@psrock: Didn't Wii have more games?

@Gorgory: Great analysis. I think you should send a work application to Wedbush Morgan, you'll get a well paid easy job.

psrock obviously made a typo and meant NJ.

I have a friend who owns a video game shop in the US.

He does not stock much Wii stuff because it does not sell. More to the point though, there are some games he finds he cannot stock because his distributors don't carry them.

So it can be a problem here too.

Mike from Morgantown

I thought Benelux nations are biased against the Wii?

This really raises the question are the low sales (in certain wii genres) because consumers won't buy certain games, because stores won't stock certain games, because distributors won't ship certain games, or because developers won't put a real effort into certain games?

mario and sonic sold a lot because it had Mario in the title

LOL

The Wii has some serious problems....for all of it's success, it is still getting treated like the Gamecube LOL

I think it has more to do with the fact that casuals dont go to game shops to buy games. Right now the Wii is always sold out at my Walmart Target BestBuy, but it takes a day or 2 to sell out at Gamestop. That is actually the circumstance in my town right now. No one has Wiis but GS, and they have them because they have a buttload in the back. The only time I can recall many casuals attacking GS was when the Wii was soldout EVERYwhere, they were calling GS alot then.

Ok so to the point, most of the places people have mentioned are gameshops, not major retail stores. Gamestops would have less interest in carrying, The Cooking Mama/ Game Party/ 3rd Party games(multiplat). Game shops sell to gamers, and most gamers if they have a Wii also have a PS3 or 360.... Why would you buy non hd version unless the Wii controls are done like really well....

Here in Australia, well at least where I am.

Like the OP said same for me almost the only difference being, those stores know those games exist except they do not have any stock.

Okami, you had to pre order to get it.

CoD: WAW, no copies,

the other games you mentioned haven't been too bad when it comes to stock.

Here most shops the Wii has the most bench space, except for maybe EB they tend to give the same about to all three consoles. However I noticed they LACK the variety of games comapred to other giant retailers. Maybe cause they sell the games at about $20 cheaper and they are sick of price matching haha.

Game in the U.K. have the cheek to put all the Wii stuff right at the back so you have to search for it. Also Gamestations have a poxy Wii section in the middle of the shop about half the size of the xbox360 section. Don't think these shops like the Wii and want it to fail.