With the rapid decline in Nintendo Wii sales, does this mark a halt in popularity for casual gaming? With only 3 out of 20 Wii games in the pre-order chart, it’s looking like Nintendo are going to have to pull something major out the bag to turn this one around.

EA’s CEO John Riccitiello has discussed his frustrations in an interview with MCV magazine, stating that "very few multiplatform titles are succeeding on the Wii so far and collectively, Electronic Arts and Nintendo need to tackle that."

Riccitiello told MCV that although he believes EA has underperformed on the platform, they are now slowly beginning to meet his expectations, particularly as recently released EA Sports Active was their most successful launch on the Wii so far, selling 600,000 units. Are things starting to look up and could the newly released Black Wii further boost John’s spirits?  It’s clear that casual gaming is not managing to reach the breadth of audience which core games do although hopes are still high with Super Mario Bros on Wii, some expecting it to outsell Modern Warfare 2. We are sure to find out soon…

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