Tuesday 11 May 2010

bethan and veritys case study.

Wii Fit.Totally different to Grand Theft Auto.

Release date: 2008
Revenue: The week ending June 7th
2009 Over 20 million Wii users have purchased Nintendo's hit exercise title wii fit.

-In Japan the games sold almost 3.5 million units.

-8.3 units in other countries (Europe) since the launch.

-The development team has 2 senior staff ( Hiroshi Matsunaga & Tadashi Sugiyama). So it's not really a very large development team.

-Wii is made by Nintendo

- Wii used 'Torque' game engine. Supports skinned meshrendered, advanced charcter & shape animation, terrains...


The target market of the Wii Fit is aimed at people of all ages, men and women. It's aimed at everyone, as you can see in this advert;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNVIcMnZh4

SOME ADVANTAGES OF THE WII FIT
-The clip also shows that the Wii Fit is family friendly.
-The Wii fit expensive...but it's cheaper than the gym.
-The game contains no violence.
-It's interactive.
- Keeps you active, unlike most games... (where you just use your thumbs)

SOME DISADVANTAGES OF THE WII FIT
-There has been some speculation about the weight feature on the game, the game will tell you if you are obese, overweight, normal, or underweight.
-The console only comes with 1 control & 1 numchuck and so you have to buy more, which you probably wll need to as it's better with more players.
-The game can only be played on one console.

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