Bet: PS4 won't sell under 180k any week in 2015

[Player2]

Imnus said:

Player2 said:

 

I'm talking about the PS4 having similar sales to the PS3 in the same timeframe.

There are plenty of fads that barely lasted a year or less like Tamagotchi or Pet Rocks that obviously weren't up YoY. The PS4 could be one of them.

Timeframe on its own is not that important for determining if something is a fad, of course it should be relatively short. Relative meaning compared to similar products.

Also there's no way Tamagotchis were down YoY after only their 1st year, so they certainly lasted more than a year. I don't even know what a Pet Rocks, so I've no idea if they were successful enough to even be considered a fad.

Wii had a longer lifespan than the N64 and the Gamecube which are similar products. Just look at the data (which is missing the last year of Wii shipments).

Tamagotchis were released outside Japan in 1997 and sales were down big time in 1998. Of course going by total sales it's up, but that's a result of the staggered release, not because its worldwide popularity lasted two years.

There's even a Pet Rock pic on the wikipedia entry for fad and they have their own page so I guess they are.