Was the Wii a fad?

[Mnementh]

hunter_alien said:
No... it was just a short lived success. Nintendo should have developed more games for it, in its fourth, fifth and sixth year. They killed something prematurely because they didnt have enough dev teams to support it and the 3DS/WiiU. Also, they completely abandoned it as an online platform, while their rivals became better on that front every day.

In the end, IMO if Nintendo played their cards right, the Wii, could still be selling on par with the HD twins...

I think I agree with this. But looking at these old threads I have the feeling the HD-fans were right, only got the timeframe wrong.