Last I looked, very roughly, Wii was ~8.5m ahead of 360 lifetime in USA.

Normally this might be insurmountable but, with Wii2 coming in 2012, it seems possibly, even likely, for 360 to end up outselling Wii in USA.

More than likely Wii2 will mean the end of Wii. Sure it will continue selling some, but all Nintendo's efforts, advertising, and games will move to Wii2, and Wii will likely die out quite quickly. Stores only have so much shelf space as well. Not too mention, Wii sales are falling quite handily right now without any help (though the rumored drop to 150 may help a bit).

For example, 360 can easily sell 6-8 million a year in USA. So that 8.5m could almost be erased in one year if the Wii becomes a non factor. Latest rumors place the Wii2 of course in 2012, and the next Xbox in 2014. So there's also plenty of time. Not even to mention, as a hardcore console, I expect X360 to have much longer legs once it's succesor hits the market than Wii (much like PS2 maintained legs after PS3)

Of course things can go wrong with this possibility, but as i say, it seems possible, if not likely, that 360 could end up the best selling console of this generation in the USA.

Hmm, I guess so. I would say that the E3 announcement would probably put a small dent in Wii sales by itself.

Well, 2011 is likely to be the first year 360 outsells the Wii in Americas. I don't think 360 will outsell the Wii by any more then 1.5 million units total (Wii is killer in the holidays).

That brings the difference down to 7 million. Say the Wii2 is released early 2012, then 360 could outsell the Wii by 5 million in 2012 and 2013. Then a 360 sucessor is likely to be released killing 360 sales. Also when a 360 successor is released, I can't imagine 360 sales being any different then Wii's.

So I dunno, it's possible, but I think unlikely. The gap will shrink however.

I was thinking the same thing.  It's not a given, and depends what Nintendo do with Wii following the launch, but it is possible.

It also means that the Wii, despite its initial good start, may never get close to the PS2 LTD after all.  The way its dipping in EMEAA and Japan and assuming continued dipping in Americas I don't think it's going to get anything like the long tail of demand the PS2 did (in fact still does).  It's at 85 million now, which is still a long way from PS2 and its duture looks fairly blunted.  Who'd have thought it when it sold supreme in all regions?

i think it could very well sell more hardware but i dont know about software.People on wii mostly buy hot garbage they think will shrink their fat ass

lmfao

Software is already on par for both of them since Wii number includes around 60 milion of WS and WSR in it.

Why wouldn't those be counted? All bundled games are counted for 360 too.

Not really as im sure the Wii will still sell a lot, it's not going to just dissapear, im not expecting a ps2 like stick around but its still easy money for nintendo

Not even romotely possible. With the Wii 2 supposedly being more powerfull than the 360 it will no doubt eat up the Xbox 360 sales untill they are forced to release a new console.