If it is supply issues please inform me however last weeks surge in sales and Europes Double-NA wii sales tell me it is not an isue of supply as it has been resolved lat week when wii sales rose signifficantly. So why is this week so poor for the wii in NA?

hmm, recession?

Supply has been diverted to Japan to meet demand for Smash, most likely. The Wii is still selling out in most areas of the US before stores even open (by ticketing systems handed out an hour before open).

Also, there is no strong signs of a ression.  The ISM index was low, which means that supplies used in service industries were purchased less than usual.  This doesn't indicate a recession, this indicates the opinion that a recession may be looming.  And if you look at the US media, the opinion is undeniable.

But at the moment we have no strong evidence of a recession.  Job losses last week were normal (300k), most of which were seasonal.

Even so, the Wii is not sitting on shelves anywhere and they're still selling well above retail on craigslist and ebay. 

Do you hear anyone saying that their local stores are fully shelved of Wiis? If not, it's probably still supply constrained, maybe Nintendo shifted supply to Japan for SSBB launch.

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what he says =)

isn't Wii region locked? How can they shift all those units on a weekly basis?

And for that matter, if they can actually predict user buying trend for once, why couldn't they make more SSBB on launch?

Isn't it obvious?

The fad is over LAWLZ

Yeah I don't know. Maybe last week ioi was actually too high and NA is recouping from holiday.

How does the region lock work? Most likely, flashing the OS changes the region lock. Therefore, moving them from one region to another would be fairly easy.

It's not an issue with the DVD drives, as they don't play DVD movies.

Even with lower shipment numbers than usual and huge supply going to Japan, the Wii still managed to outsell the PS3 and 360 combined in the US and Europe combined.  This suggests the gap will be huge when the world wide numbers are released.

Ninty took part of the NA shipment and gave it to Japan for SSBB launch so expect Japanese numbers to be high!