| WiteoutKing said: If by "fad" you mean "sells a million a month, due to excessive demand, with no end in sight" then sure, the Wii is a "fad". |
This is what would be a fad to me:
Lets say the Wii starts going crazy, which it pretty much has, and sales 16m per year for the next three years. That would put it 48m, giving it a lead that wil not be touched. Now, after these three years are up we start to see a decline in sales. Something like 7-8m a year, for example. Lets use my highest number and go with 8m a year. That would put the Wii at 72m for 6 years. However, with a price drop by the PS3 to say, 249-299 with the HD user base being larger the PS3 sales start to do well; better then what the Wii would be doing at that time. For me, that would be a fad. There are 2 systems that I can think of right now that I would consoder fads. The PSP and Sega genisis.
| NJ5 said: If the Wii is a fad, I'm sure Sony and Microsoft wouldn't mind that their consoles were fads too... |
There's nothing wrong with being a fad. It's not an insult at all.
