Wii Fit to be $90?

Homicidal Cherry53 said:
I sort of agree with you. It's two bathroom scales (albeit, very sophisticated ones), attached to a game console. While that might not sound like a major change, it is pretty significant. The fact that it has two scales allows it to detect how much weight you're placing on one foot rather than the other. This isn't much, on its own, but throw in a video game console, and you have potential for games based off of the balance board. Something like SSX could be played by determining how much weight you're putting on either side of the board, and turning accordingly. It could provide a more immersive experience, for some games, and that is where its potential lies.

So yes, it is the same concept as a scale, but it can be used in very different ways.
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It has to detect leaning forward and backward, along with possibly diagonal movement, so there has to be at least ten pressure sensors in it, assuming there's five(forward, backward, sideways, both diagonals) for each foot.
 
Hinesmdc said:
What the hell? Cherry just explained in detail how it's in fact a bathroom scale.
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No, if you could read his whole post, he said it's the same concept, but not actually close to a scale.
 
Hinesmdc said:
Well, yes, it's very innovative for a game console to use. But the device itself is nothing more than a bathroom scale, period.
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Okay, I'll give you that it works in the same way as a bathroom scale, but this is a game console, and you yourself said it is innovative for a game console to use, so does it matter that, at its core, it works as a bathroom scale does?
fhqwhgads said:
It has to detect leaning forward and backward, along with possibly diagonal movement, so there has to be at least ten pressure sensors in it, assuming there's five(forward, backward, sideways, both diagonals) for each foot.
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You're probably right about that. Kind of supporting the very sophisticated scale thing I said before.
fhqwhgads said:
No, if you could read his whole post, he said it's the same concept, but not actually close to a scale.
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It is the same concept, and it is relatively close, I think. It is simply more sophisticated (more sensors like you suggested), and does more with the data it collects.
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
It is the same concept, and it is relatively close, I think. It is simply more sophisticated (more sensors like you suggested), and does more with the data it collects.
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Beyond the idea that you stand on it and it does stuff with that pressure, they really don't have much in common.
 
fhqwhgads said:
Beyond the idea that you stand on it and it does stuff with that pressure, they really don't have much in common.
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Isn't everything that Wiifit can do based on the data it gathers from you standing on it, and it sensing the pressure?
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Isn't everything that Wiifit can do based on the data it gathers from you standing on it, and it sensing the pressure?
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Um, yes, but the way they go about getting it and using it, not to mention end results from it is completely different.
 
Hinesmdc said:
We were never talking about what the end result is!
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All there is in using a scale is an end result. We've already gone through that the way they detect pressure is completely different.
 
fhqwhgads said:
Um, yes, but the way they go about getting it and using it, not to mention end results from it is completely different.
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The way they go about getting it is the same. How it is used, and the results are different. I kind of tried to get that across in earlier posts.
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
The way they go about getting it is the same. How it is used, and the results are different. I kind of tried to get that across in earlier posts.
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Yeah, and i realize that, so it's not an actual scale...at all.
 
fhqwhgads said:
Yeah, and i realize that, so it's not an actual scale...at all.
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To give you an analog, that's like comparing a commercial airliner, and a stealth bomber, and saying they aren't both airplanes because, although they're based on the same concept, how they're used, and the results are different.

It doesn't really matter all that much though. Whether we call it a "scale" or not, we can both agree that it can do a lot more than a scale you find in your bathroom.
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
that it can do a lot more than a scale you find in your bathroom.
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That's what I've been trying to say the whole time.
 
I won't be getting this. Especially not for $90. You also have to take into account that to lose weight, you also have to have a healthy diet and a commitment to working out. The board can't do it all.
 
Strubes said:
I won't be getting this. Especially not for $90. You also have to take into account that to lose weight, you also have to have a healthy diet and a commitment to working out. The board can't do it all.
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Exactly, even Nintendo said that their board can not make you lose any significant weight.
 
Well, obviously not, your only motion is assorted leans/yoga poses. Otherwise, they'd get sued by people saying 'i iz fat this shud hav mad me loose wait'.
 
I don't know... if they guarantee it and it helps people... a one time fee of $90 (considering the person ACTUALLY USES THIS) is not a bad price.

I am basing this off knowing gym costs, costs of joining sports leagues, sports tounaments, etc...
Not to mention how much people pay for MANY OTHER types of diet routines.


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fhqwhgads said:
Well, obviously not, your only motion is assorted leans/yoga poses. Otherwise, they'd get sued by people saying 'i iz fat this shud hav mad me loose wait'.
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It's actually not that obvious because I know people who believed that this would. Especially since the name is Wii Fit. Everyone unfortunately doesn't have common sense.

Bluevoodu said:
I don't know... if they guarantee it and it helps people... a one time fee of $90 (considering the person ACTUALLY USES THIS) is not a bad price.

I am basing this off knowing gym costs, costs of joining sports leagues, sports tounaments, etc...
Not to mention how much people pay for MANY OTHER types of diet routines.
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Yeah but you don't need to join leagues to play. You can just go to the local recreation center or school and play whatever sport you like. I can understand cheaper than a gym but with a gym you have access to so much equipment. It could help cardio if anything.
 
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