WW - 21st August Up!

[Reasonable]

Seece said:

GianCarmen said:

Then everything out there is a fad, because they all peak some time or another. Fad, i hate that word because its used each year on the Wii. It was a fad in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 so far. Its getting to be a big joke year after year.

"A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze."

Again, not saying the Wii is a fad at all, but if it's sales do nosedive over the next year or so, then yeah it was a craze.

PS2 is a prime example of a product doing well but sustaining it over a long period of time, rather than a short burst. I know 4 years might sound long to you, but it's not really ..

I think, even allowing for continuous ongoing drops, that the Wii is going to see enough sales over a lenghly enough time period to escape ever being a fad.

A fad I'd suggest needs to be contained within a timeframe no longer than 3 maybe 4 years at a stretch then die away almost overnight when the fad is over.  Most commonly a fad or craze wouldn't last more than 2 to 3 years and sometimes just one season.

The Wii's likely worst case LTD sales curve I doubt will be that close to a genuine fad.

I do think the Wii is in danger of fading faster than anticipated, due to a number of factors, but I doubt it'll ever be judged as a fad in any post mortems of it's impact on the industry.

Also, unlike most fads, it seems to have introduced something - motion controls - that it's competitors are rushing to emulate themselves.

Mind you, if the Wii was a fad, it doesn't bode well for Move and Kinect as they're due to arrive as the fad is fading out - so I guess the hardcore PS3/360 owners should probably hope motion control gaming as personified by the Wii wasn't a fad after all.