State the Obvious

There are two ways to get someone hooked on video games.

1. Get them at an early age
2. Use he cow riding game.

You wonder what the cow riding game is, well, it’s on Wii Play. How do I know this?

When I first bought my Wii back in 2007, Malin was not thrilled a single bit. Coming from a family who never spend a single hour in front of any video game – I had to tell her entire family that Mario was a plumber, and that he had been seen in over 200 million households, before they understood that it wasn’t just a silly game, and that might be justified to use him in a crossword as reference. Any way. After I bought the Wii, I tried to show her that it was more than just a silly video game. I challenged her in tennis, bowling, snooker – and the cow riding game.

Two days after I bought it I came home from work, only to noticed that she had been practicing.

Journalist and speculators have given Nintendo the big thumb up for the Wii for many reason, one of them is that they manage to get the female audience in on it as well. Mind you, it is still guys who purchase most of the games and peripherals, but females are getting in to it. With Wii Fit, Nintendo managed to get their idea of letting video games be used as a workout toll fully on, and being released before Christmas, there wasn’t enough to get around. Everybody wanted one.

The reason I tell you this, is that I couldn’t stop smiling that even a 47 year old man, Richard Quest, talked about the falling profits for the gaming industry.

See for yourself, what game gets him hooked?

This other clip also gives a good explanation on how the economy works, using the gaming industry as an example.