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Despite the increase in Wii ownership worldwide, sales and downloads of virtual console games have slowed a bit in recent months.

On January 24 of this year, Nintendo announced that sales on the Wii’s downloadable retro games service had topped 1.5 million; today’s news means that sales have more than doubled in the three months since. However, since Wii launched in November, this means that sales are actually dropping off, month on month, as the userbase increases.

1.5 million in two months is not a bad number. 1.8 million in the three months that follow, when the userbase is exploding, is not necessarily a good follow-up.

Maybe the release of some new, fresh titles, along with some more real classics, will boost sales in the next quarter?

See the report at wired.com.

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