Why isn't motion controlled gaming still a big deal?

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midrange said:

UncleScrooge said:

Because Nintendo decided to abandon their most popular control scheme of all time and focus on the gamepad instead. Welcome to the real world: Motion controls were never "a fad", people loved the Wiimote. I've been asked so many times why the Wii U doesn't use motion controls anymore by friends who owned a Wii (and yes, I know you can connect a Wiimote).

Motion controls are as much "a fad" that people "tired from" as 2D Mario was.

motion controls were a fad. If not, people would have moved on to the kinect. Given the kinect's removal from the xbox one, motion control is no longer what it used to be. AKA a fad

Kinect sold 24 million in a little over 2 years, it was extremely popular, people just didn't feel the need to spend another $500 for Kinect 2.0 just a couple years later.