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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii NA sales plunge, can anyone give me an explanation why?

Desroko on 05 February 2008

Some combination of "fad, bubble burst, minigames, HD FTW. "

Or, alternatively, "Smash."



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hibikir on 05 February 2008

The Wii is supply constrained, and will likely remain like that until the Smash Brothers spike dies off.



aiden.cronus on 05 February 2008

yeah the wii is a fad
sony will rule all

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Kayanator on 05 February 2008

But if Wii's were diverted for the SSBB Japanese launch then why are European sales consitently near double than North American sales for the wii?



Desroko on 05 February 2008
Kayanator said:
But if Wii's were diverted for the SSBB Japanese launch then why are European sales consitently near double than North American sales for the wii?

You should check that math, friend. 90,000 x 2 =/= 150,000.



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ClaudeLv250 on 05 February 2008

Because they obviously aren't reaching into the European supply.

Sounds like you desperately want an explanation that doesn't exist.



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bigjon on 05 February 2008

maybe ioi was hedging the wii a bit so he does not overtrack when NPD comes out... but, still..

You can divert hw, you just need to plan it ahead of time. So no, King of Whale Nintendo did not switch Wiis. They made this decision when they delayed brawl because they knew that they were going to be taken NA's allotment. I think we will see REALLY high Japan HW for 2-3 weeks. Expect the same thing to happen in Others when the SSBB comes out in NA.



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Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

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Kayanator on 05 February 2008
Desroko said:
Kayanator said:
But if Wii's were diverted for the SSBB Japanese launch then why are European sales consitently near double than North American sales for the wii?

You should check that math, friend. 90,000 x 2 =/= 150,000.

 
Hence why I said "near"

 



Steve 3.2 on 05 February 2008

The system remains supply constrained in the US.



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misterd on 05 February 2008
Kayanator said:
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?

IT’S A FAD!