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March 16, 2009 by RawmeatCowboy Filed Under: Wii

“We are looking very closely at all the platforms for any signs of slowdown. We’ve made a number of channel-checks and had many conversations with platform manufacturers, and our research shows us that in North America the demand/supply ratio for the Wii has balanced out since the beginning of the year. There’s a real absence of a major games release from Nintendo in the next few months. MadWorld has obvious appeal for hardcore gamers, but this is way outside the kind of software which has typically succeeded on Wii. This isn’t going to help Nintendo. If we look at the software line-up, as well as recent supply/demand data, and add to it the chance that the price of the console may have to go up in a key market, you have in front of you a number of things which will not help Nintendo succeed with the Wii in the way that it has for two years.” - Ed Barton, games analyst at Screen Digest

I'd say the one place where the Wii is hurting is in Japan, and it's hurting pretty badly over there. I don't know what can turn it around, but I think Wii Sports Resort has a chance. If only Nintendo would date it...

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