Nintendo posts 52% decline in profit amid weak Wii sales

[red1776]

my daughter keeps her Wii in the closet between a tickle me Elmo and a furby

 

[swilllx2p]

Like many others my Wii has largely set unused since i've had it last christmas. It was awesome at first, but my interest in it fell off quickly. There are some games I want out, like the new tiger woods...but its just not worth the money when i know it will sit unused after a month or less.

 

[teklord]

Wii has some cool games but all serious gamers couldn't stand that it was just barely more powerful than a GameCube. Bring on the next gen Nintendo system and this time make it current tech.

 

[lesajm]

This doesn't surprise me. I know families struggling to keep food on the table and the lights on. They aren't out buying Wii's or any other gaming systems right now.

I suspect card games, board games and video games for older gaming systems to be bigger sellers this season.

 

[LikaLaruku]

When the Wii came out, it immidiately reminded me of the failship known as the Power Glove. To top that off, lots of hit games like Batman Arkham Asylum & Ghostbusters & an ungodly amount of others came out on PC, possibly Mac, & every console BUT Wii, so...saw it coming.

 

[Rig]

I think the Hype with the motion sensing controller is finally levelling off now. ;P
I've probably started a riot saying that now XD

 

[JieMan]

As the cost of the XBOX and PS3 declines I think people will choose the better graphics over the game cube ( I mean WII ) .. Sony probably has had the most direct influence over this with there price cut ..

 

[Lardy1664]

With the onset of Christmas shopping and some cleaverly bundled packages Nintendo could get some of the sales back.

The console always proves a great piece of entertainment at ours when there's a gathering of different generations. After all this is the way it's been advertised. I've never really considered it as an out and out games console for you to sit infront of in a darkened room, killing hordes of renagade soliders.

 

[Wagan8r]

"Weak sales" and "grim earnings"? I'm not so sure Nintendo is doing as badly as the article states it is. The Wii is still outselling the other consoles by a large margin.