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
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Poor Wii Sales This Holiday Would be a "Grave Concern"
Reports have been swirling that Nintendo of America has been getting ready to drop the price of its popular Wii console in the United States from $199.99. And while there is still no official pricing change from Nintendo itself, major retailers seem to be jumping the gun, knocking $30 off the price of Nintendo Wii systems in the inventory and offering the units for $169.99. Brick-and-mortar …
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Nintendo Wii unofficially drops to $170
Nintendo Wii gamers from Athens area schools will be gathering at Play N Trade this weekend for some preliminary rounds of the first-ever Wee Read Olympics to benefit the charitable Wee Read program of United Way of Northeast Georgia.
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Blueprint: Wii gamers to play for charity
Gamasutra’s weekly column, “Saling The World”, covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week’s charts, with data taken from January 7th, 2010, find EA Sports Active and Wii Fit Plus heading Nintendo Wii sales in the United States, while Final Fantasy XIII maintains its lead in …
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Saling The World: Wii Fit Plus, EA Sports Active Lead New Year’s Sales (Gamasutra)