Wii's just a mainstream fad, says Insomniac

Wii may be instantaneously accessible, but everyone will be over it before too long, says the CEO of Insomniac Games.

Brian Hastings, the CEO of Insomniac Games, which is the studio behind games on Sony platforms including the Ratchet & Clank series and most recently, Resistance: Fall of Man, has lashed out at Nintendo's Wii, calling the console a "mainstream fad" whose popularity, like the Tickle Me Elmo and Furby before it, will have "waned" after a year.

Hastings recently wrote, "The Wii is currently riding on a massive wave of mainstream attention and has been purchased by lots of people who don’t normally play games. But how many of those people who are hooked on Wii Sports will also buy Wii Need For Speed? Mainstream fads usually run their course within a year.

"As the honeymoon period fades, the Wii will be going up against more and more graphically impressive games on the PS3 and Xbox 360. More people will be buying HD televisions and looking for the most immersive and stunning experiences available. For these reasons, I think the Wii will be more successful than the GameCube or N64 but in the long run will still be outsold by the PS3.

This statement came as part of Hastings' long-winded message outlining why Sony will, according to him, "win this console generation," and he cited reasons such as the ability to make 50GB games which take advantage of the PlayStation 3's "major CPU advantage." You can catch it all here.