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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official May 2009 NPD Thread (Data at 6:30 PM EST)

Avinash_Tyagi on 12 June 2009
Squilliam said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Squilliam said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:

First off there will not be a Wii HD, the next Nintendo console will be another market disruption, as Sony and MS move into the motion control region Nintendo will just change the game one more time.

 

Secondly keeping the Wii on the market isn't against their philosophy, they just haven't had a system since the NES that was so dominant that it was able to remain viable after its successor came out, in addition keepin the Wii on the makrket will be cheap for them at that point, it'll be a high profit machine that they can continue to just let the market buy if it wants

The only thing absolutely certain about the next Wii is that its going to be HD. Also if they disrupt the market once again it could make the Wii absolutely obsolete and a hinderance to that disruption. The philosophy of 20 years ago doesn't apply so much today because they have a different mindset and strategy than they did back then, hence the Wii.

Actually the Wii is very similar to the NES mindset, the NES was a disruption of its own, and many of the things that are being done now by nintendo are retreads of that era.

It wouldn't make the Wii obsolete entirely, it would still be the cheapest motion control system on the market

Why would they need to sell the Wii until 2016 when its already close to being obsolete now? Since they don't follow a loss leading strategy they wouldn't exactly need the money, so outside of developing markets, whats the point?

Because it would still sell, as long as it sells they have no reason to pull it off the market



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Lostplanet22 on 12 June 2009

Good for Infamous ^_¨.



 

Dinomax on 12 June 2009

Oh look at that, another month Nintendo Tag team win again.



Zlejedi on 12 June 2009

Great accuracy on ps3, x360 and psp , wii overtracked as always :)

Good month for HD gaming at least.



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lazyrider on 12 June 2009

Is it not amazing that each month Wii Fit outsells the Wii? That is simply amazing and a little hard to believe imo...

Has that ever happened before? I strongly doubt it. If this holds true, we are witnessing history in the making. People (especially here) might not like it (Wii Fit) but Nintendo sure did find a gold mine here!



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Chrizum on 12 June 2009
lazyrider said:
Is it not amazing that each month Wii Fit outsells the Wii? That is simply amazing and a little hard to believe imo...

Has that ever happened before? I strongly doubt it. If this holds true, we are witnessing history in the making. People (especially here) might not like it (Wii Fit) but Nintendo sure did find a gold mine here!

I know. For me, that is proof that NPD is lowballing the Wii's sales.



haxxiy on 12 June 2009

Ouch @ Wii. It is following on the USA exactly the same path it followed in Japan last year. It should be selling just slightly above the PS3/X360 next year, which is just sad.



 

 

 

 

 

Avinash_Tyagi on 12 June 2009
haxxiy said:
Ouch @ Wii. It is following on the USA exactly the same path it followed in Japan last year. It should be selling just slightly above the PS3/X360 next year, which is just sad.

Except for one thing, no big Wii releases for months, not here, and not in Japan, and yet its still dominating the PS3 and 360



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

darthdevidem01 on 12 June 2009

mega lol

so Wii Fit is technicaly the highest current gen selling hardware!!!



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dolemit3 on 12 June 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
haxxiy said:
Ouch @ Wii. It is following on the USA exactly the same path it followed in Japan last year. It should be selling just slightly above the PS3/X360 next year, which is just sad.

Except for one thing, no big Wii releases for months, not here, and not in Japan, and yet its still dominating the PS3 and 360

Isn't there a Monster Hunter game in Japan though really soon?



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