Wii Falls Behind 2007 Totals By Five Hundred Eighty Thousand

Killman

Japan - As 2008 comes to a close, Nintendo is looking to answer where exactly the Wii is at in terms of its future and current momentum. The Wii has currently sold more than half a million fewer consoles in 2008 than it did in 2007 (see: chart), and even more concerning, the holiday push of Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Music seems to have a dampened effect compared to Wii Fit in the same period.

Check this out:
Wii 2007 2008 DIFFERENCE
11/10 36,230 26,787 9,443
11/17 54,362 35,298 19,064
11/24 74,764 49,848 24,916
12/01 115,057 ??? ???

Notes:
1. 2007 Wii has outsold 2008 Wii for five weeks in a row, and 34 weeks this year out of 48 possible weeks.
2. 2008 Wii has sold 577,323 fewer consoles in 48 weeks than were sold in 2007.
3. For comparison purposes: PS3 is down 139,727 units and the 360 is actually up by 31,748 so far.

Media Create Sales: 11/24 - 11/30 (Consoles)

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randomer199

I actually think that this is nothing surprising. The Wii sold beyond everyones expectations in it's first year, even Nintendo were amazed. But then again, consoles always sell well when they launch, so people weren't expecting it to sell out come next Christmas. And yet it did, overtaking the 360 in sales despite it having been released a year earlier.

For any other console this big dip in sales should have happened a year ago. To be honest, I would have been frightened if the Wii continued to sell like it did.

Oh, and I suppose a lack of games in the latter half of 2008 didn't help either.

Killman