The news continues to be bad for Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) shareholders. The Wii is slowing down. While it remains a powerful force in gaming hardware, it's just not as compelling in terms of sales as it used to be.

Bloomberg tells the tale. The data for April sales show that the Wii sold less than half as many consoles in the U.S. this year as compared to April of 2008. Last month, the Wii moved 340,000 units. A year ago, the Wii sold over 700,000 units. That's a big difference. Now, don't get to thinking that Nintendo has now given up its crown. The Wii still outsells both the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 in domestic locations.

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GameStop (NYSE: GME) is probably the best friend to gamers who fall somewhere in between the casual and hardcore demographic. That's because CEO Dan DeMatteo has been quoted in reports as being very desirous of a price cut for the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 3. If I read between the lines a bit, I get the feeling as if he almost wants to demand that Sony do something about its high-priced machine.

Thing is, though, he isn't in Sony's corporate shoes. Cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 is an event that I think is sure to come to pass in the next few months, but it's going to be very difficult on the company's bottom line.

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GameStop wants Sony to play ball -- will Sony do it? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.