WiiFit

How long can Nintendo Wii maintain its position as the reigning video-game console? Microsoft shipped an astronomical 8 million Kinect game systems in the past two months, undermining Wii's leadership -- already weakened by competition from the Xbox and PlayStation 3.

I am the benchmark. By the time a consumer electronic product makes it into my hands, you know it's become a cultural icon. And so it is with the Wii.Because I'm not playing. I don't care about TV, video games, electronics or being at all hooked-in to today's world. I'd heard of Wii, of course. But...

Playing video games used to be a fun excuse for sitting on the couch, relaxing and doing much of nothing. Then came along the Nintendo Wii, and its healthy counterpart, the Wii Fit, and video games were sedentary no more. Losing fat, or lowering your body mass index (BMI) while exercising on the...

When Nintendo introduced the Wii Fit, fitness program for its popular gaming platform , it was hailed as a new concept in personal fitness. Unfortunately, early finding from a study of 1,000 users in Japan suggest the dropout rate is far greater than that of gym memberships. The Wii, controlled...