Prediction: Wii will hit 17-18 million consoles sold by year's end

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Smash_Brother said:

WiteoutKing said:
Wow.

Desroko and I are cool now.

You want a piece of US?

Seriously, though, I just got some new information...

Nintendo COULD be stockpiling, as I just learned from a GS employee that Wii shipments will show up at the EXACT same time as key game releases.

So I take it back: they could very well make the 18 mil number, since they apparently ARE stockpiling for games like MP3, SMG and SSBB (probably a lot for the last one).

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I guarantee that either they are stockpiling, or have their production rigged to produce more over Xmas (probably both).

You should see a minimum of 3m sold worldwide over Nov/Dec - and maybe as high as 5-6m. Remember that Ninty have been in this industry for a long, long time - and have this process downpat to (almost) perfection.

Based on their financial/unit projections projections, I still think 17-18m by the end of the year. Its basically at 10m now, another 7m in 5 months doesn't seem that hard (with Xmas included).