Wall Street Journal: Nintendo starts to cool down

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aderoche said:

It would appear to be cooling down in others as well. 2nd quater 2008 averaged 180k sales. Now it is dipping into the 120s without a turnaround it will be down 500k+ sales YOY in quater 2.

http://www.vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Total+Other&cons2=PS3&reg2=Total+Other&cons3=X360&reg3=Total+Other&start=39453&end=39908

 

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 10th Jan 2009 to 28th Mar 2009:

Console	Wii
Total Others	1,840,262

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 12th Jan 2008 to 29th Mar 2008:

Console	Wii
Total Others	1,359,376

As you can see, it's 35% up from the same quarter of 2008. Quite the opposite of cooling down.