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Am I the only one to notice that DS sales are still increasing? It could sell more than 6 million in December. What's the record?



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routsounmanman said:
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Avinash_Tyagi said:
i'm cool with Wii coming in third in NA, since next week it may be first, and it still won WW, just goes to show that PS3 and 360 will never overtake the Wii

 

Er, dont be so sure about that, the WII though dropped 0,3% on VGchartz in marketshare but the PS3 on the other hand went up with over 1%

We should wait until February (after the Japanese January rush) to draw such conclusions.


Exactly.  Sales around this time of year are so sporatic that it really isn't possible to draw any solid conclusions.  You have to look at the buying habits when individules are not compelled to make purchases, and companies are not compelled to inflate sales numbers for PR spin.

Take Nintendo for example, if they out sell the DS this week, say 1.3 - 1.5 mil worldwide, no one will remember  this week's poor sales (most likely due to carefully planed production and release scheduled to fulfil Regie's "record setting" prophecy.) 

You can be guarenteed that you will hear a ton about the amazing Wii sales for next week though...



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FishyJoe said:
Am I the only one to notice that DS sales are still increasing? It could sell more than 6 million in December. What's the record?

 Somewhere around 5 million I think. Maybe 5.5.



FishyJoe said:
Am I the only one to notice that DS sales are still increasing? It could sell more than 6 million in December. What's the record?

 The DS has been the real story for a couple years. People seem to be blind to the fact that mainstream gaming is being dictated by the mighty hand of our new DS overlords.



WOW, 700k DS in the US ALONE.

I guess the Wii is charging up for its end of year push next week.

PS3 sales didn't get a big push. X360 got a nice nudge. North America loves the Wii.



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PS3 doing REAL BAD in USA...It feels so bad to see it like that..

@Fishyjoe

I think your the only one here who gives DS the credit

All I see are ZOMG wii is doing well posts (that it is)

but very few DS is ROCKING posts...

DS has now become legendary!



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fkusumot said:
FishyJoe said:
Am I the only one to notice that DS sales are still increasing? It could sell more than 6 million in December. What's the record?

 The DS has been the real story for a couple years. People seem to be blind to the fact that mainstream gaming is being dictated by the mighty hand of our new DS overlords.


 DS blazed the trail, Wii is just following



 

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I think the Wii can hit 1mil+ WW next week.



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why can't i click on the wekkly us sales on the main page for the week ending dec 15th ?



Gamerace said:
Looks like the 360 may give the Wii a real run for the money for top sales for December, 700m Wii sales next week notwithstanding. 360 sales should also be up to probably 400m, and the following week, Wii's should be 3rd again with supply totally spent (unless we count vouchers) and 360 will have another strong week from last minute shoppers and Boxing Day sales.

360 may end up tops for December but it'll be close. PS3 will unfortunately lag well behind, despite increased numbers as well.

I have a feeling that after next week (600-700k Wiis) they will not be third, because retailers themselves will hold quite a few back for those last two days (Sunday23rd and Monday 24th) which are included in the week after.
The placement of Christmas day has meant there were two weekends within 10 days of Christmas, so Wii sales may still be 70-80% of what they will be this week.