Wii's market share goes below 40%

[echoesfromthepast]

Metallicube said:

sethnintendo said:
Tis a shame Wii didn't reach 50%. It almost did. I wonder if it was above 50 during first few years. I don't think so but you would think so the way it took off. Perhaps it would if it wasn't supply constraint. I remember lots of haters saying it was a false constraint when in reality Nintendo didn't expect such high demand.

Same here, I really thought the sky was the limit for the Wii, and that 50% was a given. But in retrospect, it's tough to get over 50% marketshare when litterally the entire industry is against you, which was the case with the Wii. Still makes me smile though that a console that served as a big f-you to the industry managed to take such a big chunk of the marketshare and completely dominate for several years. Eventually, the third parties lack of support, and Nintendo moving on to Wii U, perhaps a little too quickly, caught up with the Wii and did it in.

Though somehow, I don't think Nintendo cares too much about losing that tiny bit of marketshare when their console was a sales phenomenon, pure profit machine, that is on pace for 100 million units sold.

my thoughts exactly ^