I mostly agree with this, but I want to clarify one thing about it.  IMO, it's not that the Wii "doesn't need games" to drive sales.  It's that the supply has never caught up with the demand, given the games that it already has.  That is, the Wii right now is selling strong based on Wii Sports, Twilight Princess, Galaxy, etc., all the big titles it already has.  Games typically do not bump console sales for long periods of time, but consoles are usually not still sold out every Sunday morning over a year after their release.

Every console needs big games to sell well.  It's just that the demand for the Wii's current library hasn't yet been used up, so it doesn't need new big games to continue selling like gangbusters.  And just in case demand is close to being met (we don't really know how much demand is out there), there's still Brawl, Kart, and Wii Fit coming to create new demand.  Don't expect a significant decline in Wii sales for a long time.

At this point in time, we have no idea what is planned for the end of 2008. We didn't even have the slightest detail about Wii Fit until summer 2007, no release dates or anything. Nintendo does not need to hype distant future releases as it dominates the present.

GTAIV cannot stop the Wii catching up, it will only delay it.

My question is, if the Wii does get slowed down/stopped by GTAIV, can it gain momentum back? It was never its lineup that made it stand out, and while girls who never played before, small children, and grannies might still be attracted by the Wii, Im wondering if the Wii could come back from a few slow months and rise back to the #1 monthly seller spot.

Without pure hype, im saying, can what the Wii offers take it back from a slow month and launch it back to the top? GTAIV for me will finally answer the fad or dominant force question for me. Right now, it looks like the Wii just got it all right, but if the world falls in love with GTAIV it will be interesting to see if the Wii can win the attention back.

Nah, Smash, WiiFit and Mario Kart are all really big games! Possibly even bigas GTA4. Although GTA4 will have a better opening than Wiifit and possibly Mario Kart! Smash sales week 1 will be through the roof though! And i hope Nintendo ships a hell of alot of Wii's!

Nothing can stop the Wii now!

Have you looked at the list of games coming out for the Wii in 2008? The Wii will definitely pass the 360 in sales soon enough.

I usually enjoy reading what TheSource has to say, but this is the worst analysis I have EVER seen him do.

#1- The Wii does not NEED SSBB or WiiFit right now.. It is still sold out EVERYWHERE

#2- Where did he get those numbers from?

#3- The Wii is sold out demand and sky high. Nintendo could dump all the 1.5 million difference at once and it would sell in a week or two... DEMAND is that high.