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grandmaster192 said:
Playstation 2 is an overhyped console just like the Wii. PS2 had great sell numbers, but the Gamecube was the better console.

 

 

I like Nintendo games too, but theres no way I can agree with you on that. PS2 had WAY to many great games, just as good as the GC gems, but in such greater numbers. It was insanity. 



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kvh22000 said:
I know that nintendo has outsold sony overall and i am a nintendo fan as well but avinash_Tyagi claims that the wii will outsell the entire playstation brand...THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 It's a silly prediction but it is within the realm of possibilities. It would maybe require Sony to go out of business immediately and the Wii to sell more like 10 million/month which is unrealistic but COULD happen. Let's say it's a long shot. ;) Unless you have a marvellous crystalball you can't say for sure that it won't happen.



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jhlennon1 said:
The PS2 will forever be the best selling console EVER. It's just the way it is.

 

nope; wii will easily outsell it

Bets:Missed by 420k I bet leo-j vg$500 that wii will sell 31 million by 7/31/08.  Sorry, I don't think he has enough vg$ to make it with all of u that wish you could. Hit, with room to spare I bet kingofwale a 1-week ban that wii Americas ltd sales>360 Americas ltd sales as of the numbers for week ending 7/05/08 (using vgchartz homepage #s)

Predictions:

Wii will sell 18-20mil by 12/31/07  CHECKWii will sell 45mil+ WW by 12/31/08Wii will surpass PS2 sales WW by 11/17/11 (5yr anniversary)Wii Fit will hit 12mil sales in 2009MKWii+SSBB+Wii Fit+SMG > 50 mil sales by 2010 > gta4+mgs+gt5+ff13+haze+lbp
Danny355 said:
Yup the PS2 is God. People that think the Wii will pass it soon need their heads checked IMO. Now I know the current sales are unlikely to continue at this rate forever but to base these outlandish predictions on the current sales is stupid:

Last week the Wii only outsold the PS2 by 184, 529 units...

So the Wii is now 96,889,940 units behind the PS2...

So at this rate it will take 525 weeks for the Wii to pass the PS2...

Or to put it a date on it: 2018.

HORRIBLE math

 you are assuming that the ps2 will continue to sell at its current rate for the next 525 weeks; ps2 only sells around 100k/week during the normal year; and it will stop selling before 525 weeks are up

 also, wii has been supply constrained and just upped production to 1.8mil/month this fall...it will increase production again in the future (next year) and it will reach 150 million within 5 years easily...if ps2 is at 130 now, then it won't hit 150 million ever

 also, when talking user base, there are <100 million ps2 unique owners out there...MANY MANY of them had to buy 2-3+ ps2s because they broke...that isn't happening with the wii, so it'll pass the unique base sooner



Bets:Missed by 420k I bet leo-j vg$500 that wii will sell 31 million by 7/31/08.  Sorry, I don't think he has enough vg$ to make it with all of u that wish you could. Hit, with room to spare I bet kingofwale a 1-week ban that wii Americas ltd sales>360 Americas ltd sales as of the numbers for week ending 7/05/08 (using vgchartz homepage #s)

Predictions:

Wii will sell 18-20mil by 12/31/07  CHECKWii will sell 45mil+ WW by 12/31/08Wii will surpass PS2 sales WW by 11/17/11 (5yr anniversary)Wii Fit will hit 12mil sales in 2009MKWii+SSBB+Wii Fit+SMG > 50 mil sales by 2010 > gta4+mgs+gt5+ff13+haze+lbp
Fastrabbit09 said:
Danny355 said:
Yup the PS2 is God. People that think the Wii will pass it soon need their heads checked IMO. Now I know the current sales are unlikely to continue at this rate forever but to base these outlandish predictions on the current sales is stupid:

Last week the Wii only outsold the PS2 by 184, 529 units...

So the Wii is now 96,889,940 units behind the PS2...

So at this rate it will take 525 weeks for the Wii to pass the PS2...

Or to put it a date on it: 2018.

HORRIBLE math

 you are assuming that the ps2 will continue to sell at its current rate for the next 525 weeks; ps2 only sells around 100k/week during the normal year; and it will stop selling before 525 weeks are up

 also, wii has been supply constrained and just upped production to 1.8mil/month this fall...it will increase production again in the future (next year) and it will reach 150 million within 5 years easily...if ps2 is at 130 now, then it won't hit 150 million ever

 also, when talking user base, there are <100 million ps2 unique owners out there...MANY MANY of them had to buy 2-3+ ps2s because they broke...that isn't happening with the wii, so it'll pass the unique base sooner


 What part of "Now I know the current sales are unlikely to continue at this rate forever" did you not understand?

Let me explain a few things...

So the PS2 has sold something like 7 or 8 million this year but it wont sell 20 million more EVER!?? That would only be the case if there was something that had directly replaced it in the marketplace. The Wii IS NOT that console. The PS2 sales will keep trickling in over the years to come. People sprouting that the Wii has sold so much quicker than the PS2 did in its first year need to contain themselves because yes that is true but LOOK AT THE MARKET. How many consoles were sold that year in total? This year Sony have sold around 15 million Playstations, Nintendo have sold around 18 million Wiis and Microsoft have sold around 8 million 360s. Thats over 40 million consoles sold without even looking at the handheld market.

While I fully agree the Wii will likely outsell the PS2 its not going to happen anytime soon. At least 5 years from now. More like 2015.

 



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Xyrax said:
grandmaster192 said:
Playstation 2 is an overhyped console just like the Wii. PS2 had great sell numbers, but the Gamecube was the better console.

 

 

I like Nintendo games too, but theres no way I can agree with you on that. PS2 had WAY to many great games, just as good as the GC gems, but in such greater numbers. It was insanity.


 Man I had such a good laugh on this one :P



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