I have all the data on the front page article. Iwata's presentation should be interesting.
Looking at their data I get the impression they're hedging about when to release Wii 2 - but it does seem like it won't be this fiscal year.
I don't really know why the Wii shipment figure is only 1.4m ish - we know USA sales were 1.06m, and Japan was 120k or something. Rest of the Americas adds 150k easy to that. If Europe didn't exist 1.4m would be fine, but Wii is still doing decent figures in EMEEA too - certainly enough for another 500k conservatively.
My guess is they're introducing some new Wii bundle with the price cut in May, maybe a new color, and they had to fully clear out stock to get retailers to fully embrace whatever they're doing. This year Easter & Golden Week are both late April, so the timing of a price cut for just after those holidays worldwide does make sense, particularly ahead of the new Wii Play in June and whatever else is going to release in the Summer.
I'm a bit surprised they could ship 9m plus 3DS games too - sell through wasn't real high in February - March. Also found it interesting that the Japanese earthquake was not credited for harming Nintendo's business at all - they explicitly say no direct effects in the PDF with their earnings.
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