Big deal. Wii shipments are soon going to be at 2.4 million, and America gets 40%+ of Wii shipments. 40%+ of 2.4 million is 1 million.
The perfect home console would probably plateau at American sales of 25 million per year, with 5 million per quarter and 10 million in the Christmas quarter. The Wii is still pretty far away from that.
Hardcore gaming is a bubble economy blown up by Microsoft's $7 $6 billion losses.