Is the Wii a fad? By Don Reisinger of CNET

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I'll be waiting another 12 months before making any solid conclusions.

Development takes time - and the Wii definitely did catch developers off guard. The ones that have supported it, have done so primarily with ports of PS2 tech/games. Ninty has shown that the console can do so much more than that - and it will take developers real time to adjust.

For Xmas next year, we will be seeing some *quality* Wii 3rd-party titles. If they don't sell, then you can start ringing the alarm bells.

But so far, Capcom, SquareEnix, Ubisoft, EA, Majesco, (and a heap of smaller publishers) have all made good money on the Wii. That's not a bad list to start with.

Its also important to recognise the Wii as an "accessory" to the DS. As long as the DS dominates, its going to be hard for publishers to ignore the Wii completely.