When will the Nintendo Wii Sales Pass the Combined Sales of Xbox360 and PS3

[Oyvoyvoyv]

Putting in some math.

 

Wii sales: 49.08M

Ps360 sales: 51.31

Gap: 2.23M

 

Sales so far in 2008:

Wii: 5386K

Ps360: 5168K

Gap: 218K

Total number of weeks: 13

Weekly sales difference: ~ 20,000. (Actually slightly lower, at 17K)

 

So, if those weekly sales stayed, it would take 110 weeks. That's 2 years. Of course, the sales won't stay the exact same.

 

Or rather...

If Nintendo doesn't up production, they'll produce 2.4M/month. Assume 2.2M goes into stores.

3 months have passed.

Total sales: 5.4M

Expected shipments: 6.6M

 

Or even just march.

March: 1517K (4 weeks) = 380K/week.

Expected shipments: 550K/week. Nintendo shipped for march at just 1520K. That's 900K that weren't sold... Where the heck did these go? They're not gonna take 750K + each month for stockpilling, are they?

 

So, here's an assumption.

 

Nintendo are stocking units for their major 2009 releases.

 

I'm not sure if they are, but it's the only plausible explanation I see.

 

Anyway, you can expect Wii to sell 15-20% more on a weekly basis in May than it did in March. Chances are the Ps360 won't get a boost.

 

Another thing worth noting is that Ps360 dropped in March.

 

Gah, I went off-topic, didn't I?