I say the Wii was not a fad. To me a fad is when something people clammer over is suddenly not in use. I think wat is a better analogy is what was hot now and now isn't. It is not a fad because motion technology is still widely used in gaming. It is still in use in consoles and now in cell phones and tablets. It hasn't been discontinued or fazed out. It is just used less. It is just no longer hot. As far as the Wii sales go many seem to be missing one important ingredient in that discussion. The Wii sales really started to slow when the Kinect and Move came onto the market. Gamers at first had to choose between better graphics and a new technology. With the release of the Move and Kinect they no longer had to choose.  Developers focused less on the Wii. Hence Nintendo sales slid.

There are many reasons the Wii U isn't selling that well. I think even if, all issues or perceived issues with the Wii U was resolved it would still be tough to top the sales of the Wii. The Wii isn't selling for these reasons. One issue is price as far as the price tag. Another price issue is the perception that the components inside making it greatly marked up. Many folks are taking into consideration R&D costs as well as marketing into the costs. Another issue is the economy. The perceived lack of power in comparison to the last gen by consumers. Ports that didn't hit the mark. Many perceive it will go the way of the Dreamcast so they don't risk the purchase. Many developers perceive it lacks the power to do what they need it to do. As well as developers not risking investing in the Wii U because of the low install base in the climate of game makers closing shop left and right. This as well as the Wii really didn't hit it's stride as far as few games hit the mark with the marriage of motion technology. For these reasons it isn't doing it's best. I think it's a long way to go in this generation though as well as NIntendo still having tricks up it's sleeve.

Playstation fans, in denial since 2007.

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A very profitable fad I might add.

It is a fad, but it made Nintendo billions and has sold 99 million. But it's only a fad, because of how it used to sell, compared to now. Despite this, it has changed gaming and motion controls are seen as an alternative to controllers now

Excuse me?

Because I'm hoping to hope a real conversation with you (here and in other threads). The first time you replied to me it was to belittle cyberninja's opinion but through our conversation what I've been trying to figure out is what YOU think constitutes a fad. So using your argument in the OP, we've come to the conclusion that the PS1 could be a fad as your understand it, which in turn means that the notion that most consoles can be considered fads isn't as ridiculous as you made it seem at first.

You see, when you throw things like "On[e] of the worst I'd say as the assertion that all game consoles are fads is absurd beyond belief." you do nothing to further the discussion. You're entitled to think that his assertion doesn't make sense but if you're going to call someone out, do it by explaining WHY you don't agree. Going with something along the lines of "your opinion is stupid/ridiculous/don't make sense" is lazy and in the end only serves to antagonize people.