It seems it will never beat it in Japan though,but it will top it Worlwide regardless.

40 million at the price of $200USD is fantastic sales, and its only had 1 price drop through its lifespan in the US

beating the ps1 in Japan seems abit difficult, the wii has been selling an average of 40k last year. at that pace it will take forever for the system to sell 10 million lol

Congrats?

why the question mark?

End of 2011... hmm 48m/12.25m/....39.25m. Nah, it won't be able to beat the PS1 in EMEAA this year, but it will before the end of Q1 2012.

I would also appreciate having more time and major releases before Nintendo move on to their next machine. It was rightfully said here that Reggie meant US sales of 45 mil. and not America sales, so that alone should mean a life extension of 6 months or so.

Regarding the manner in which the next console will be revealed to the public, I think it will be much more secretive and quick to launch than the Wii, and more like the 3DS. The reasons I believe this are that Nintendo were in a very different position last gen with home consoles, and decided it was necessary to iterate their strategy to the industry in a manner that was more open, in order to make a point about their new direction and possible new directions for the industry.

I think they were doing this in order to gain trust, but by exposing themselves in such a manner they also left themselves quite vulnerable in a few key areas and I find it hard to believe they will be so open about their point of view next generation.

I still find the whole Nintendo vs. Apple thing to be extremely ironic considering Iwata was openly praising Apple's strategy in the years leading to the Wii's launch... and Apple was obviously listening because I think a few general ideas were taken from the Wii when designing the iphone which is by now a major competitor... (that whole PR move by Iwata might be considered a mistake by Nintendo in retrospect, even though I love him all the more for going through with it).

The market is much more competitive than it was in 2005 and Nintendo are going to have to up their game if they still intend to appeal to the general audience (AKA the casuals).

Thank you for the correction and clarification. This indeed makes an E3 reveal unlikely.

Japan hates Wii... :(

On to 50 Million by the end of 2011...

anyway, since we are talking about the Wii 2... I don't know when it will come out but personally I WANT a formal announcement around May 2013(2 weeks before E3), an E3 blowout with an October 2013 release.