If Wii is going to have a lull, they picked a good time.
Not much of a lull, though. Still doing 200K weekly WW, even with the low Japanese sales. Wii still did more than 360 and PS3 combined this week, despite recent price drops for both consoles, Halo hype, and a series of supposed big guns for PS3 like Lair, Warhawk and Heavenly Sword. All Wii had recently was the American launch of Metroid, which was more than countered by the WW launch of BioShock.
Wii 217,801
360 128,012
PS3 70,329
And it seems a little ridiculous to say Wii is in a permanent downtrend before Mario, Smash, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart drop over the next 8 months or so. Those games all should sell at least 6M WW. The only franchises MS have of that size are Halo and GTA, and GTA isn't exclusive. Sony just have FF, GT and GTA. Can anyone name a single other game for 360 or PS3 which is likely to sell that much? Meanwhile Nintendo still haven't shown one screen of Animal Crossing or even announced Brain Age or Nintendogs for Wii. So I think Nintendo is still in the most enviable position by far.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
