| Metallicube said: Wow, some people are waaay overreacting about Wii sales, it's starting to get comical. I may have to take a break from this site for awhile.. I mean how did people react when Gamecube was getting stomped getting outsold like 10:1 by the PS2? PS3 just had a huge boost in Japan from a recent release. Wii will be back on top of it next week.. I'll never understand why people love to see the Wii fail so much, without it, the industry could be in deep trouble right now. Again, Wii being down like this is NORMAL. It is on its fourth year and is going through a slow period during the summer where many people are outside enjoying the weather. What is ABnormal is the 360 being way up, which is the result of a new model. |
there is nothing normal about the generation's market leader peaking in its second year.
there is nothing normal about the generation's market leader heading into its fourth holiday with a reasonable question mark about which console will have the largest holiday sales.
there is nothing normal about the generation's market leader being down YoY coming off a price cut.
it's not like the wii has suddenly stopped selling completely but you can't deny the trends...things don't look rosy for the wii. nintendo has been losing market share pretty quick this year. at the end of last year when the wii was down YoY many wii fans said, "no big deal, look at the performance now. this wii be wii's biggest year yet!".
now look where we are...down YoY and soon heading into huge boost from last year's price cut which will just send the wii further down YoY. tell youself whatever you want but numbers are numbers no matter what you tell yourself.
..hell, call me crazy (and this is a bit out there) but if kinect is a hit (and it seems possible atm) there is a reasonable chance the wii doesn't even end this generation as the market leader which would be really not normal.
