Don't shoot the messenger here, just posting a Kotaku story

Linky: http://kotaku.com/5030827/ds-wii-totally-cooling-off-in-japan

DS, Wii Totally Cooling Off In Japan

In 2006, the DS ruled Japan. (Heck, in 2007, too.) The hardware was hard to come by, and things got so back in 2006 that American DSes were re-imported into Japan to satisfy the demand. Things have tailed off considerably. According to Nintendo's Q1 FY3/09 statement, DS hardware sales dwindled, moving 580,000 units in Q1 this year. In last year's Q1, Nintendo moved a staggering 2 million plus DSes. Hardware isn't the only thing that suffered; DS software sales are down as well. Last year's Q1, 979,000 units of DS software were sold, compared to this part quarter's 493,000 units of DS software.

Same's true for the once red hot Wii console. In the previous year's Q1, Nintendo shifted 950,000 units. This past quarter, Nintendo sold 530,000 Wiis. Good news is that Wii software sales are up. Last year Q1, Nintendo moved 2.78 million units of Wii software. What about Q1 2009? A strong 3.9 million units. As the domestic business continues to diminish, Nintendo is clearly finding success with customers in North America and Europe. Japan, it seems, is on the decline.

Well... At least Wii Software is up!

I need some Popcorn to really saviour this thread.

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I don't know if the author has noticed but everything is down in Japan.  Its not just Wii and DS.

He is basically right though, hardware sales are not what they used to be for Wii or DS. But in console sales they are still a damn sight better than the competition, where as in Handheld sales the DS basically approaching saturation (quickly), although the PSP has certainly gained some momentum itself:

Consoles

Handhelds

In short, I don't see anything to suggest this is a Nintendo thing and instead is probably just a Japan thing.

all hardware sales are down except for psp, and software as well. What do you expect from a declining economy? miracles?

Who will be the first to say supply shortages? We PS3 fans have used it all day, only fair the wii crew uses it

well it was true, part of the reason it sold so much first half of last year is because launch demand hadn't even been satisfied, but still i think sales would have been down a bit.

Please, read the full story...

The title is sarcasm. =p

Nintendo just released the Q109 results:

http://kotaku.com/5030821/forget-wii-fit-its-mario-kart-thats-buttering-nintendos-bread

http://kotaku.com/5030826/nintendo-ds-software-sales-up-nintendo-wii-software-sales-up-up-up-up

http://kotaku.com/5030819/nintendo-hardware-sales-ds-sales-down-wii-sales-up-with-bonus-lifetime-sales-data

http://kotaku.com/5030820/nintendos-sales-and-profits-are-up-yo

Nintendo is selling now more software than the 360.

Just take in example the British sales data for last week: Nintendo, Wii, DS, Wii, DS, Nintendo, DS, Wii, Nintendo. That's all last week was to you, Britain. A chance for Nintendo games to parade up and down the high street, flaunting their money-printing wares while your little sisters run shrieking into the streets to buy yet another copy of Big Beach Sports and Guitar Hero DS. Indeed, so entrenched was Nintendo's dominance in the UK last week that 29 of the top 40-selling titles were for either the Wii or DS, including the entire top 10.

http://kotaku.com/5030793/british-sales-charts

Of course, you have to take it in conjunction with the other story:
http://kotaku.com/5030819/nintendo-hardware-sales-ds-sales-down-wii-sales-up-with-bonus-lifetime-sales-data

The Wii is down in Japan, but up everwhere else, quite substantially in fact, as the link shows. The DS, on the other hand, seems to have passed its peak, as systems tend to do after their second or third years (there used to be a thread about peak years; can anybody dredge up a link to it?). For the Wii's sales downturn, I would back Sqrl's assessment that this seems to be a Japan thing.

Still ahead of the competition though.

The wii has been consistent in Japan selling 40-45k weekly. It's just that NA and OTHERS has more of a demand, Nintendo ship more in those territories.