Is Wii Boredom Setting in?
GamePro points to mention of a report from Japanese video Game publisher Enterbrain’s president Hirokazu Hamamura who claims that 67% of Wiis in Japan are rarely being played anymore; reasoning cited for this being lack of another Wii Sports-style hit.
I have not seen any such statistics of Wii activity in the U.S. or anywhere else, but I have heard a couple people say that they haven’t been playing their Wii’s very much lately.
Has the initial awe of the revolutionary controls worn off already? Perhaps to some that have been lucky enough to own a Wii for a while, but the appeal doesn’t seem to have worn off for all of the people who can’t get their hands on one because they’re never in stock.
It is my opinion that the system is still in its infancy, and as more and more games are developed and released that utilize the Wii Remote controls, any of this so-called “Wii Boredom” will be evaporated.
I do think the upcoming Lego Star Wars game from Lucas Arts will be a pretty big hit. Let’s also not forget that there are 79 games being released for the Wii in this final quarter of the year.
Let’s also not forget that we are two weeks away from the release of MANHUNT 2!!!
What do you guys think? Who’s bored with their Wii?
October 16th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
[…] news@techpowerup.com (zekrahminator) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptGamePro points to mention of a report from Japanese video Game publisher Enterbrain’s president Hirokazu Hamamura who claims that 67% of Wiis in Japan are rarely being played anymore; reasoning cited for this being lack of another Wii … […]
October 16th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I don’t know if it’s boredom… I’m just waiting for some specific titles that are a ways off yet. Super Smash Bros, NiGHTS, Mario Kart, Top Spin Tennis…
October 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
It’s not so much Wii boredom as it is video game boredom in general. Mario Galaxy ought to fix that!
October 16th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Yes, I have no doubt that the huge list of upcoming games will get the remotes in the hands.
October 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
[…] post by Crum […]
October 17th, 2007 at 5:26 am
[…] post by Crum and software by Elliott […]
October 18th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
The issue is not the console but rather the games. There simply isn’t enough interesting titles at the moment; in addition, there seems to be this flood of games suitable for children… give me star wars and okami for the wii and i’ll be happy.
shayne
October 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
one more thing — have a look at the following games:
Fishing Master - kidsy but addictive
Elebits - another interesting game
My girlfriend and I weren’t really into games until we bought the wii… these games seem to keep our interest
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
[…] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.I posted last week on Wii Blog about concerns of “Wii Boredom” popping up lately, and now it […]
October 24th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I posted on a related topic the other day at our other Wii blog WiiSpin in case anybody’s interested.
October 29th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
[…] Original post by Crum […]
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
[…] of this talk about “Wii boredom” (mostly blamed on lack of games) and all of this talk about shortages of Wiis…guess […]
December 14th, 2007 at 1:08 am
[…] of this talk about “Wii boredom” (mostly blamed on lack of games) and all of this talk about shortages of Wiis…guess […]
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Thanks for sharing
February 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:
March 24th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well.