souixan on 22 September 2007
| sharky said: The Wii is slowing down lately in Japan. And for all those saying all consoles are slowing so it's no big deal, the problem with that theory is PSP sales shot up last week (due to a game bundle, true, but still). This just shows that no, not all consoles are slowing down. So far in America Wii is still selling out. Even if Xbox 360 approaches Wii sales in NA, it wont be a true picture because Wii is still supply constrained and could be doing much more if they had ample supply. Nonetheless, whatever the reason, if 360 sales approach Wii sales it will still be a big deal. If nothing else it will prove that MS can manufactore more systems than Nintendo can. At some point the raw numbers are what's important, and not whether supply constraints or lack thereof caused them. The goal is to sell more systems, nearly regardless of how you get there. If at the end of this generation Microsoft sold more because Nintendo had chronic supply problems, guess what that still counts. The problem is Japan is like a canary in a coal mine. For example, the DS wild success started in Japan and then spread. So a Wii slowdown might also start in Japan and eventually spread. That is what Nintendo fans must truly be concerned about. But another thing is, demand is about to go through the roof because the holiday season approaches. So if there is some underlying Wii slowdown, I think it'll be masked until early 2008 anyway. I think a better test of the Wii will be sales in months like February, and March of 2008. If there is a Wii slowdown, it'll show up in North America then. |
