Quit the gym and get a Wii

I've become obsessed with getting a Nintendo Wii after seeing and reading about the Wii Experiment, basically this dude from Philly played Wii sports, mainly boxing, for 6 weeks, 30 minutes a day during the holidays. He lost 9lbs and got ripped! He didn't change any of his eating or drinking habits, take note that this happened during the holidays when eating assloads of calorific foods is not uncommon.

Here's the dilemma, I hate the gym. That's not much of a dilemma, but I would rather play video games if I got the same results as being in the gym. For the record I'm not a gamer and the last video game consol i owned was a Super Nintendo back in '93, over 13 years ago. Anyway i need some convincing that the wii is the right thing to do and the gym is an overpriced gimmick. Let's break it down.

COST
Gym: $85/month @ New York Sport Club
Wii: $271 One time fee (including 8.5% NY tax).
If i quit the gym for 4 months I will save $340 making up the money spent on getting a Wii.

ENJOYMENT
Gym: hate it.
Wii: Thinking I will love it. I have never actually played the Wii, but there are many videos of people playing it and they seems like they're having fun. Here's one.

HEALTH BENEFIT
Gym: Cardio workout with weights for muscle tone. There are also classes like yoga, boxing, step aerobics etc...
Wii: Cardio workout, no weight. If any of you doubt how much of a workout the wii provides, watch this news clip from NBC that shows a woman getting noticeably winded while playing the boxing game.

MOTIVATION
Gym: Getting to gym is a battle in itself. When I'm there, I can't wait to finish
Wii: When I was kid, my mom would have to hide the controllers of my original nintendo system so i would stop playing it and do my homework.

RISK
Gym: Getting hurt at the gym is always a possibility, i.e. falling of the treadmill, dropping the free weights on my foot or getting hurt by other yahoos at the gym.
Wii: Unknown, but players, bystanders and pets have all been injured by Wii-related accidents. Household furniture is also at high risk. This has been documented at the blog wiihaveaproblem.com.

SELF CONFIDENCE
Gym: Ever feel intimidated when Ivan da Steroid is benching 900 lbs and grunting like a gorilla?
Wii: The only ridicule you'll receive are from family members or roommates, but are we really trying to impress them?

CONVENIENCE
Gym: If your gym is 24 hours then you can go anytime you want, but not all are. However you still have to schlep your lazy ass, gym & change of clothes all the way to the nearest gym, sometimes in the freezing weather.
Wii: Living room.

After weighing the options it seems that the Wii wins over the gym by a huge margin. But it is really unknown what the physical results will be. The Wii Experiment is just one guy, who is to say that the results are not fixed or that he maybe an exceptional individual. Take Jared from Subway, sure his results were amazing, but i do not know one person who got results like Jared. Further more I don't know anyone who lost 1 lb from eating Subway sandwiches. This could be an elaborate marketing ploy by nintendo, which I think is brilliant by the way. I'm certainly buying into it, plus Nintendo is kicking the PS3's ass in overall sales. It is next to impossible to get a Wii except on ebay or other sites that jack the price up at least 50%. That's it!!! The only way to get to the bottom of this is to buy a Wii, quit the gym for 4 months and see if it's worth all the hype. One three things will definitely happen, I'll get ripped, I'll get fat or nothing will change. As soon as I get my hands on one I will let you know.