well if it wasn't a fad please tell me why its successer is selling as bad as vita, please don't tell it has no games, it has mario, zombieu, call of duty and batman, at 299$-349$ if people still cared about the wii brand it would be selling at least 2x better.

ps3 was 500-599$ also check ps3 first holiday in europe, its main bread and butter, it sold 2 million there, look at wiiu sales in its first holiday in europe, ps3 is actually doing much better if you factor in that its missed its be the best 2 months for sales in europe which wiiu got because ps3 launched in march, while were talking about sales the momentum is dead for wiiu, ps3 lowest week worldwide is about 4x higher then wiiu i think, and then third party's are not supporting the console 

So you're saying it has what is basically an expansion to SMBWii, a decent zombie game that is not for everyone, and a bunch of ports of games people can play on PS3/360 already.

Also I guess that would mean the Sega Genesis and SNES were fads, since the next consoles from Sega/Nintendo got their asses kicked in sales. Also the PS2 must have been a fad because the PS3 has sold what.. half as much?

Thanks for clearing all of this up.

no fads are something that become irrivalant, after being the hottest thing on the market, sega genesis never domianted the market, it sold 34 million-37 million and lost to super nes, n64 managed to sell 10 million less then super nes, not a huge deal, and if wiiu manages 30 million, i won't call the wii a fad.

PS1 and PS2 seem entirely irrelevant right now. Fads confirmed.

"why would it reach market saruration so fast"

"I remember everybody saying it would out sell ps2, it did sell faster then it for the first 3-4 years"

I think you answered yourself.

no, it sold faster then ps2, a bit faster, so i don't see how i answered myself, but i know the reason why it stopped selling.

Yes, sure you know it, you said it. It sold faster than the PS2 and therefore reached market saturation faster. Thanks for your insight.