3 years and it's just starting to slow down... Wow.

Without the advancing yen, the decline in profits would not have been so dramatic.

I wonder what there profits will be like when there next system comes out. I really don't think they will sell nearly as many as they did the Wii because all those casual gamers and old people who bought the system, played wii sports, then let it sit on their shelf to collect dust will most likely not invest in a new system. At least I don't think they will.

This don't count accessory like Wii Fit or Wii MotionPlus.

2x (up to 4x) Wii MotionPlus per Wii.

Lost on Wii Sale will be compensate by MotionPlus sale.

The Wii has had it's run, as well as the 360. Time for some new consoles!

Does this mean we'll get Wii colors now?

No hd no DVD no Internet and suckhole graphics, it's amazing how popular this crap is. True gaming platforms are the ps3 and PC.

Yup, Wii colors soon and I just read a article that Japan has a black one out but has no plans to ship it to the USA, until now. LOL

Give us new non-sucktastic Wii games!

lol, crap graphics... not really, no internet, I suggest you actua

No Internet? Are you sure or are you just drunk?

of course it's dropping... now that everyone already owns one.

You know the sales of a games console isn't and has never been directly correlated to power of it's graphics chip so by posters like jstall and Soldier37 should read up on their video game history then come back and post.

The downturn in turnover on the Nintendo Wii isn't a major surprise, all of the consoles have been effected (something that should have been mentioned in this article) by the recession (so much for the argument that the video game industry is recession proof). It's not like less people are buying Wii's and are buying 360's and PS3's instead, again just look at the numbers.

Nintendo will bounce back, their one of the video games industries 'great survivors'. Go Mario!

Everyone dumb enough to pay launch prices, that is.

What a narrowminded view you have. Obviously since the PS3 has less support it must be superior to the 360. Wouldn't True Gaming Platform mean the platform with the most gaming choices available?

I think we also have to consider the drop in sales must be partly due to the Wii selling so well in the first place. I'm sure the majority of people who really want a Wii already have one and its unlikely they will purchase the console again.

True that. I waited a couple years before buying my Wii. Basically I waited until stores were keeping them in stock, and I only needed the one. Except for a handful of people waiting for a price drop, can't imagine too many more are going to sell. They'll always be a decent trickle of sales (as seen with continued PS2 sales), but the initial buy-in is over.

so every person on the earth has two wiis now?

I think demand is slowing because most people who wanted a Wii finally got one ^_^. Unlike it's rivals Nintendo earns money on every unit it sells rather than loosing money. Now Nintendo's job is to get consumers to buy other games for it which may be a challenge since so many are happy with just wii sports and wii fit.

LOL! at last the Wii is vunerable to the mighty Sony PS3!!!!!!

please, this is not news.

They have some...Madworld, The Conduit, House of the Dead, Zelda, Super Smash Bros...and a bunch more. The reason why the Wii has such a shortage of AAA third-party titles is because the "hardcore" aren't buying them. The sales for Madworld were pitiful for such a good, "hardcore" game. A lot of people are saying that the Wii isn't failing the hardcore, the hardcore are failing the Wii.

But who cares, PC gaming FTW!!!!!

I'm honestly suprised it took this long (here comes the vote downs).

To me the Wii seemed like a novelty. I've never been interested in motion gaming. Not to say that Nintendo hasn't made some good games for it, but what about other developers?

I'm just going to echo much of what everyone else has said, I'm sure the majority of people bought the Wii for Wii Sports or Wii Fit. I'm curious about title sales (especially of non-Nintendo developers) and how attractive a device the Wii is to develop for.
Who knows, maybe I'll feel differently about Nintendo's next console installment.

it be cool to see Nintendo to build a powerful console now. since they got Microsoft like money now from 3 years of Nintendo wii sales.

Ah, the humble wii. I personally think Nintendo has surprised the world. Say what you want about how much better the PS3 and 360 are, the fact is this: the wii hands down has been the winner in sales. You might hate it, but you have to admit that kudos is due to Nintendo. However, I agree that sales of GAMES is the big money maker for gaming companies, and the WII simply wont sustain that. Casual gamers are also not the people who hoard DVD box sets like Armageddon is happening tommorow, and this may have proven to be a big blunder if it wasn;t for the fact that literally every stay at home mom and senior citizen with an interest in games got a wii.
In short: They win.

They need to release the Black version outside of Japan

The Wii was really fun for the first month or so, but then it just sat there gathering dust outside of the occasional Mario title.

360 was the same deal, since most good games that come out for it also come out for the PC.

I have a Wii. I'm not extremely happy with it, but it's a decent system. I'm glad that Nintendo tried something different.

Anyhow, the way I see it is: whoever gets the motion controls down the best will really come out on top - something that you can't miss for gameplay.

Now, think of this: would Sony and Microsoft be going in the direction of motion control devices if Nintendo didn't introduce it with the Wii?

They're so cheap, everyone who wants one has one. Not at all like the DS, everyone that has one, broke one and got another

I really wanted to get the Wii at first but I couldn't ever get one because of Nintendo's stupid marketing practices. So, I got an Xbox 360 instead. Best. Decision. Ever.

wow, when was the game cube released? 2001? 9 years and only now is the hardware seeing a decline in sales, good work nintendo, i think thats a new record for stretching out sales of old hardware...

still, its to be expected from the company thats the king of stretching out old software... seriously, how long can they keep selling THE SAME Pokemon game for!! (its been going since 1996).

its would be fine, if they weren't ripping ppl off. the wii is overpriced and has never come down in price, NORE DO THE GOOD GAMES!

Hmmm no internet? whats that strange Opera based browser on the Wii(hell, it even has FLASH!!!)? If you live in japan you can watch DVD's on your Wii.