I'm gonna go against everything I stand for and respond to your jke thread seriously lol Look at me I'm special. Anyways. . . first of all of course they didn't have them when you were a kid because Kinect and such other styles of game play did not exist. More importantly they sell. A lot of people who are out of shape are simply to embarrassed to go out and do anything about it. Now that they don't have to go to the gym or wherever they will do something about it. Privacy is a string ally. I know a few girls who even though they were not fat they use it to work out and get a structure. They use Wii Fit I believe and they said not getting hit on at the gym and being left alone to work out is enough for them to keep doing it.