I guess y-koron nearly confirmed the numbers via Famitsu.

Not very suprising for PS3 with the price drop - the same thing happened in PAL and US territories with the PSP price drop.

More suprising is the fact that the X360 Elite not only sold out (5k), but the non Elite hardware had a major increase (was @ 1.5k via MC numbers last week). Very good numbers for the X360 indeed.

To me, having the X360 nearly beat out the PS3 yet again was a out-of-nowhere shocker.

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Some people better don't say what they think ..'Ugh' Sorry Leo-J.

Let me ask this quick question, for those that say it's just merely a normal "down period" for hardware sales in general, and the Wii is following that pattern:

If this is the case, then why the following:

Nintendo DS: 141,562 avg, 80,000 current (down 44%)
Playstation Portable: 49,811 avg, 69,000 current (up 40.5%)
Playstation 2: 16,102 avg, 12,000 current (down 25%)
Playstation 3: 19,075 avg, 12,000 current (down 37%)
Xbox 360: 4,305 avg, 4,000 current (down 7%)
Nintendo Wii: 68,341 avg, 21,500 current (down 69%)

So exactly why is it that the PS2, PS3 and X360 can average 20-30% down on average, the mighty DS go down 45%, but the Wii is only following pattern, when it's down TWICE AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER CONSOLE ON MARKET.

It's not entirely cash: if people were money-strapped, the PS3 would be vastly worse off, and the PSP Slim (which is the most expensive handheld) would of died.

Maybe it's something else. Maybe people don't want to buy a system that has no games of real value maybe? Maybe thats why attach rates are so low for a system that has 3 games that do 50% of it's software sales.

I'm not saying Wii is doomed, but lets face facts: it's been tanking for the past 3-4 weeks. Yes, the markets down, but the Wii is well below EVERY other system.

I've personally argued that the Wii was also in the midst of a gaming drought in Japan being that the last major release was Dragon Quest Swords, and it doesn't have an audience who is looking to buy it as a Blu-Ray player.

It's because the Wii's been going through a serious drought lately. SMG and Z&W should change that.

i can't see how you can't see that stick.

I will see when MediaCreate numbers come out tomorrow. Too much discrepency. I'm going to bet that they are between VGChartz and Famitsu. I think last week, Famitsu had the 360 numbers way too high.

The reason the PS3 has been surviving the drought better than the Wii is because most sales right now are on anticipation. If you take a look at the Famitsu most wanted, it's dominated by the PS3. I know it's only the hardcore market voting, but the hardcore still represents a slice of the game/console buying power.

Since the price cut was announced last week, I expected the PS3 numbers to go down the 5k this week.

WELL THERE'S A PS3 PRICE DROP like today

So WHY would people go n buy them... a WEEK be4 the price drop??

These are weird numbers. No actually more like LOW numbers. I know not many games been coming out lately but..... wow

It's this time of the year when japan doesn't like any consoles