S.T.A.G.E. said:
bobgamez said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
A gimmick is a novel device created to gain attention. They tend to be a short lived trend and everyone moves onto the next gimmick. The Wii was a gimmick. To Nintendo gamers they probably werent but if you asked a casual who more than likely isnt using their Wii any longer then you'll find out where the product really stands. The Wii was a commercial success, because to got people who dont care about gaming to game. This is a good thing, but gimmick are also made for this purpose.
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What you are describing is a fad, a gimmick is something is used to attract audience and is not actually put to use or is pointless. Nintendo put it to use with the first game wii sports, it was not a gimmick.
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A fad is the act of wide spread attention occuring, a gimmick is a device or trick that is used to gain widespread attention. The Wii was a gimmick by definition and its reception was a fad, just like the Kinect.
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I aint saying i disagree with you, its just we have two different defintions of the words i guess. lol I think motion controls in general are a bit odd, I think they are fads but multible fads if that makes sense. THey are randomly in, then randomly out. People will love them for like 3 or 4 years, then grow tired of them.. Then for 3 or 4 years they are out, then all of the sudden they are back in lol. I think people like motion controls, but they also like just chilling on the couch and playing( a majority of people)
