Wii sales have slowed considerably over the past year, and in the United States, the Xbox 360 has been the best-selling console for months. Wii U’s announcement last month isn’t going to help sales much at all; it sold about 236,000 units in the U.S. during May, according to the NPD Group, following Nintendo’s confirmation that a new system is coming in 2012.
Speaking about the subject following Wii U’s reveal last month, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told the San Jose Mercury News, “Well, of course, no single entertainment device can enjoy eternal popularity. And when it comes to Wii, we have to understand that any potential sales are going to be affected by the seasonalities much more than before.
“If we cannot sell as well as we expect to during the holiday sales season, it’s going to be a grave concern for us.”
