HappySqurriel on 05 August 2008
| Burgles said: In response to a few people talking about the Wii in the context of not being a "fad". It blatently is a fad, I think you guys aren't actually paying attention, a fad can still make millions of $$$... Have you heard of a Rubiks cube, or a slinky? FADS...by your defenitions they would not be fads. The wii is obviously a fad... Sorry to go OT there. |
How is the Wii any more of a fad than the NES, SNES, Gameboy, Playstation, Gameboy Advance, PS2 or Nintendo DS?
The dominant console of every generation, and in every market segment, has been amazingly popular and yet (in the grand scheme of things) amazingly short lived. No console can (realistically) be expected to be particularly popular 10 years after it was released, and you only get to being the dominant console by a wide margin by getting consumers into the mind set that they "Have to have your product now" ...
These may be traits associated with being a fad, but (in the videogame market) they are also the traits associated with being successful.
