The Wii's fall from grace

[Conegamer]

Jumpin said:

Mr. Fister said:

I think there's a few easier explanations for why Wii sales are down than the ones in the OP.

1.) Market saturation. Most people who have an interest in the Wii have one at this point.

2.) No real system-sellers in a while. Granted, some great and strong-selling games have been released in the past few months, but nothing on the same level as Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii.

3.) The 3DS is right around the corner. This means that a lot of developmental focus and hype is getting directed away from the Wii and towards the new system.

4.) The Wii is four years old and runs on dated hardware. It makes sense for its momentum to be on the decline.

This answer is fairly correct.

I don't think the Xbox 360 or PS3 are really taking any of Wii's sales, they are not selling that well either. Not even close to what the Wii weas selling a couple of years ago. In fact, they're selling close to what the Wii is selling now, which we have already established as terrible sales.

Agreed. When Zelda comes out the Wii will be right back in Number 1 again, and PS3 is down YoY, 360 will be down YoY when all is said and done, so...