8/31/07

Wii Sales Dropping In Japan

Welp, it appears Nintendo has started to hit its stopping point in Japan. The hardware sales for last week in Japan shows the Nintendo Wii as only selling 46,283 units. Compared to last week's sales, 73,938 units sold, the system dropped by 63%. That is a pretty drastic drop in sales if you ask me.

HDWSales
DSL100,430
Wii46,283
PSP26,089
PS316,393
PS215,139
Xbox3602,044
GBM423
GBASP163
GC116
GBA65
DS30

But why would this happen you ask? What could change in one week to drop the sales so drastically? Well, I may have the answer.

Last month Nintendo posted record sales for the Nintendo Wii (it outsold the DS Lite) and it took the first place position in North America. Many were wondering how this could happen considering Nintendo's failed attempts at increasing production. The answer: massive allocation change. Nintendo, for whatever reason, was rumored to have relocated a large portion of Wiis to North America to increase sales in that area. These new sales numbers definitely help support those rumors. It is also important to note that all hardware sales were down in Japan this week for all systems. What a hoot!

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