As far as i can remember, the wii has not yet been "slowed" ever in america.. the release of Halo 3 boosted 360 sales, and the wii sales remained exactly on par with what it normally and still does.. sold out

I wasn't going to get into this and had only come to this topic in the hope that it was going to get nasty but I just have to clear this up:

    1. Mario Kart and Super Mario Bros are both part of the same franchise. The clue is in the titles. Confusing, I know.

    2. It didn't take both consoles. Both versions of GTA4 well and truly spanked MKWii. 

    3. No comment.

    4. That's called a lie. It's what executives are paid to do.

I'd just like to take this opportunity to remind the wii glory supporters that this is what Pachter predicted. He said the wii would dominate for 2 years before it's sales started to decline. Those 2 years are not yet up. Bubbles can burst. 

So is that the official damage control story, or just the latest attempt?

Also, are you and kingofwale the same person?

So, what your really hoping is that in 6 months, the Wii fad will die down so the PS3 can dominate?

Case you forgot, Pachter updated his Wii prediction. It's no longer dying in December. It's actually dominating for the forseeably future.

Don't put your faith in a year old prediction from a man that has since recanted it.

1. Mario Kart isn't the same franchise as Super Mario Brothers. That's a fact.

2. The PS3 version barely edged out Kart. Why do you have to overstate your argument to make your console look better?

3. I would have no comment as well, since damage controls isn't your strong suit.

4. So, you think that there is a huge factory full of Wii's, and that the whole supply constrainment is a lie, perpetrated to get the Wii to sell better by some theory that revolves around the equally crazy theory of, "If we tell em they can't have it, they'll buy it, so that's the reason Wii's sell so well."

5. If I were a mod, I would ban you for that post.

Good luck waiting for the Wii's bubble to burst, like all those other consoles which were wildly successful and dominated the industry for two years, but suddenly ground to a hault.

Maybe Wii owners will suddenly realize that they shoulda been playing an Xbox 360 this whole time, and we'll see a movie style comeback, which of course is a dream and could never happen in a billion years.

??

 The Wii sold 76,608 last week and 398,710 this week.  That's 475,318 over 2 weeks.

Even if they hadn't held them back last week and just distributed them evenly, each week would have been 237,659 which comfortably beats both PS3 sales and 360 sales

 Ok then, lets add the last two weeks together and split them in half.... that's about 230k Wii's this week. then.

Oh by the way at anyone wondering about Nintendo's shipments.
It does make sense that they control the shipments so that extras are shipped in time for big releases, but that does not equate to a big warehouse full of Wiis they dig into for big games, it just means they can control supply week by week to better fit with demand.

The massive number of Wiis this week however was more likely a number of big retailers (TRU/Walmart for sure) holding back 2 weeks worth of supply to be released on the Sunday with MKWii. Nintendo did not ship 60k Wiis last week and 400k this week, it would never be different to that extent.

Those small weeks still usually win Worldwide, and the big ones...well, you saw last months NPD didn't you?

It's only going to get worse, you realize. 

I've never seen sales go that high after "new shipments", it's at 250000 at best in the earlier weeks. So, it's got to be the retailers holding back for even longer times.

As for the GTA IV, it's got excellent sales, no one can deny it. But, in terms of system pushing power, it's weak. And in console wars, system pushing power is what really matters. Nintendo's lucky that it's released on both the PS3 and X360 at the same time.