Has the Wii Bubble Finally Popped?

Kotaku just posted an article about why the Wii is seeing a drop in sales this year:  http://kotaku.com/5716096/why-the-wii-cooled-off 
 
I went to the trusted google trends to see if I could see the same... well, trend. It's as stark as Iron Man:  
 

So.... yeah.... going back to the original post... I'm not surprised to see such a trend with the Wii.  They made sure that the demand for it the first few years was so high (not to mention that the price was fairly inexpensive)... that they were running out of homes without Wiis in them last year, let alone this year.

I love you Biff, can't get enough Naked Cartoon Pussy here. 
 
On topic, the Wii had no heavy hitters this year compared to Xbox and PS3 games.  Even the PC had bigger games this year than the Wii.   
 
People still remember SMG2?  Nope. 
Metroid did well?  Nope. 
Kirby?  lol....

The thing is, the Wii sold such ludicrous numbers the first few years that an eventual dip was inevitable.  That kind of demand can't sustain itself forever.  The console isn't going to sell at the rate it did in 2007 at this point, but it's also far from the failure that a particularly deluded strain of fanboy (i.e.:  The "Wii has no gamez!!!1" crowd) want to paint it as.

wouldn't say kotaku posted an article on why, but they did post a single anecdote. 
  
your graphs were better than that "article."

" So.... yeah.... going back to the original post... I'm not surprised to see such a trend with the Wii.  They made sure that the demand for it the first few years was so high (not to mention that the price was fairly inexpensive)... that they were running out of homes without Wiis in them last year, let alone this year. "

I mean....  I think Wii sales may have reached the closest thing to saturation of market as we could imagine.  Couple that with the mostly lackluster Wii titles of the year, and the fact that both Microsoft and Sony have released their motion gaming devices, each with an advertising budget much, much greater than anything I ever see for the Wii, and you've got the Wii drifting into irrelevance.
 
...Though, I think maybe we should check the trending on Christmas Day.

The issue with the wii is that the majority of people who want a wii already own one. It's at that stage in it's lifetime and is to be expected. 

You could say the 360 in Japan is almost...

...Uncharted?!

" You could say the 360 in Japan is almost...

...Uncharted?! "

Kotaku posts alot of pointless shit
The Wii bundles are moving this Christmas
I'm sure Nintendo isn't shitting themselves about sales being down almost a quarter

Also, TC's graphs prove nothing
/thread

To those implying it, I didn't mean this post to be negative. If you'll look at the composite charts above, the current Wii mind-share is basically in-line with the other consoles.  But the step down from previous years is so striking!

Now, on with the silly charts!
 

Not a bad time for the bubble to pop, ie. after having this won the console war. It's to be expected, no console sustains the same numbers year after year.

Saturation of the market has already been mentioned. Of course their sales went down, everyone already fucking bought one.

" @melcene said:

" So.... yeah.... going back to the original post... I'm not surprised to see such a trend with the Wii.  They made sure that the demand for it the first few years was so high (not to mention that the price was fairly inexpensive)... that they were running out of homes without Wiis in them last year, let alone this year. "

Also, price is an issue. Both the 360 and the PS3 have dropped within range of the Wii, and they kinda offer more than the Wii, don't they? "

" The 360 I would agree with, but wherever I look the PS3 is still around £100 more expensive. Or would you say that was in range? "

" @Jasta said:

" The 360 I would agree with, but wherever I look the PS3 is still around £100 more expensive. Or would you say that was in range? "

PS3 has Blu-Ray, and is the only console to support HDMI audio.  :| "

" @Jasta said:

" The 360 I would agree with, but wherever I look the PS3 is still around £100 more expensive. Or would you say that was in range? "

PS3 has Blu-Ray, and is the only console to support HDMI audio.  :| "

As others have said Nintendo are experiencing market saturation with the Wii, and there weren't many highly successful releases for the console this year either. Still, Nintendo have the 3DS coming up so they'll be raking in the money again before long.

" I love you Biff, can't get enough Naked Cartoon Pussy here.  On topic, the Wii had no heavy hitters this year compared to Xbox and PS3 games.  Even the PC had bigger games this year than the Wii.    People still remember SMG2?  Nope. Metroid did well?  Nope. Kirby?  lol.... "

" @Jimbo said:

" You could say the 360 in Japan is almost...

...Uncharted?! "

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! "

With the 3DS coming out next year, a new nintendo console doesn't seem likely until at least holiday 2012. More likely later though. 
 
As for the bubble, Nintendo just has to release some family friendly waggle thing once a year and they can coast a bit longer.