| Ail said: Somehow I am starting to doubt seriously that the Wii will ever pass the PS2... I just can't believe that 6 years from now it still would be selling 120k/month like the PS2 just did... If you believe NPD numbers the Wii is now tracking same as the PS2 was at a similar time after its launch too, roughly 80k/week. The Wii is still ahead because it had outperformed the PS2 up to now but that period is now over... |
Since Nintendo likes to replace their consoles and withdraw them from the market theres a chance that the Wii won't come close to the PS2's numbers depending on when they decide enoughs enough for the Wii. They really have no incentive to keep a lower margin Wii on the market if a higher margin Wii 2 is storming up the sales charts, well at least to me.
360 : 220k
Wii : 666k
PS3 : 405k
DS : 783k
PSP : 337k
source http://www.edge-online.com/news/npd-wii-overtakes-360-us
Thats the numbers for June. If the Wii comes close to them because of Wii M+ then they are going to have another cracker year after a slow start. If they don't however, they will need a price cut to keep up sales. Now that they have commited to producing at the current rate they have to continue to do so or it will cost them.
Tease.
