Nintendo Comments Sales: Wut???

[peachbuggy]

Not very nice to see the Wii dropping so far in sales but it is kind of to be expected. I mean it is still setting a world record pace so i suppose it had to fall. I mean, it is in its 5th year now, so is following a normal console cycle. Also, where sales reached such a high level i suppose it had higher to fall.

I do think that some of the drop off in sales is due to Kinnect as some is also due to reaching saturation points in some areas. I really think Nintendo needs to concentrate on getting the Wii out in some more of the emerging markets. Do you notice the huge potential there? In the weekly sales, the 2nd! biggest market is "EMEAA/others. Do you see the weekly sales for the ps2 there? There must be some markets within that territory that the Wii is yet to be released in. Getting to those markets would undoubtedly extend the life of the Wii.

The one thing that i don't quite understand though, is that, as well as having excellent sales of the Ps2 in those areas, the Ps3 is also doing excellent in those markets. I know it's a whole myriad of different areas and probably a nightmare to track but my take on it is this. There must be some markets within that convuluted mass in which all consoles are available. Some that only Ps2 and PS3 are available and some where only Ps2 is available. I say that because amazing as it is, the PS2 is outselling the Ps3 in that whole area. I can't see Sony cannibalising sales for either console by having 2 gens running concurrently in many areas but i guess, looking at the sales, it must happen in some. Nintendo must get its Wii consoles in more of these largely untapped areas. Then sales may improve a bit but also long-term.