curl-6 said:
Fads burn out quickly and disappear. Motion controls are still around 12+ years after the release of the Wii and show no sing of disappearing any time in the foreseeable future. They're not a fad, they'd be long gone by now if they were. |
It was adopted (like the rumble pak) as being a legitimate gameplay mechanic. The popularity that motion controls have today vs. in 2008 are like 1/100 the amount. In 2008 people bought a console primarily for the motion controls, today they would not. That demonstrates the drop-off. Pokemon was also a fad back in the 90's, that said it doesn't mean that it isn't still very popular (to a lesser degree then it was) or that it can occasionally stage a comeback (ie. Pokemon Go).
