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President Obama Is A Fan of Ubisoft's Just Dance

Posted December 22, 2011 by James Brightman

Ubisoft must be pleased as punch this week, as the publisher received one of the best endorsements money could buy. After President Obama made a stop to by some products for his dog, he then walked into a Best Buy and when he was asked what he was getting, he answered Just Dance.

“In case you all are wondering, Just Dance for the Wii. The girls beat me every time on these various dance games.  And you'll never get a picture of me [playing] because I get graded F every time," he remarked.

That's some great exposure for Ubisoft's popular dancing game, not that the company desperately needed it. Just Dance was the #1 Wii title for the month of November and it was #1 for the past 13 of 14 months of NPD reports (Just Dance 3 twice, Just Dance 2 ten times, Just Dance Summer Party once). Overall, Ubisoft has 72 percent market share in the dance genre this year.

 

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer ever since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz.

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