@soma

lol forgot about those games

thanks for adding them

Neither does anything else this generation, with the possible sole exception of Wii Sports. Even Halo 3 only moved about 250,000 extra consoles before the spike faded back into the 360's normal growth pattern.

The era of the system-seller as we know it is over. The market just doesn't work that way anymore. Most people get consoles long before their most-anticipated games are released, leaving comparatively little left over for the release dates. This is great for early console sales, and all three of this generation's consoles benefited from that. But it leaves little hope of significant lasting boosts from pretty much any post-launch game.

Actually...

Weeks ending 25th May to 24th October 2008:

Wii software: 59.1M

X360: 47.3M

Ps3: 32.2M

Ps360: 79.5M

Equavalient in 2007:

Wii: 23.3M

X360: 22.4M

Ps3: 8.1M

Ps360: 30.5M

My calculator is messed up, so I have to do the math in my head, but it is pretty close. Ps360 sold 33% more in 2007 and 33% more in 08. Only difference is 360 sold slightly less and Ps3 slightly more (compared to others)

Wait...? You made a post ... explaining something? No witty response or great insight?

Becomming a VGChartz god made you crazy.

 Holy crap! You haven't gone crazy! You've gone square!

 But you still bought Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars on Virtual Console, right?

Hypocrithe (did I spell it correctly this time?)

It was developed by Squaresoft, not Square-Enix.  Also it was published by Nintendo.

Thanks for the compliment.

Now maybe we should stop going off-topic.

Don't.  This is funny.

Hmmm, I have to agree, but the problem doesn't affect Japanese gamers, it affects American ones. Let me explain it better, Nintendo of Japan is seeing low Wii sales, but not because of the lack of 1st party games, but because of the lack of 3rd party games, main franchises and core games overall. Still, the core Nintendo fan is pretty well attended and considered, with all of the 1st party titles released so far there and like 15 more games announced.

On the other hand, Nintendo of America is seeing record Wii sales, but the gamers and core Nintendo fans are the ones that feel left aside by them. Casual gamers are having a feast right now, but core gamers and Nintendo fans, not so much. Nintendo of America hasn't released or doesn't have planned many of the 1st party Wii games, such as Disaster, Fatal Frame 4, Captain Rainbow, Eyeshield 21 (Though that's a really Japanese game), TV Show King, Family Jockey, etc and NoA hasn't announced any of the games that Nintendo showcased at their conference, save for Punch-Out and Sin & Punishment 2.
What Wii gamers can look after for before June 09 is Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing Wii and maybe the GC ports, though they will probably get released Christmas next year at earliest.
Nintendo of America needs to get their act together and start considering the core gamers and longtime Nintendo fans again in the Americas. I know they are delighted with the sales and the money the casual market is generating, but ignoring the core audience is just stupid and releasing 1 1st party game every 3 months is very worrying, as it may seem that NoA is willing to depend solely on the casuals and 3rd parties. Thanks Reggie, not.