

    This is a very small portion of people who bought Wii Fit.
    • amcerece, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4No *****, that's why it's called a sample...

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics
      • LittlemanTAMU, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1TFA says nothing about it being a representative sample though.
      • hellsing47, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2I didn't think I had to spell out that its not large enough to be representative. Especially with the title saying 64% of Japanese users quit playing it.

        Then I forgot people are complete idiots on the internet.
  • fenderjazz, on 07/06/2008, -19/+8The Wii is a gimmick. Nothing more.

    OMG digg me down lol.
    • KurtangleTN, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4Well it's pretty much true, third parties have almost entirely used it as a gimmick. Either that or the controls don't work as well as they could (Okami).

      Besides Metroid Prime 3, Wario Ware, and Mario Kart the Wii's controls on Nintendo games could have easily been done on a normal controller just as well (Twilight Princess, Galaxy).

      Plus even the better third party games lack a lot of depth, and without a god damn half decent online system it's really impossible to have the amount of fun I could have with games like Brawl.

      I'd stil lbe playing brawl if it had voice chat and a good online system, but alas the system is totally broke and you still can't get a random game without waiting ages, not to mention horribly laggy online games.
  • Dexter77, on 07/06/2008, -2/+36Catching 22% of people who wouldn't exercise otherwise at all, is an achievement in my opinion.
  • mrzack, on 07/06/2008, -5/+1hopefully the Wii will be affordable now and easier to get hold of. I just bought a dreamcast for 30 bucks, and some fun games...
  • CrackyJSquirrel, on 07/06/2008, -8/+29DAMN LAZY AMERCANS!! Oh wait.. Well, its still probably America's fault anyway, somehow. I am sure someone will figure out how to make that connection.
    • bagelmaster, on 07/06/2008, -0/+11The Japanese are jealous of our love handles and huge asses. There, I did it.
    • dynelol, on 07/06/2008, -0/+26Cracky's Law: the longer that people discuss a problem (real or perceived), the higher the likelihood of someone blaming it on America.
  • qbthemc, on 07/06/2008, -2/+10Slow news day on digg.com.
    • Acglaphotis, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Everyone knows nothing happens on sunday.
  • JacobParker, on 07/06/2008, -0/+9What about the other 2%?
  • mickhead, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7My usage of it did go down dramatically after the first couple of weeks. I was on it every day. But now its once or twice a week, for an hour at a time. 30mins of exercises, then 30mins of arobics/balance games. Its better than nothing!
    • bitterbug, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5The obnoxiously long wait times between events, and the constant controller interaction detract from the game's usefulness and playability. If they would let you create 'playlists' of routines that flow into each other it would be much better than the games current system.
      • kahlessreborn, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2I agree with this statement alot, the biggest annoyance is they recommend doing two exercise together to get that routine checklist thing but you cant setup your own routien and you dont know which exercises to do on a particular day since you cant do them all.
  • aserer511, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7huge success for nintendo; they sold each and everyone of those units, regardless of whether or not people quit using them
  • triferlinks, on 07/06/2008, -9/+1the other 36% of japanese gamers are into real video games that have better coordination.
  • Owwmykneecap, on 07/06/2008, -6/+3comment that shows no understanding of sampling
  • FaithclubDotNet, on 07/06/2008, -6/+5Wii Fit has a silly level where the goal is to sit without moving and watch the screen. I don't think many calories are being burned there.
    • Fooord, on 07/06/2008, -3/+12Oh that's how you play almost half of metal gear solid 4.
      • jgtg32a, on 07/06/2008, -5/+4One's a game one's trying to pawn itself off as a way to be healthy.
      • BearinG, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1and the other shows you someone smoking a few cigarettes for 10 minutes..
  • FrankTheTank17, on 07/06/2008, -3/+18This must be why Wii Fit isn't still being played anymore:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=YUVbv-nSV2U
    • CAisBacK, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0hahahahahaha there must be a lot of Japanese victims....
  • kris2pe, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Look on bright side more used time sold at a cheaper price somebody has to win right?
  • mikeyeah, on 07/06/2008, -0/+12Lazy Japanese! I'm still using mine, and I already lost 12 lbs.
    • BlueSkyfish, on 07/06/2008, -1/+6You know it came out 8 months ago in Japan.
  • Redwa, on 07/06/2008, -2/+7Then again Japan already is a "very fit country" if one can say so. According to WHO obesity in Japan is 5% or less.
    And perhaps they play the game not for the exercising aspect but the "game" aspect of it. And perhaps the game works as gateway medium for more serious execerise. I'd say it'd be more interesting to hear what the rates are in the U.S. where obesity actually is a serious health concern.

    http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publicatio ... "The extent of the problem" (It's a long read)
    • thailand1972, on 07/06/2008, -2/+9Not being obese doesn't mean you are fit.
    • Lavarock, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Funny thing is, they're still in a health craze. 34 inch waists are now illegal. I'm not kidding. So Japanese people don't have to be fatass to have a real problem.
      • thailand1972, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1"34 inch waists are now illegal. "

        Just shut up. You know nothing. I've spent 3 years in Japan, and it's a nation getting fatter and fatter, like the rest of the world. They are surviving on their Edo Period genes, but lack of exercise and bad diets are making the Japanese fatter. Just not as fat as the US.
    • BearinG, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Not bad for a country that invented and practices professional Sumo.
  • mlvassallo, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5I can't find Wii Fit anywhere. Not that I am searching that hard. The girlfriend wants it so I look occasionally, but as far as I can tell most retailers are still sold out in my area.
    • kevdotbadger, on 07/06/2008, -3/+2Stop lying. You have no girlfriend.
      • mlvassallo, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Well in that case you have no mom.
  • OffPiste, on 07/06/2008, -11/+2The Wii is a fad, gosh who would have figured?
    • EtherGnat, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6I wonder how long the Wii will have to outsell the PS3 and 360 combined before people stop calling it a fad. The trend shows no sign of slowing down, and unlike the other consoles the Wii hasn't even had a price cut yet.
  • NavS, on 07/06/2008, -10/+10Novelty item status confirmed.
    • EtherGnat, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5Really? You think all it takes for a video game or exercise item to be a novelty is for two thirds of the people to not use it anymore 8 months after it comes out?
  • technoob, on 07/06/2008, -4/+0The other 36% are saying, WHAT IS A WII fit??
    • Lavarock, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1This is out of people who bought one, genius.
  • Eric3k, on 07/06/2008, -2/+3It's still better than Sweating to the Oldies with Richard Simmons. "Come on girls! Let's dance!"
  • ahughes, on 07/06/2008, -8/+2So...1000 people surveyed out of ~127M people? What's that...like 0.001% of the population? Ha!
    • negativefx, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4Do you understand how statistics work?

      If they could ask the entire population, it wouldn't be an estimate/extrapolation.

  • toytoyota, on 07/06/2008, -6/+2I thought the title , from the rss, would be 64% of Japanese gamers have quit using the Wii. I was not about to be too surprised at that either.
  • Shanobi, on 07/06/2008, -8/+3Wow, so a magazine, NOT the Nintendo channel, polled 1000 people about it? Who's to say they even OWN Wii Fit?

    Gotta love the anti-wii posts, and the inability to actually pay attention to details.

    Here, I randomly polled 10 people about GTA4. Yup, 90 percent of people bought it and hated it. There, that's sciyuntific, just like the one posted here!
  • WraTH017, on 07/06/2008, -5/+17On a related note, 90% of people who bought MG4 at launch and finished it have stopped playing it already. This happens with games, it's no surprise.
    • Vosona, on 07/06/2008, -3/+4And due to lack of any other games on the PS3, they have stopped gaming altogether.
    • IJstickI, on 07/06/2008, -1/+3exactly....which is why i think gamefly is the greatest idea since....netflix
  • LittlemanTAMU, on 07/06/2008, -1/+12Wow, two-thirds of people gave up on a fitness routine. In other news, it got dark last night when the sun went down. Seriously though, forgetting that this doesn't seem to be a scientific poll of any kind, it's kind of remarkable to me that one-third of people stuck with it. That's probably a higher retention rate than most other exercise routines.
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