Although the Nintendo Wii has been enjoying an incredible level of success in Japan since its launch on occasion some console has outperformed it in sales. The Xbox 360 saw a couple spikes to the top of the charts with the release of exclusive titles. In March of 2009 the Wii sales were down sixty-three percent compared to last year and the previously underperforming PS3 outperformed it.

Nintendo says that they’re unconcerned about this downturn. They cite the fact that the first few months of the year are generally a time of lower sales for the video games industry. The resurgence of the PS3 begs to differ but with the DSi just released outside of Japan and analysts claiming that Nintendo has nearly halved the production costs of the console they might not have anything to worry about. Throw in the fact that if the Wii Motion Plus is bringing the true 1:1 motion controls it claims to then some companies will be much more interested in the potential games they could make with the console.