Nintendo Wii’s Sales Decline Has Some Wondering If the Game’s Over

My Wii gathers dust for about 80% of the year. The only time I turn it on is for exclusive AAA releases and those are few and far between nowadays. Once people have seen the Kinect in action they want no part of the Wii anymore.

Reggie Fils-Aime:

“The back half of any system cycle always attracts a higher proportion of buyers who are concerned with price, ease of use and group play.… [T]his late-adopter group is the next audience for the Wii,” he said in an e-mailed statement.

Call me edgy, but it seems to me that once you’re depending on the “late-adopter” group, your product is on its last legs.

Read: Nintendo Wii’s sales decline has some wondering if the game’s over – latimes.com.