Wii Fit Tops Christmas Shopping Lists

Pity No-one can find a Wii Fit In Stock

Credit Crunch, What Credit Crunch

The world's population are putting two fingers up at this year's credit crunch as they are ready to pig out in style as the most searched for product on the internet by UK surfers is Nintendo Wii Fit.

Hitwise have stated that during October 2008 the wii fit led the Wii, the IPhone, Nokia N96, ipod and PS3 as the priority Christmas items for UK online shoppers.

Hitwise Research Director Robin Goad commented:

"Wii Fit, Nintendo's popular video game, is currently the most searched-for product by UK Internet shoppers in the run-up to Christmas. During October there were more UK Internet searches for Wii Fit than the Nintendo Wii, the most popular product last Christmas. After Wii Fit and the Wii console, the third most searched-for gadget is the Apple iPhone."

The focus this year is on console games, and not on new consoles, so maybe the credit crunch is hitting us.

"The popularity of Nintendo's Wii Fit, which accounted for one in six searches for a video game during October, has helped online searches for video games overtake those for consoles in the run-up to Christmas. Judging by the search data, it looks as if the current generation of consoles - the Wii, Playstation 3 and X-Box 360 - have started to mature."

Looking in more detail at the most searched for games during October, it is multi-platform video games that are most popular; almost one in two video game searches are for titles published across more than one console. Three of the top five most searched for video games in the UK during October were multi-platform: Far Cry 2, Call of Duty: World at War (released this week) and Saints Row 2."

However now you need to find a Wii Fit In Stock. Sourcing from Woolworths, John Lewis, Argos and Play.com will be no good, as all have stated they are out of stock, so try our links to the left in find your wii fit in stock.