| Mummelmann said: "can never be considered to have lost momentum" I'm sorry, Iwata, that is an insane statement and a false one at that. Is he denying that the Wii, that previously outsold the competition combined now has been beaten by both individually for many, many consecutive weeks? The two companies he doesn't even consider competitors because they're so far behind and inferior has outsold his product by a great deal lately and one of them is only trailing one million behind in total sales for the year so far but was utterly dominated last year.This is the very definition of losing momentum in my book. I love Iwata, I do, but sometimes I wonder if he has snorted something with good old Crazy Ken! |
Context matters. In this case, the preceding paragraph shows what he means.
"Iwata also laid out comparisons showing cumulative U.S. sales for the Wii 23 percent higher than those for the best-selling PS2 system at this same point in its lifecycle. U.S. Wii sales for the first three quarters of the fifth year of availability were also 22 percent higher that similar sales for the PS2.
"I hope each and all these charts will convince you that Wii, as a machine set to welcome its fifth holiday sales season, can never be considered to have lost momentum," Iwata said. "
The comment is thus an accurate, if incomplete, one.
