"It's the Wii" works right for it... It's been outselling the PS3 since day one for a reason... Nintendo's own games. The effect isn ow wearing off (although the Wii is still way ahead). Nintendo need to do something about it if they want sales to stay as high as they are (or have been).

I understand fine and dandy that software drives the platform, but with the Wii's releases along with a Pricecut... It should be expected to be up YoY, especially after the record breaking Holidays.

And I'm not changing the subject. I asked why it was down. You said software. I'm expanding on your answer...

It's sod's law we agree on this, and then DK goes and sells 10 million wii's

But seriously, I think the NSMB and Price cut last holiday leant themselves to each other, neither would have done as good without the other.

IF Nintendo cut the price this holiday .. well, what hypocrits they would be after going on about how price cuts are bad for consumers. Too cut the price 2 holidays in a row, something MS and Sony have neither done.

After seeing Goldeneye and Epic Mickey gameplay videos, I'm sorry but they look poor to me. Not anywhere near Nintendo's first party quality. Wii party ... isn't there already Mario party on the system? as well as the other tons of party games. Kirby, america only. But looks amazing, why would Kirby sell a system though, when NSMB, SMG2, ect ect has failed too? Same for Donkey Kong ...

Unless any of the big 3 come out with something truly unique and original and unforseen, the only 2 games left this gen that will be system sellers are GT5 and Halo: Reach, and the latter only because it's gonna have it's own console and it'll be a good opportunity for buyers to upgrade.

Why do you propose so many people think this? Becuase it is often true. The numbers don't lie.

DKC Returns has the potential to single handedly drive Wii sales this holiday, as NSMB Wii did (though to a lesser extent). People love 2D siderscrollers, and people REALLY love Donnkey Kong Country. There is going to be a lot of crow eating when this game ignites Wii sales.

Remember, Donnkey Kong Country sold 9 1/2 million copies, on a console with a 40 million userbase.

Ps3 : Slim Release Price Cut HuGe System Sellers Like UnCharted 2 , God of War 3 and FF XIII...

360 : Slim Release NO Price Cut HuGe System Sellers Like Mass Effect 2 , ODST and Forza 3. Helped Moving Some Xbox´s.

Wii : No Slim , No Price Cut and no system sellers already.

Keeps higher than Ps3 ... So remember me why should Nintendo be worried ?

Software does drive momentum, and NSMB did for months, but it can't be expected to forever. A console's momentum is driven by a) making it appeal to people whom it did not before (ie. new kinds of games) and b) generating and maintaining excitement for the platform (because excitement passing from person to person is the real world mechanic in the concept we call "momentum"). Wii had lots of a and b for the first few years but is now lacking in both. PS3 has managed to build momentum slowly mostly with b, and price cuts, because it is constantly getting significant new games and thus keeping users excited.

And seriously, you're claiming that a console should be able to maintain momentum based on a game released almost nine months ago and a small price cut almost eleven months ago, in isolation. That's ridiculous.

Your attempt to change the subject was to make it "who is to blame?" when we are talking about "why?".

I don't get what aspect of this is so puzzling to you...

Do you honestly expect the effects of those games and a pricecut (which occured last YEAR) to have a lasting effect on Wii sales? Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit plus were sequels, and thus not really hardware movers anyway.

NSMB Wii was a HUGE hardware mover as I expected, but it came out like 8 months ago. A game can only carry a console for so long.

Again, Wii being down is NORMAL. It is the summer months during a slow period of software, during the Wii's FOURTH year. What is abnormal is the HD consoles being UP (as a result of the slim models).

The Wii has held momentum from a few games over months at a time before. I point you towards Wii Fit as the perfect example.

It seems then that the main reason the Wii is down is because of a lack of compelling software. Fine. Expand upon it. Why haven't Nintendo released anything this year (other than SMG2) that will keep sales high? Why are 3rd parties ignoring the system, in comparison to the PS3 or 360 even?

It's not changing the subject... It's expanding on it...

Don't worry, no offence taken, I too maybe should have explained better since the beginning how I made that guess.    And I agree that it's still too early for reliable predictions, too much must still happen and too little we know about how the public will react to next novelties, particularly outside of USA (where a very good reaction also to next MS moves is almost sure, but that's maybe the only certainty we really have, besides PS3 holding well even during the best XB360 weeks).

About PSP, yes, it's low, but although it doesn't compare very well with DS, as a multimedia device it's maybe the best behind Apple's iPod, so it's a "thing" that competes better than anything else against two unbeatable giants on two different markets, a honorable second place.

great 360 sales as always and xbox 360 finally hits 24 million in NA. 

very good 360 sales, sales will go back up after next week with the release of the 360 arcade slim model in the states and then again late august in others.