I wrote a little post a bit ago, D, that included talks about Pokemon. To this day, there are people who still think that Pokemon "doesn't count" in some fashion (I've seen it expressed in many ways with the same general theme). It's as if, because Pokemon is outside my own interest (and theirs, I presume), it somehow becomes unimportant. As I said in the other thread: tell that to the PSP. 

If the Wii is selling this great, without Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime 3, and many other fantastic games, it will surely pass the 80 million mark, after these games are released. If the Wii does well enough, and lives long enough, there might be more Mario platformers. If the PS2 can have 4 Ratchet platformers, then why can't the Wii have 4 Mario platformers? Why did the Nintendo 64, and Gamecube only have 1 Mario platformer?

cant compare wii to 360 or ps3.....its like compareing a mustang to a ferrerie and Bently ppl are more likely to buy a mustang cause its cheeper just cause its cheeper doesn't make it batter...............and wii is just a fade .........i dont know who in the right frame of mind 3 to 4 years from now will buy a wii over ps3 or 360 espically when they will all be closley priced at a low price...........but thats just my opnion i have a wii 360 and a ps3 so no favorites just a facts i see.

You should not just look at the population growth (USA went from 250 to 300 million between 1990 and 2006 BTW), but also at growth rates of things like PCs or mobile phones. Yearly growth rates of 10 %, 20 %, 30 % are possible in IT and consumer electronics. That would equal 60 %, 250 %, 375 % growth over 5 years respectively. Video Games haven't grown nearly that well in the last generation. Now the DS is bringing some new growth, and the Wii might as well.

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I'd like to know if MrStickBall still stands by these predictions???

Someone was a bit off back then...

I think the future of the Wii is uncertain , they've played all their biggest cards in the early stages of the Wii release , the nature of the casual market is unpredictable , the Novelty of the Wii mote could wear of for many , amount of shovelware being released , least advanced console out of the 3 etc etc, so many things go against the Wii it's amazing.

On the other hand the Wii hasn't changed price point at all , sells healthily regardless of software support , easily outsells the PS3 & 360 combined some weeks etc etc

I don't think the Wii will break 120Mil TBH.

This actually would have been a really good point, but said topic creator forgot what is the most important aspect of sales: brand appeal. Brandname is what sold the PS2, PS1, and NES as he mentioned. Sure as hell time helped, but what helped them to sell even past their time, aka other stonger more evolved consoles in the market. It's called brand appeal. It's what keeps the PS2 still going and what will keep the Wii going. Sure Wii is going to hit a point of saturation due to its lack of power probably somewhere in mid to late 2009, but brandname will still make it a slow and drawn out death even after N6 is released, giving it the ability to sell way past its time. This is why it can do 80m+. In no way am I implying that it will, because there are still a lot of factors that could stop it, more than likely though this will happen given the current market situation.

 Maybe in graphics production, but in terms of control interface it's the most advanced