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    Sony Europe CEO takes a swing at the Wii's downturn in sales

    Quote Originally Posted by Kotaku
    With sales of the PS3 on the rebound, Sony are starting to get a little of their old swagger back.

    Speaking with GI.biz, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has taken a couple of shots not at his company's arch-rival, the Xbox 360, but at the Wii, a console he says is experiencing quite the "downturn".

    "I think at a time when we're seeing one of the major competitors somewhat losing a sense of momentum - at least in many of the markets I've looked at - it's gratifying to see a platform that's always had a very significant share of sales go to third party publishers capture that momentum again", he says.

    "The knock-on effect can only be a positive one if publishers are making up 75 per cent of the sales on a particular platform, as opposed to a much smaller share elsewhere, then that's the platform I think it's in their interests to see succeed - and I think that's the dynamic we're seeing return right now."

    Asked to clarify exactly which "competitor" he was talking about, House elaborates. "From data that we're starting to see, in some of the publicly-released figures, we're seeing a significant year-on-year downturn for the Wii. I think that's just a factor of this Holiday season."

    Hey, it's been a rough few years for Sony. Let him have his fun.
    I know Wii sales have been going downhill for a little while now and third party software sales are terrible but isn't it a bit soon for people at Sony to me making cracks at Nintendos expense?

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    Re: Sony Europe CEO takes a swing at the Wii's downturn in sales

    Quote Originally Posted by Knoxville View Post
    I know Wii sales have been going downhill for a little while now and third party software sales are terrible but isn't it a bit soon for people at Sony to me making cracks at Nintendos expense?
    Nintendo had one month where they took second spot in sales to the X360.

    The next month they rebounded back to equalling more than the X360 and PS3 combined.

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    Re: Sony Europe CEO takes a swing at the Wii's downturn in sales

    Depends on the country you're looking at and whether you take into account the fall in sales before the recent price drop but the Wii is definitely beginning to slide sales wise.

    Quote Originally Posted by August 31st
    Nintendo Co. this week recorded a 61 percent drop in profit due to slow sales of the Wii hardware in the first fiscal quarter.

    Net profit fell to $445.4 million, down from $966.7 million one year prior.

    The company sold 2.23 million Wii consoles in the quarter, down from 5.17 million one year ago.

    U.S. Wii sales fell to 880,000 units from 2.5 million. In Japan sales fell to 21,000 from 53,000 one year prior.
    The price drop's helped push sales figures back up and Nintendo certainly aren't doing badly but there has been a drop in demand which is hardly surprising given the number of consoles they've sold. Having said that though I don't think Sony are in a position to be having a pop at them just yet...

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    Re: Sony Europe CEO takes a swing at the Wii's downturn in sales

    Let's see, Nintendo is making money from the Wii, Sony is haemorrhaging money because of the PS3. Which company got it right, I wonder.
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