Aging hardware and a severe lack of quality titles have led to the Wii’s eighth consecutive month of shrinking sales, with US sales now down 37% on a year earlier, even as certain competing consoles enjoy record sales.
For October, the Wii’s US sales were recorded at 506,900 units, a 37% decrease on a year earlier though still an enviable figure, whereas the PS3 sold 320,600 units, a 70% increase. Xbox 360 sales slumped 33% to 250,000.
Investors have already given up on the Wii, says an analyst:
“Investors have gotten used to the Wii’s weak numbers, now the market’s concerns are centred on how its next hardware strategy will turn out.”
The DS Fat appears already to have failed, although it seems this is merely an interim model. Attention focuses on a rumoured “HD upgrade” to the Wii, possibly with a greater emphasis on conventional as opposed to casual games.
Obsolescence is an inevitable part of the product lifecycle, but few have managed it so gracelessly as the Wii, which despite fantastic hardware sales now suffers an astonishing dearth of quality titles, something even their CEO is forced to freely acknowledge…
Wii sucks for real gamers, PS3 has no games, Xbox360 breaks all the time
People what the hell, get back to your computer which already happens to be able to do everything you want it to do instead of emulating ancient games on your TV
1.Its doesn’t offer many possible new titles that players want to play like the new Final Fantasy.
2.It doesn’t have Hard Drive only has a Flash Drive.
The Wii is the first ‘major’ console that I have not purchased in 25 years of gaming. I’ll be the first to admit Nintendo has made some of the greatest games off all time; and the NES and SNES were phenomenal. Yet, I cannot wait for the Wii to fade away. Being down 37% vs. last year doesn’t make me happy. I’ll be happy when the Wii sells ‘zero’ consoles. It’s horrible. 🙁 There are about 3 games that make me jealous; but, not enough to buy one. No More Heroes, MadWorld and Muramasa. Those titles are on the WRONG console. They can shove Wii Fit, Wii Sports and all that s♥♥t straight up their assholes. And, hey, “Anyone remember the most embarrassing piece of s♥♥t, Wii Rock Climbing that was shown off earlier this year, and vanished???” Also, I want to thank Sankaku Complex in advance for having the balls to post this comment. Other sites either won’t post my comments, or ask for a mile long list of requirements. T/Y Sankaku!
The real problem is not so much the hardware but the fact they need better games.
I really don’t care how nice the graphics are if the game play is crap.
I seem some stuff on the PC that looked like pixar stuff but it played like s♥♥t.
I will give Nintendo credit for having the guts to try and change how you interact with games on the Wii vs the same old gamepad.
I think the console still should have at least supported 720p I don’t care about HDMI component would have been good enough.
Other issues just about everyone has a Wii so in someways they’re a victim of the own success.
I think some stuff they could do is allow homebrew to be official vs trying to kill it as this does greatly improve it’s usefulness.
Also I think FPS could be great on the Wii with a little more work.
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Play Jaguar and 3DO