Pretty uniform drops in weekly sales rates for PS3, 360, and Wii (30-35% - with 360 seeing the highest drop). Remember March was 5 weeks, April 4 weeks.

Wii still topping PS3 + 360 combined. PS2 within 3k of Xbox 360 on a $29 price drop is impressive, although I guess it re-established a $100+ price point distance between the two systems.

I don't think its unreasonable to expect PS3 to dip below 100k again in May as it did in 2007. X360 could be down to <150k numbers too.  Brett was showing me some preorder data for Punch Out, I don't see Wii dropping off any further in May, and EA Active which comes out the same week could end up having better legs anyway.

Although now different, whatever shipment Nintendo had were sold anyway due to high demands, not games.

Since November 19, 2006.

so the Wii with no relevant releases still outsell the X360 and the PS3

true but the YoY May 09 vs May 08 is going to be terrible for the Wii.

I think this is good though, I'm starting to believe that Nintendo is basically forced to release a new Mario or Zelda or Donkey Kong game in the fall this year. 

Pikmin alone won't hit the sales targets they want to hit. 

Big games, yes, I'm not sure I understand the big shipment part.

Wii is in supply everywhere.

Increasing shipment isn't going to increased sales like Nintendo was doing last year...

Well I doubt he formulated that but I do see what YOU are saying.  I do think we all understand that Wii was a relatively hot object for the longest time and eventually it was going to come down from that.  I just don't think most people knew what that was going to be like.  Not to mention, with relatively low reason to buy one this early in the year, I must say 340k is quite good in one month right now. 

I mean we are also coming in to some of the slowest months of the year so we need to realize that as well.  People on forums love to overreact but I bet if they would just look up a little more stats and info before they speak they wouldn't be surprised.  Wii came down from it's "gravy train" as yall crudely put it.  Of course because it is no longer that sold out product.  It had to come down eventually... nothing sells like that forever.  People just need to realize when it comes down it was going to have these huge drops.  Look at where it is after the drops by going over regular trends, games released, etc.  Do that I'm sure people will be quite satisfied with 340,000 units of Wii sold in April along with great sales of Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii.

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Jacob, preorder data for Punch Out looking good?