| Squilliam said: The Wii is currently down YOY quite significantly and thats with 100% supply. Colours and bundles only go so far, because only a fraction of people want a black Wii more than a white Wii and only a fraction of people want the games bundled with a system. However there are quite a few people who are unwilling to buy a Wii at $249 who may very well reconsider a Wii at $199 especially because the recession has made people a lot more price concious. A 20% reduction in price should very easily net a 30% increase in sales, which should get the Wii back on track. |
Software pushes consoles, and Wii software is coming, last year we already had big games out, like smash and Kart and Fit, this year nothing so far, Wii sports resort is coming, as is NSMB and Wii Fit plus, that'll give the Wii's engine the jumpstart it needs
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)
