leighanneslittlehorns
12-14-2009, 03:52 PM
Publishers are working up a sweat in hopes of enticing ‘Wii Fit’ customers
LOS ANGELES - At first glance, the rack of video games seems out of place next to the row of elliptical machines at The Sports Authority in Burbank, Calif. The nation's largest sports retailer partnered with Nintendo last month to sell the popular Wii console and games. It's another sign of the times: Video games aren't just for shooting aliens anymore.
"I actually came here looking for soccer equipment for my sons for Christmas, but this caught my eye," said Celia Fernandez while browsing the sports- and fitness-themed Wii games at The Sports Authority. "We bought a Wii last year but don't use it as much anymore, so I was thinking we might get them a new Wii game to go with their new soccer equipment."
Launched by Nintendo last year, the fitness game "Wii Fit" and the accompanying Wii Balance Board have bench-pressed the gaming world. Thanks to the Wii's motion-controller and the scalelike balance board, exercise games — or exergames, as they're known — have become a fully formed gaming genre, attracting scads of users who don't normally play with joysticks.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34381072/ns/technology_and_science-games/
LOS ANGELES - At first glance, the rack of video games seems out of place next to the row of elliptical machines at The Sports Authority in Burbank, Calif. The nation's largest sports retailer partnered with Nintendo last month to sell the popular Wii console and games. It's another sign of the times: Video games aren't just for shooting aliens anymore.
"I actually came here looking for soccer equipment for my sons for Christmas, but this caught my eye," said Celia Fernandez while browsing the sports- and fitness-themed Wii games at The Sports Authority. "We bought a Wii last year but don't use it as much anymore, so I was thinking we might get them a new Wii game to go with their new soccer equipment."
Launched by Nintendo last year, the fitness game "Wii Fit" and the accompanying Wii Balance Board have bench-pressed the gaming world. Thanks to the Wii's motion-controller and the scalelike balance board, exercise games — or exergames, as they're known — have become a fully formed gaming genre, attracting scads of users who don't normally play with joysticks.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34381072/ns/technology_and_science-games/