The NPD Group no longer releases video game hardware numbers. And since Nintendo declined to put out a response for May’s NPD, official hardware numbers for the Wii, 3DS, and DS aren’t available.
Wedbush Securities, however, is reporting that Wii sales came in at 236,000 units. The firm also stated that the 3DS sold another 97,000 systems in May.
Wedbush provided the following commentary:
“The 3DS again failed to deliver the results we expected, leaving the industry outlook unclear near term. Without further price cuts for PS3 and 360, we expect hardware sales to trend down later in 2011, though we think that Sony and Microsoft may consider cuts around the holidays later this year. The Wii is likely to continue to have weak sales due to consumer anticipation with the Wii U, and we don’t expect the PS Vita to launch in the U.S. or Europe until next year due to supply constraints.”
