Was the Wii (and motion controls) just a fad?

Usually my friends never made it off the couch

I am shocked that more publications aren’t talking about this.  The post-game analysis from 2011’s console sales should be in at this point and it almost feels like nobody wants to say anything.  Being the tiny gaming blog that I am maybe that’s where I come in.

Wii sales were down dramatically last year.  Nintendo’s quick jump to sales glory seems to be followed by an even sharper drop to near-obscurity.  What does it mean for the industry at large?  Was all this money, development and marketing spent on motion controls just a complete waste of our time?  Let’s investigate deeper into what happened exactly and see why not only the Wii was a just a just a huge fad, but motion controls to begin with.