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Wii May Be Succeeding in Widening Game Market

Posted by Zonk on from the oldies-but-goodies dept.

superdan2k writes "When Nintendo brought the Wii to market, one of their stated goals was to get people who didn't normally play video games using their console. Based on an article from the AP, it seems they've made some headway in capturing the senior citizen market. With the Wii's price point, and it being a good way to get people engaged in physical exercise, it's easy to envision it catching on with other retirement homes beyond the one mentioned in the article."

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  1. Me too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But that could because my grandmother is dead.

    1. Re:Me too by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's no excuse

  2. RockStar, are you listening? by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hurry up and rush out that Get Off My Lawn! title for the Wii!

    1. Re:RockStar, are you listening? by Aladrin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow... Just had a flash of a small, homebrew-ish game played from the point of view of a chair on the front porch... You get to throw porch-objects (shoes, newspapers, etc) at kids that are walking down the street having fun. The girlscout trying to sell cookies somehow made the vision almost real.

      I have -got- to seriously think about this one.

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      "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
    2. Re:RockStar, are you listening? by QuantumHobbit · · Score: 5, Funny

      There has to be a side quest in which you walk to school in the snow uphill both ways.

    3. Re:RockStar, are you listening? by Seumas · · Score: 2, Funny

      And for the elderly men, there can be the game where you have to try to fight off erectile dysfunction by keeping your "wii" up on the screen with your wii-mote.

      I'm still waiting for the videogame where you use the wii-mote to massage a prostate or perform an abortion. And grandma can play the "Wii Knitting" game where she crochets grandpa a cock-warmer with the wii-mote.

  3. Re:and that by Workaphobia · · Score: 2, Funny

    Amen. Now we just have to wait for their next Gamecube so we can sell.

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    Evidently, the key to understanding recursion is to begin by understanding recursion. The rest is easy.
  4. Oblig. by 644bd346996 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/13

  5. You can keep your grandmother by Forrest+Kyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I get tired of hearing about how I should buy a wii because of how much someone's grandmother likes it. Should I start watching Matlock too?

  6. Re:Not just seniors... by PeelBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh man that's a disaster waiting to happen. I hope they don't try to sit down.