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Miyamoto: Broken American Homes May Doom Wii Fit, Internet is a Fad
Mon, 2008-04-21 16:17 — Salesmunn
Okay okay, I made up his comment about the internet being a fad but it seemed to fit well here. In a recent interview with CNET, Miyamoto was unsure about how successful Wii Fit would be in the United States due to how parents in America are routinely absent from their children's lives...
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“Miyamoto noted that on average, American families are apart more often than those in Japan. A lot of families have parents who have separated or divorced, so it’s tougher to predict the role family will play in the American response to Wii Fit.”
While I do believe it's possible more Americans are divorced than Japanese, I don't know how this would have an effect on their sales of Wii Fit. I'd like to see these "averages," that Miyamoto is talking about and if his statements (if he made them at all) are based on any hard data. I'd also like to see the average number of Japanese parents that buy smelly underpants from vending machines who also own Xbox 360's. That might be Microsoft's key to success there....Miyamoto might be onto something.
Or he might be full of crap, just like this post.
Via MEGATONik tipped by Kotaku
