I'm not so sure about that. Wii sales have still been strong.
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Wii Dominates December Sales
Xbox and PS3 left choking on Nintendo's dust.
by Hilary Goldstein
January 13, 2009 - Wii was the king of console sales in December, with Xbox 360 a distant second and PS3 pulling up the rear. This according to a report from Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, posted by Gamesindustry.biz.
According to Pachter, Nintendo's Wii sold 3.25 million units in December. That's nearly triple the number of Xbox 360s sold. Microsoft's console scored 1.35 million units in sales, with PlayStation 3 selling only 750,000.
Though the economy is in the dumps, Pachter expects December sales to be 10% higher than at the same time in 2007. Not only is Nintendo top dog in console sales, Patcher expects the big N to pull in the greatest revenue increase with a 53% year-on-year increase. Acti-Blizzard is second, with a 5% increase and EA is third with just a 1% year-on-year decrease. That means only two publishers across the entire industry saw sales increases from the same time in '07. So who had it worst? Pachter notes Ubisoft and THQ were hit hard in December, both down nearly 25%.
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IGN: Wii Dominates December Sales
I don't know many who work in product management or manufacturing, but I'm sure managing these things isn't easy, especially when you consider unprecedented numbers and uncertain forecasting. And then you look at how you're doing compared to your competitors and it gets even more wild. Oh, and there's a global financial crisis!
It's crazy; sales are still increasing—and strongly at that.
Then there's this:
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"The long-awaited Wii production increase (which started in July) finally arrived late in September and we have seen significant increases each month since," said Pachter. "We expect this to continue in December, with supply and demand in balance by early 2009."
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Gamasutra - Analyst: Wii Sold 3.5 Million In December, $299 PS3 By April
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