Interesting posts on gaf following the abysmal Wii software numbers in the UK

This is the percent of marketshare the Wii U had in each country last year:

France: 4.20%
UK: 3.08%
Germany: 3.08%
Netherlands: 2.24%
Belgium: 1.96%
Italy: 1.68%
Spain: 1.12%

In those terms the UK is the Wii U's joint second best market.

"Home console HW sales aimed at traditional gaming demographics have been remarkably stable during the last decade through the rise and fall of the Wii, through the GFC, through the rise of the iPhone and iOS and consequently Android and tablets.

Per JVM's figure:

So what do you guys think?

lol, it was about time! xD

The better question: is the market in decline because Nintendo's in decline?

7th-gen growth is largely due to Wii/DS, after all. If Nintendo's dropped the ball such that they're not doing the heavy lifting anymore, how will the 8th gen stack up?

Could be the first instance of gen-over-gen decline in the history of home console gaming.

You asked if the market is in decline and only show figures in Europe lol. And how can it only be Ninty when the other consoles are in decline as well?

Obviously both. The market as a whole includes Nintendo and if Nintendo declines with no one to take their place then the whole market declines.

Pretty much exactly this--anyone expecting a repeat of the last gen, hardware-wise, is in for a crushing disappointment. It's not just that Nintendo isn't doing the heavy lifting, it's that the world economy *will be* terrible until the mid-teens and there is just that much more competition for leisure time, and I'm not talking about just tablets.

Exactly Mr. Khan, without Ninty the market would continue to decline because lets face it, they're the only ones left that can actually sell well globally and not just well in a hand full of territories.

Turkish said: Per JVM's figure

oh wow, that's a sexy graphic.  thanks for sharing.

..and both.  sony and MS let their gen go on too long but i don't expect the kind of declines we are seeing with nintendo come next gen.

Well we already know the PS3 and 360 markets are shrinking. Once their successors are out and selling lower amounts of software due to install base, there will be another huge drop off then as releases on 360 and PS3 dry up.

if you look at that chart and eyeball the "non-ninetendo" market...it is flat.  no growth, no losses.

wii created and then immediatly lossed a market not previously involved in gaming's.  lends come creedence to that fad concept..