Figgycal said:
Look at Nintendo's numbers since the NES: 62 mil for NES 49 mil for SNES 32.9 mil for N64 22 mil for Gamecube 100 mil for Wii 18 mil for Wii U... An obvious downward trend followed by a huge spike that defies pretty much all logic; and then followed by a huge dropoff for the Wii in its later years and it's successor. That's pretty indicative of a fad. Notice how in the same year that the Wii had a 31% drop in sales- the PS3 and 360 were actually up yoy... and were consistently selling better than the Wii over a longer period of time. The fact that it's still selling software made for the casual audience is because of its 100 mil+ stong install base of a mostly casual audience. |
Nintendo's downward sales trend is an argument for it being an anomaly, not a fad.
The dictionary definition of fad: something (such as an interest or fashion) that is very popular for a short time
The Wii had four or five years of great sales and that's not a short period of time and that's not a fad.
