Analysis: Will the Wii fall foul of its own success?

Hardware sales in Japan have always been a good indicator of Nintendo’s prospects, strong sales in Japan synonymous with Nintendo’s continued success worldwide. Recently however, Sony Japan have slowly but surely been eating into Nintendo’s market share. During the week ending 15th November 2009, the PS3 sold nearly 40,000 units a piece in Japan while the formerly all-conquering Wii was able to shift just 21,000 (stats courtesy of Media Create)….