Do you think the Wii is a fad?

Earlier in the week I was watching G4 and some game developers were complaing that people with Wii's don't buy their games. Do you think that people are just buying it for the motion sensing gimmick? If people are buying it for that reason people will eventually just get tired of it. Do you think the Wii is a fad that will die out soon?

PS. I can kinda see why there is not much 3rd party support for the Wii becuase most of the games are targeted towards children and mostly children and soccer moms own Wii's and will only play games like Mario Party and Electibis or whatever that damn game is. Tell me what you think!

It has quite a few games that have sold over 1 million. And quite a few that are nearing it.MrDziekuje

But, those are 1st party games am I right or wrong?

Earlier in the week I was watching G4 and some game developers were complaing that people with Wii's don't buy their games. Do you think that people are just buying it for the motion sensing gimmick? If people are buying it for that reason people will eventually just get tired of it. Do you think the Wii is a fad that will die out soon?

PS. I can kinda see why there is not much 3rd party support for the Wii becuase most of the games are targeted towards children and mostly children and soccer moms own Wii's and will only play games like Mario Party and Electibis or whatever that damn game is. Tell me what you think!

Tech-Man08

It's because developers have barely released any good games, and the good games they release sometimes get no marketing whatsoever (Zack and Wiki)

[QUOTE="MrDziekuje"]It has quite a few games that have sold over 1 million. And quite a few that are nearing it.Tech-Man08

But, those are 1st party games am I right or wrong?

Right and wrong .. not all of them are ..

Anyway Wii is clearly not a Fad .. people don't buy games off the developers because they have not been releasing good games .. Most likely because of the mind set that the Wii would not sell well .. But now that has passed so we will see.

It has potentialof being a fad but as of now no.

yes and no. some people play it everyday

but almost everyone i know that has it, played it for a week or two and then got bored with it

i stopped playing it when i beat tp, and then didnt start again until RE:UC came out. (i dont like metroid, btw)

though, i havent played smg yet. i really have to get on that soon

[QUOTE="Tech-Man08"]

[QUOTE="MrDziekuje"]It has quite a few games that have sold over 1 million. And quite a few that are nearing it.X_Evo

But, those are 1st party games am I right or wrong?

Right and wrong .. not all of them are ..

Anyway Wii is clearly not a Fad .. people don't buy games off the developers because they have not been releasing good games .. Most likely because of the mind set that the Wii would not sell well .. But now that has passed so we will see.

no its not a fad. sales and interest remain strong.

most 3rd parties have nothing to complain about. they shove alot of crap on wii and/or they dont promote it. if there surprised thats its not selling then they need to go back and learn first class business. the wii is not an easy ride to makign money. it may be cheaper to develop for but thats not an excuse for laziness. they not only need to get the controls right, they also need to get the content of the game right. we know that the wii can do great games, nintendo has demonstrated it. theres nothign fundimentally wrong with the system. but (as one review put it) imagination and ambition are two things that are absolutely needed to be successful on wii. otherwise ure game will drown in a sea of cookie cutter crap.

and marketing....bloody hell. capcom have no one to blame for zack and wikis performance but themselves. 0 marketing and promotion....zilch. it got the okami treatment (yes a great game can sell crap on any platform...not just wii).

Earlier in the week I was watching G4 and some game developers were complaing that people with Wii's don't buy their games. Do you think that people are just buying it for the motion sensing gimmick? If people are buying it for that reason people will eventually just get tired of it. Do you think the Wii is a fad that will die out soon?

PS. I can kinda see why there is not much 3rd party support for the Wii becuase most of the games are targeted towards children and mostly children and soccer moms own Wii's and will only play games like Mario Party and Electibis or whatever that damn game is. Tell me what you think!

Tech-Man08

The Wii most certainly is a fad. Its cheap, its fun, it has the novelty of a unique controller setup; but I just don't think that there is the range of possibilities that the other two systems have.

In terms of the system wars, the early front-runner isn't always the winner.I have so many friends with Wii's and I think its a great system (own a PS3 personally), but for my personal taste in gaming, there just isnt anything that has caught my eye. Exceptions are Brawl, Kart, Zelda, the system favorites.

I don't think it will ever "die out," but I think you will see a lot of people pulling a 360, I.E. selling the system to get one of the others. Nintendo did an amazing job with the system but I think they should look atappealing to gamersof last-gen, especially the millions of PS2 owners to buy their product over the PS3 or 360.

If the Wii was such a "fad", then why is it selling like f@(#@ing crazy STILL?! Aren't fads supposed to die down incredibly soon? And since when has a video game console actually been a fad?

Lemmings and Hermits have to call the Wii a "fad", because they have no other insults towards it. :lol:

i dont get why people say wii owners dont buy games. seriously wtf else are you gunna do with it?air_wolf_cubed

It has quite a few games that have sold over 1 million. And quite a few that are nearing it.MrDziekuje

wii all know 90% of games on the wii are crap or close to crap when going by GS standards of course.

Yes, All consoles are..We wont be playing them in 10 yearsHeil68

i still play my nes, snes, and n64 every now and again :|

I can kinda see why there is not much 3rd party support for the Wii becuase most of the games are targeted towards children and mostly children and soccer moms own Wii's!Tech-Man08

this seems to be the popular opinion among young teenagers/children, and i'd probably think the same thing if i were a teenager/child too

but being in my 20's, i know that the wii is very popular among the adult audience

having an xbox 360 with halo and a headset in your college dorm is quite a bit more dorky than having a wii in your dorm with wii sports

when i worked downtown toronto, when other adults(high 20's, low 30's) discussed video games, they'd only discuss the wii....no mention of 360/ps3

the fanboys of system wars need to realise that the wii is a hot item for ALL age groups

People need to get off the stigma of fads being "short". The Wii could definitely be a fad, one that lasts 10 years. It just all depends on whether or not it's popularity comes to a screeching halt at some point. Could it be a fad? Yes Is this a bad thing? Not in the leastIbacai

Fad: A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Yes, All consoles are..We wont be playing them in 10 yearsREforever101

i still play my nes, snes, and n64 every now and again :|

[QUOTE="MrDziekuje"]It has quite a few games that have sold over 1 million. And quite a few that are nearing it.ff7isnumbaone

wii all know 90% of games on the wii are crap or close to crap when going by GS standards of course.

also by gamespot standards, the wii has more AA-AAA exclusives than the PS3

it also has several games that are of higher quality than the entire PS3 exclusive lineup

All consoles are fads.nintendofreak_2

as i said before to that other guy: i still play my nes, snes, and n64 every so often :|

[QUOTE="Ibacai"]People need to get off the stigma of fads being "short". The Wii could definitely be a fad, one that lasts 10 years. It just all depends on whether or not it's popularity comes to a screeching halt at some point. Could it be a fad? Yes Is this a bad thing? Not in the leastcakeorrdeath

Fad: A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time

I usually believe that a fad will last about a year, but the Wii's success is more than one year old and interest is still strong. I will not say it is a fad, but a trend that will have long-lasting implications for the video game industry. Video games should be mainstream and universial, not an exclusive, elitist "old boys" club.

What can be called a fad today may be called a standard tomorrow.

You naysayers are a dying breed. Eventually there'll be nobody but fanboys left to hate the Wii.Yodas_Boy

plus Wii's 2008 line up is laughable, so whywould the naysaying stop.

Earlier in the week I was watching G4 and some game developers were complaing that people with Wii's don't buy their games.

Tech-Man08

Maybe they should make better games?

Seriously, the only devs complaining of not selling are the ones making games no body in their right mind would buy.