Lol, you haven't proven a thing in this thread so far. The Wii is as much of a fad as the PS3 a failure.

Haha way before my time! So I'm not really sure. 

I know they aren't the same type of "boy band" as the Backstreet Boys...but I also don't think they can be called a rock band. Lol some grey area in between :)

Obviously Wii owners had plenty to enjoy, pretty much the reason Wii software sells make PS3s look like crap.

It was not a fad.

Its sales peak and beginning of decline was no different than consoles of previous gens.

Really it comes to the fact that 3rd parties decided to never support the market leader. That had odd ramifications that forced Wii's decline to be faster than the norm for a leader and instead gave a late peak for the HD Twins as they essentially took over the market leadership position.

Now, the more than obvious reason this took place is the FAR larger gap in technology between Wii and PS360 than has existed in market leader to more powerful consoles ever in history.

Did the thursday part fly over your head? Ps3 isn't even up for debate about being a failure. It had equal third party support with 360. It had equal quality exclusives from Sony but had the most exclusives compared to Ninteno and MS. It sold more than all but 3 1st place consoles. You really have no points to presnt here. Only thing that could be classified as a failure would be profits but thats niether your nor my concern.

Wii being a fad is obviously up for debate looking at poll results and how many posts this thread has

One of the best posts as of recently. I'm not entirely convinced the thrid party support is the cause of it's rapid decline though.

I disagree. Wii saw a drop off because of the abysmal library and the capabilities of the platform were too limited. PS Move sold well at first like a lot of over hyped devices, but nobody anticipated success beyond that.

Kinect has had a great run, its still being pushed and millions of Kinect games were sold in 2012 (even excluding Kinect Adventure).

The are just sales from 2012...

37

Kinect Sports (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Sports

113

1,598,026

57

Kinect Star Wars (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Action

39

1,211,502

Here's a taste of how some other Kinect games performed in 2012...

Kinect Sports 2 sold over 500K.

Kinectimals sold alsmost 300K.

Dance Central 2 sold 500K.

Dance Central 1 sold 358K.

Just Dance 3 sold over 500K.

Zumba sold 671K.

Your Shape 2012 sold 573K.

Fable sold a measly 140K.

Clearly casuals haven't abandon the Kinect. Its still a good draw for casuals.

Motion devices like Wiimote and Move are pretty much dead. But there is still demand for devices like Kinect and they've begun integrating that technology in televisions. Also with the abysmal performance of the Wii U, maybe the Xbox 720 and Kinect 2 will get much of that motion gaming audience.

Best console this generation, IMO. After Nintendo dropped support in 2010(and, seeing what Nintendo did, third-parties followed), though, it's library became crippled, altough I still think it's a better console today than the PS3 and 360 which were infested of generic shooters.

Mr Puggsly said: hinch said: No, but motion gaming was. Its the reason why the Wii, PS Move and Kinect had such a massive drop off in sales. Once everybody got past the wow factor - "wow I can actually use my body to control the game!", nobody gave two shits about it. The casuals got bored and went to mobile games instead and the other gamers went back to playing with a normal controller. I disagree. Wii saw a drop off because of the abysmal library and the capabilities of the platform were too limited. PS Move sold well at first like a lot of over hyped devices, but nobody anticipated success beyond that.   Kinect has had a great run, its still being pushed and millions of Kinect games were sold in 2012 (even excluding Kinect Adventure). The are just sales from 2012... 37 Kinect Sports (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Sports 113 1,598,026 57 Kinect Star Wars (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Action 39 1,211,502 7 Just Dance 4 X360 2012 Misc Ubisoft 0.67 0.12 0.00 0.07 0.86 3 Dance Central 3 X360 2012 Misc Microsoft Game Studios 0.39 0.11 0.00 0.05 0.55 Here's a taste of how some other Kinect games performed in 2012... Kinect Sports 2 sold over 500K. Kinectimals sold alsmost 300K. Dance Central 2 sold 500K. Dance Central 1 sold 358K. Just Dance 3 sold over 500K. Zumba sold 671K. Your Shape 2012 sold 573K. Fable sold a measly 140K. Clearly casuals haven't abandon the Kinect. Its still a good draw for casuals.   Motion devices like Wiimote and Move are pretty much dead. But there is still demand for devices like Kinect and they've begun integrating that technology in televisions. Also with the abysmal performance of the Wii U, maybe the Xbox 720 and Kinect 2 will get much of that motion gaming audience.

Lol if Wii remote is dead then so is Kinect. Those software sales are terrible. Just Dance 4 on Wii sold more than Kinect's two highest selling games this year combined. Im positive the Wii sold more software this year than Kinect easily.

phenom08 said: Mr Puggsly said: hinch said: No, but motion gaming was. Its the reason why the Wii, PS Move and Kinect had such a massive drop off in sales. Once everybody got past the wow factor - "wow I can actually use my body to control the game!", nobody gave two shits about it. The casuals got bored and went to mobile games instead and the other gamers went back to playing with a normal controller. I disagree. Wii saw a drop off because of the abysmal library and the capabilities of the platform were too limited. PS Move sold well at first like a lot of over hyped devices, but nobody anticipated success beyond that.   Kinect has had a great run, its still being pushed and millions of Kinect games were sold in 2012 (even excluding Kinect Adventure). The are just sales from 2012... 37 Kinect Sports (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Sports 113 1,598,026 57 Kinect Star Wars (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Action 39 1,211,502 7 Just Dance 4 X360 2012 Misc Ubisoft 0.67 0.12 0.00 0.07 0.86 3 Dance Central 3 X360 2012 Misc Microsoft Game Studios 0.39 0.11 0.00 0.05 0.55 Here's a taste of how some other Kinect games performed in 2012... Kinect Sports 2 sold over 500K. Kinectimals sold alsmost 300K. Dance Central 2 sold 500K. Dance Central 1 sold 358K. Just Dance 3 sold over 500K. Zumba sold 671K. Your Shape 2012 sold 573K. Fable sold a measly 140K. Clearly casuals haven't abandon the Kinect. Its still a good draw for casuals.   Motion devices like Wiimote and Move are pretty much dead. But there is still demand for devices like Kinect and they've begun integrating that technology in televisions. Also with the abysmal performance of the Wii U, maybe the Xbox 720 and Kinect 2 will get much of that motion gaming audience. Lol if Wii remote is dead then so is Kinect. Those software sales are terrible. Just Dance 4 on Wii sold more than Kinect's two highest selling games this year combined. Im positive the Wii sold more software this year than Kinect easily.

Just Dance 4 was bundled with the hardware and Wii still has a massive casual userbase. But the Wii isn't selling for shit and they aren't migrating to the Wii U.