| DKII said: Well, in theory, if Nintendo is truly expanding the gaming market and bringing in new gamers, then that's adding money to the market which eventually gets funneled out to the developers who hire additional development teams to work on the new market. Of course, if instead, Nintendo is just re-capturing a lot of the PS2 userbase, then the games will be shifting over from there. |
And if they are doing both?
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
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