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Guess it depends of the shipment of Wii-fit than its possible.



 

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Fastrabbit09 said:

Current Totals:

GTA4 PS360 Combined - 10,015,834
Wii Fit - 6,254,696
GTA4 360 - 5,766,396
GTA4 PS3 - 4,249,438

So Wii Fit is currently 3,761,138 behind GTA4 PS360 Combined...

Last Week:
Wii Fit - 244,587
GTA4 PS360 Combined - 67,319

So Wii Fit is currently catching up at a rate of 177,268/week

That means that in 22 weeks, Wii Fit would surpass GTA4 PS360 Combined at the current rate.

There are 22 weeks left to report on this year...so it is possible to happen this year...


Helps:
Wii Fit has better legs than GTA4 PS360
Wii Fit production may be increased, but won't decrease
Wii Fit is still sold out, so demand>supply

Hurts:
Wii Fit can only sell what is shipped
Holidays will mean good GTA4 PS360 sales while Wii Fit will still be shipped=sold
As ps360 consoles are sold at a greater rate this fall, so will GTA4
Wii Fit only averaged 135k greater sales than GTA4 PS360 Combined the past 5 weeks averaged

 

Conclusion: It is inevitable that Wii Fit will outsell GTA4 PS360 Combined, but it has only maybe 50% chance of doing it in 2008 because Nintendo is conservative in production.  It will easily pass it by next spring.  If we had current production level data, then we could make a more accurate estimate (are they stockpiling them now for xmas, or does shipped=produced??)

 

note: this only pertains to PS3 and 360 sales, not PC sales

 

And what would this prove? I mean, whats the point? I can argue that you are compairing apples to oranges, and say that WiiFit is not a game, while GTAIV is one. I just am not getting the point of this compairison.



I own all three current consoles and a great gaming rig, now thats out of the way.

This space Reserved for the Nuggets of Wisdom dropped by Bladeforce:

"Why post something like this when all it will get is PS3 owners blinded to reality replying? BOTH THE PS3 AND BLUE-RAY WILL NOT LAST 3 YEARS! TECHNOLOGY CHANGED TOO FAST!"

"is it Wii FIt that has sold as many as PS3's sold? Thats a LOL Look at the total sales of software is it just me that sees Nintendo titles hitting 10m+ and you say they arent making a difference? Another LOL!"

"Hell, with all the negative hype Sony spin, people just aren't interested cost is too high and to get the true HD experience (1080p, 7.1 surround) you will need a $1000+ system. THAT IS GOING TO DO IT IN A RECESSION! PS4 will not happen"

|_emmiwinks said:

And what would this prove? I mean, whats the point? I can argue that you are compairing apples to oranges, and say that WiiFit is not a game, while GTAIV is one. I just am not getting the point of this compairison.

a) it is a point of interest that has been debated for months
b) it determines best selling game of 2008, which was a poll on the homepage here

 



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