My view on why Sony is currently in 3rd Place.

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The Fury said:

alpha_dk said:

The Fury said:

The key point about why they are third though, it was (and maybe still is) too expensive for general populace, 360 was released a year early and Wii is a fad. (my opinion based on general populace)

Just a question; what would Wii have to do to not be a fad in your eyes, if (almost) completely selling out in its second summer after release isn't enough?

Sales are not what defines a fad, something could sell loads and not be a fad. The speed of which it has sold those units, maybe.

To not be a fad it would have to do more then sell consoles, it would have to make those people who bought it seriously play games, not just party games but all kinds and on more occasions then just when your friends are round (or in the case of my housemate 'the winter'). Once those people seriously consider buying a Zelda or Metroid game, then things might have changed.

 

So, 2 years (or 1/5th of the generation according to sony) isn't a long enough time to be completely sold out?  If it had sold this many units over 3 years, would that make it less of a fad?  More software sales by this point in its life than any console in history doesn't show that the people buying a Wii are seriously playing games?