This thread is created for discussion purposes only not to incite flamebait I own a Nintendo Wii for crying out loud. With the Japan results showing the ps3 at 4x the sales of the Wii which in all honesty I never thought was possible. The wii in the past has been selling like crazy for week after week in all regions, but recently has suffered a decline in sales. Do you think it's losing stamina and starting the slow down in terms of sales.

What do you blame for the decline in sales for the Wii in Japan?

What are your thoughts on the Japanese market?

Much obliged my fellow Nintendians

Eventually everyone in Japan is going to have a wii

No it's just tired but when it regain its energy its going to sell more than any console ever before.

Yes.

The 360 has been doomed, so has the PS3, it's the Wii's turn. All consoles are selling well, the gaming business is at it's all time highest level. M+ could bring back the hype in Japan.

However if Nintendo has an E3 anything like last years, there is a definite problem.

Not really.

Punch Out, EA Active, Guitar Hero, Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus are enough to kick Wii up again from May on in the west.

PS3 outselling Wii 4:1 in Japan looks like a one week thing. When PS3 jumped to 77k on MGS4 in June 2008 it fell to 23k the next week, so its not unreasonable to expect PS3 back to 20k-25k in Japan next week, while Wii can jump to 30k-35k if Monster Hunter G tops 100,000. For the year, Wii:PS3 will be under 2:1 I imagine, but that is unlikely to happen in the western markets because the Xbox 360 takes half the PS3 market. In Japan, it takes maybe 1/4 of it which is why PS3 has had spikes above Wii in Japan fairly frequently but rarely in the west.

Well its not just Japan where its slowing.

Down 75k YoY so far, and America aint even up yet.

The Wii doesn't even need Japan anymore. But I'm sure it'll come pick up again. Nintendo, however, is refuses to lower the price and put out new colors, which definitely help Japan.

Good point, the Wii is just starting to slow, and it is the only console that has not had a price cut. If it does continue to slow after the upcoming great software, it is clear that it is color/price cut time. Maybe a packin of WSR with M+, and in Japan, maybe a pack in of both Wii Sports games.

In Japan yes clearly. In the US/Europe certainly not. People convienantly gloss over even though the Wii was slightly down this March from last March, the Wii's March 2009 numbers from NPD are still the second highest in NPD history (last year's Wii March obviously no.1 thanks to Smash Bros Brawl). 

So it's not only no.1 here, it's selling much faster than the PS1, PS2 or any other game console here before it. That's without a single solitary price cut. 

In Japan they need to push the hell out of Wii Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3, Tales of Graces, Final Fantasy: Crystal Bearers, Samurai Warriors 3, Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics, and if they have them -- Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit Plus for the second half of the year.

Sony had a much stronger library for Japan in the 1st half of 2009, Nintendo only released like Another Code 2 (lol). But Nintendo looks to have a much stronger lineup for the 2nd half of 2009. 

We'll see. If you want to bet against Iwata ... go right ahead.