american sales up!!

[greenmedic88]

NJ5 said:

greenmedic88 said:
The Wii is still selling rapidly because there is still an extremely large pool of consumers who have still been unable to simply walk into the retail outlet of their choice and buy one off the shelf (primarily in the NA, where sales have fluctuated the most, directly relative to levels of stock shipped to retail).

Until consumers can consistently buy a Wii at most retail outlets, hardware inventory levels, rather than hot software catalysts, will drive sales trends.

In short, Wii Sports, and to a lesser extent, Wii Fit is STILL selling consoles to non-traditional gamers.

While I agree with your conclusion, what exactly supports it here? Couldn't there equally be hordes of Wii-hungry traditional gamers finally scoring one every week?

Somewhere in between lies reality.

 

Naturally. Traditional gamers interested in buying a Wii are still competing with the "casual" non-traditional gamers for the same inventory. It's not like either demographic has a lock on sales trends, or that either demographic is solely responsible for driving sales.