What did I just say? I gave you 3....count them 1, 2, 3 reasons for actual physical slowdown on top of diverted units and stockpiling.

If you look at actual global sales, you'll see that US stocks are up a little. It's also well known that every electronics company on the planet stock piles for the holidays.

75k average sales in Japan. A drop of 45k, not 70k like you claimed being the weekly differential. 20k units diverted to the US and 25k being stockpiled.....that's 45k right there.

So now I've mathmetically shown you how the drop can be attributed, I'm still accepting the drop to come from the other 3 options I gave. So I'm willing to accept it's slowed down due to the circumstances I gave. Are you willing to accept the circumstances I just presented or do you want to continue to look for anything and everything you can to negatively direct towards Wii?

PSP is going to sell above 77,777 consoles this week (along with over 350,000 copies of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII) if IGN is to be beleived

The first 3 are tru but the last 2 aren't.

Wii can be found easily in Japan now so the whole low sales = stockpiling for US / holidays theory is null.

Truth is Wii doesn't have the momentum it once used to have.  Until quality titles come out expect these kind of numbers.

OK, I'm going to make this real clear because it's something that needs to be learned by anyone that follows this industry.   ALL electronics companies stock pile product for the holidays.  These get pulled from various regions based on regional product sales trends.

Consider this.  Would it look better to investors, stock holders, media and consumers if they sold the same amount of units in December as they did in May or woudl it look better for those involved if they allocated extra units for December?

Sony is doing it, MS is doing it, every other electronics manufacturer on the planet is doing it.  It's the nature of the electronics industry. 

Do we understand this now?

Now, take a look at weekly global sales.   Notice how Japan went down and US went up.   Given that Nintendo has stated they haven't been able to boost production output yet, where do you think the US got those extra consoles from?  Why not divert them from the region with a known and expected sales slowdown?  You think they don't plan this sort of stuff in advance?

The Wiis are in stock in Japan all over. But what you don't know won't hurt you.

Guys, demand is down *across the board*. Which means its a general demand issue, and not a "had enough of one console" issue.

The Japanese PM quitting may have a lot to do with this - the country is in a little political turmoil, and kids are back to school.

EDIT: also, have a look at the early DS charts. It regularly sold in the 15k-20k region early in its life before it went through the roof. The Wii is doing a much better job early in its life so far.

I would also say the reason for the slow sales was because of school, probably!

 Actually, being that the sales are low means they really can divert to US/stockpile.  If they were sending 75k a week and it was all selling out, now that there's still 45k available they'd only have to refill the 30k and the 45k can be stockpiled for holidays.  Additionally, since there's a fair amount in reserve in case of a surge of sales, shipments to Japan don't need to be as large, meaning some of the Wiis coming off the production line can be diverted elsewhere.

 It's more that diverting/stockpiling is an effect of the low sales than a cause.

Wow are you guys just delusional or in denial that the WII CAN BE EASILY FOUND IN JAPAN NOW. There is no shortage of Wiis in Japan!

The low sales is an effect of annual season = back to school.

Ihira, let me ask you something. Did you once see me state that I believe their is a shortage? Hmmmm? Did I once say that is couldn't be easily found in Japan? Or is that something you assumed simply because I'm not posting about the low sales like a Sony fanboy? Might intrigue you to know I'm an EIC of, guess what, a Sony site.