So, I don't know if anyone noticed, but Wii's market share among 7th gen home consoles has gone below the 40% mark for the first time since it reached it.

360 is above 30% and PS3 is about to do the same (or is already there since HD consoles are undertracked).

We'll most probably see a scenario where all three consoles have a 30-something% share.

Yes. Is this the first time something that achieved above 40% dropped back below it? Coming out a year early does not count.

So? Considering its next-gen successor is already here I dont see why this is a surprise or even a milestone.

Preach on prophet, for you hold the truth on what is to befall.

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.

Pretty crazy considering just 2-3 years ago it was deemed inevitable for it to cross 50% and remain there. People just seemed to have lost interest in it. Something even price cuts couldn't remedy.

I think it still would probably qualify as the most profitable game console ever made (home console anyway)?

Nintendo was making bank on it, it's the definition of catching lightning in a bottle.

I remember the biggest radio station in town asking people to call in whenever they spotted a store that had any Wii in stock so listeners could go rush the store and get one, they had traffic updates and Wii updates, lol. And this was like several months after it launched.

Some might say they didn't cut the price soon enough though.

They kept the price of the Wii above $199 for 34 months.

By comparison the PS2 was kept above $199 for 19 months.