Is the Wii finished?

The Wii was obliterating everything in sales for a while there, it caught up to the 360 in record time... but now what? It's stagnant. There wasn't any specific title pushing those consoles, and the huge boom seems to have fizzled out. Are all of these amazing titles like Mario and SSB going to reawaken the sales juggernaut, or is it really just a fad and people are pretty much over it?

Feel free to speculate. Wildly.

Its the most successful failure ever. A terrible system from the great Nintendo that totally fails at delivering revolutionary gaming or improving on the previous generation. Anyone that thinks it won't win teh sales is just silly now though.

Cartman is the best character

Fizzled out? Link please.meetroid8

What do you need a link for? Check any of the sales figures sites. It pushed 10 million units in like 5 months, almost 2 million a consoles a month. Now it isn't moving. There isn't a conspiracy here, it's just not selling as fast as it was. Why do you think that is?

Stagnant how?LINKloco

Stagnant like no longer selling more copies than a Garth Brooks album.

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=All&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&align=1

Looks like a pretty straight line to me. That means steady sales. The Wii never pushed 2 million in a month, not even close. Fizzle? Hardly. The Wii is going to obliterate the other consoles this holiday. 360 may give it a run with Halo 3, but Sony will be lucky to sell half what Nintendo does.

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=All&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&align=1

Looks like a pretty straight line to me. That means steady sales. The Wii never pushed 2 million in a month, not even close. Fizzle? Hardly. The Wii is going to obliterate the other consoles this holiday. 360 may give it a run with Halo 3, but Sony will be lucky to sell half what Nintendo does.

gromit007

The Wii will be Nintendo's last console.trizzle_a

Why the hell would they stop with a giant success?

[QUOTE="trizzle_a"]The Wii will be Nintendo's last console.Solid_Snake1221

Why the hell would they stop with a giant success?

Not enough grafix.

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]Fizzled out? Link please.excelR83

What do you need a link for? Check any of the sales figures sites. It pushed 10 million units in like 5 months, almost 2 million a consoles a month. Now it isn't moving. There isn't a conspiracy here, it's just not selling as fast as it was. Why do you think that is?

Stagnant how?LINKloco

Stagnant like no longer selling more copies than a Garth Brooks album.

The Wii will be Nintendo's last console.trizzle_a

Nah, Nintendo will never quit the gaming business. They're are the only current company who focuses strictly on making video game consoles and games for them.

The Wii will see its sales go down in 2008. But the lack of people buying Wii software is what will cause the Wii to not do well. Sure tons of people own it but most of them are not buying much software at all.joeamis

Link? I've heard that the attach rate is actually quite similair to the PS3.

The Wii will see its sales go down in 2008. But the lack of people buying Wii software is what will cause the Wii to not do well. Sure tons of people own it but most of them are not buying much software at all.joeamis

Its the most successful failure ever. A terrible system from the great Nintendo that totally fails at delivering revolutionary gaming or improving on the previous generation. Anyone that thinks it won't win teh sales is just silly now though.

Cartman is the best character

tomarlyn

Lol, you have great writing skills, that almost sounded believable.

[QUOTE="joeamis"]The Wii will see its sales go down in 2008. But the lack of people buying Wii software is what will cause the Wii to not do well. Sure tons of people own it but most of them are not buying much software at all.Tylendal

Link? I've heard that the attach rate is actually quite similair to the PS3.

except the Wii sold 12 million and the PS3 didnt even sell 5 million

the 360 has a bigger atach rate than the Wii and the PS3 put together, so Joaemis DOES have a point

EDIT: here´s the link http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/11/23/game-attach-rates-15-per-ps3-3-per-wii-52-per-xbox-360.htm

yes its an old link, but the atach rate remains the same even today

Wii isn't finished, sure I do agree to a lot of people it's a fad, it's like TY Beanie babies but it does have a huge fanbase and will be around along time.

I've been a Nintendo fan for a long time but the Wii is a disappointment for me, it's not the graphics, I don't care about graphics but it's that damned Wiimote, it was fun for awhile but now it's just getting to the point of stupid. That's just my take on it though and I'll still be picking up Mario for it, oh and ToS II.

Wii isn't finished, sure I do agree to a lot of people it's a fad, it's like TY Beanie babies but it does have a huge fanbase and will be around along time.

I've been a Nintendo fan for a long time but the Wii is a disappointment for me, it's not the graphics, I don't care about graphics but it's that damned Wiimote, it was fun for awhile but now it's just getting to the point of stupid. That's just my take on it though and I'll still be picking up Mario for it, oh and ToS II.

logan493

You tried Metroid Prime 3? I think that game uses the Wii remote pretty well.