2009 sales = 10m
2010 sales = 6m
2011 sales = 1m
2012 sales = 200k
2015 sales = 100k
End of life sales = 36-7m
Now this is under the assumption that Wii Fit + actually exists and its release this christmas will either replace the old WF game or promoted as a package at retailers.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
