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Report: Wii bubble is 'deflating', game quality is in 'downward spiral'

Devs and analysts alike are expressing serious reservations about Nintendo's Wii this Christmas holiday season.

A leading US games industry analyst has claimed that the Nintendo Wii bubble is "deflating" and that Sony's PS3 is set to dominate game hardware sales this Christmas.

Doug Creutz said: "While we believe the Wii is likely to be a drag on overall software sales through the holiday, the impact should be limited to those publishers which have invested significantly in Wii development, with the biggest negative impact likely to be felt by Electronic Arts, which (unwisely in our view) heavily invested in Wii development for [calendar 2009]."

Meanwhile, developer Blue Fang's chief operating officer Scott Triola said: "There's a circular argument going around in the industry. There's a low tie ratio on the Wii platform therefore it's not worth investment, therefore we'll just put out a bunch of low quality titles. (Culture, Dev, Industry, Nintendo DS, Tech, Wii, World of Zoo)

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