Nintendo: Wii Vitality sensor will “wow” gamers
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said the Wii Vitality Sensor will “wow” gamers once they witness it in action.
In an interview with Fast Company Nintendo boss Reggie Fils-Aime gave an insight into why Nintendo thinks the Wii Vitality Sensor will take off just like the Nintendo DS and Wii did despite initially being mocked in some circles.
It might have been widely mocked but Reggie believes the Vitality Sensor will take off just like Wii Fit has.
Speaking of the ridicule he said “Now I’m hearing something similar for the Wii Vitality Sensor. And all I can tell you is, with the game developers that we have, we will bring forth an experience that you will say, ‘Wow, I get it.’”
“Until you have that software, it’s tough to understand. If I told you that you would be standing on an oversized bathroom scale, and having fun doing it, you probably would have said, ‘Reggie, I don’t get it.’ And yet here we are with the balance board arguably as the third largest development platform across the globe.”
And just like the Wii, Wii Fit and the DS went after new customers Nintendo is hoping to attract even more gamers who’ve never played before with the sensor.
According to Reggie “there are a 150 million consumers in the markets that we do business, that say they’d be interested in video games if they had the right content, but today don’t play.
“Those are the consumers that we believe something like the Vitality Sensor with the right software could compel to get in the game.”
Via [Fast Company]
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