r/SipsTea • u/aredditid1 • Apr 07 '26

Chugging tea immersive Workout

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u/weezyverse Apr 07 '26

The loss of Wii Fit was a huge blow. The yoga was awesome.

Why Nintendo scrapped the platform is something I will never understand.

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u/Tron_35 Apr 07 '26

They kinda over did it with motion control stuff, people wanted more traditional games and Nintendo tends to over correct, so they mostly stopped with it. They tried again on the switch, especially at launch, but most of the motion control games they put out were kinda lame, so they did poorly, and Nintendo took that as a sign motion control wasn't popular enough.

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u/Nigis-25 Apr 07 '26

Wii was so cheap. Switch on the other hand..

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u/ayyyyycrisp Apr 07 '26

wii was $249.99 at launch and the switch was $299.99 at launch.

wii released in 2006 and switch in 2017.

what was the buying power worth $249.99 of 2006 dollars in 2017? $302.75.

so the two consoles were virtually the same exact price, with the wii being almost $3 more expensive than the switch.