Alright last week I was suprised to see Nintendo Wii's in stock at FutureShop, WiiFit was also in stock along side it. At first I thought it was just a rare occurance or that the units had just been shipped in. Because as we all know the Wii and WiiFit have long sold out within a day or so of being recieved, seeing them in stores was rare. However during the week I checked out other retailers.

Wii's were in stock at virtually every single retailer

Rogers Video

HMV

EBGames

Zellers

Walmart

WillowVideo Games

Real Canadian Superstore

So the question is, are sales slowing down. They must be for their to be so much stock in stores. Or did Nintendo simply boost the amount of hardware their manufacturing and shipping?

Have you seen increased amounts of stock in your local stores too?

Yes, they are.

Consoles in general have been getting very slow sales as of late. (Exception being the DS)

short answer yes. as to why is another question.

recession? lack of decent s/w? improved competition?

doesnt matter much tho, the wii could stop selling tomorrow, Nintendo has made bucket loads on it and its their 2ed most successful home console ever.

one thing to keep in mind tho is that it hasnt had a price drop yet. i think thatll come this holiday season or the spring 2010 (the release of natal and sony's motion controls)

Down 50% YoY for the last 3 months.

Sales are slowing down 3 years after release? Shocking if true!

Yes they are?

How did you guess? Waht we need is a sales site to see if figures confirm this... Wait!

It'll be ok. Wii's just taking a break. No need to show off, ya know?

It IS shocking