Worldwide Up!!!!

[NeoRatt]

Demotruk said:

NeoRatt said:
It looks like the PS3 sales increase is coming at the expense of Nintendo and not the 360.

Nintendo is down substantially year over year... 360 is up marginally year over year...

Has Nintentendo domination ended? 360 is only 20,000 behind Nintendo per week. PS3 is enjoying the price cut... Nintendo has to do something to get momentum going otherwise they are in trouble.

Wii was substantially down year over year before the price cut too, it's not much moreso now. Wii is down year on year because the only thing generating much excitement is Wii Sports Resort, while last year it was supported by the very strong legs of both Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit.

Wii is also down from last week.  Given that 360 and PS3 are ramping up for the holidays that is not good news for the Wii world.  The Wii seems to have lost a tonne of momentum over the year.  It appears to be accelerating downward to the point where third is a possibility.

Unlike the technically more capable 360 and PS3, I feel it will be harder for Wii to gain momentum back.  "Just another cool motion controlled game" and/or price drop will not be enough.  They have to come out with another major innovation that people can attach to without replacing the console as Sony and Microsoft seem to be interested in a 10 year cycle and Wii will have to follow.  Especially, next year when both Sony and Microsoft are going to hit back in the motion control front without replacing the consoles.