Three quick comments:
- Wii supply in the Americas is actually quite steady. Nintendo has been shipping right around 250-300k per batch for most of the spring. However, these are biweekly shipments, so when you look only at individual weeks, it looks like crazy fluctations taking place. The is the one downside of weekly charts: people become so locked into individual weeks, they lose sight of the larger perspective.
- Yes, the PS3 is doing vastly better in America (and the world) this year. And this is a good thing. But by the same token, you can't mock those who were critical of the low sales last year just because things have turned around now. The PS3 was struggling to sell 20k per week last year, absolutely dismal numbers. There was nothing fanboyish about saying it was in trouble last year - because it was. Please don't pull out revisionist history to make yourself feel better.
- Hardware never spikes as much as you think it does for big game releases. We'll see this again next week when PS3/360 hardware is up 30-50%... far short of the (wildly unrealistic) expectations of many of you. Should be fun to watch.
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
