Anyone still believe Wii Won't be ahead of Xbox 360 by the end of the 2007?

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NJ5 said:

Astrodust said:

RolStoppable said:

"Anyone still believe Wii Won't be ahead of Xbox 360 by the end of the 2007?"

Yes, me.

As for year end's predictions:

1. Wii - 20m
2. 360 - 13.5m
3. PS3 - 5.9m

20 million Wii's sound a little high unless there is any truth to this stockpiling rumor. However Nintendo is apparantly increasing production and I can see them pumping out close to 2 million units by years end so maybe.

Stockpiling is true for sure, we have seen Nintendo selectively increasing supply lately when there are big software releases. Besides, their latest fiscal year estimates indicate the same thing as far as I've seen. Nintendo wants (and will get) a holiday victory, so they have to stockpile.

 

 Wow, I think NJ5 has hit this dead on actually.  I think Nintendo sees the intrinsic value in a publically percieved holiday victory.  The reason is that a lot of people only pay attention to the video game markets during the holidays so it is vital to look good during these periods.

 A side from that the numbers currently indicate that they are planning on selling around 6 million conoles during Q3 (Oct, Nov, Dec timeframe).  If this is the case you can expect 1m Oct, 1.5m Nov, and 3.5m Dec. This is evidenced by their recent statements that they plan to ship 16.5m during FY'08 with Q1 finished and sales for that period at ~3.5m that leaves 3.5m for Q2 and Q4 with my previously mentioned numbers for Q3.