Will the Wii hit the 70 million console mark WW by the end of 2009?

[theRepublic]

ash3336 said:
60 million is a more reasonable guess. Right now it is selling about 200-250k. Even with the Holiday boost, game boost, on average if it gets 300k average than in 24 weeks, till the end of the year, it will sell 24*300000=10.2 million. Right now it is at 50 mill so around 61-63M.

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 30th Dec 2007 to 07th Jun 2008: 8,293,249

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 30th Dec 2007 to 03rd Jan 2009: 24,911,263

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 28th Dec 2008 to 06th Jun 2009: 7,312,000

Right now, the Wii is down about 1 million compared to the same time last year.  Considering the strength of the software line up in the second half of the year, I think that the Wii will come close to last years performance.  Since the Wii started the year at around 44 million, I think it should get to around 69 million (44+25=69) by the end of the year.  So I guess what I am saying is that you underestimate the holiday boost.