PSWii both LESS than 30K in Japan....I'm VERY Worried about consoles!

[johnsobas]

trestres said:

@johnsobas: Wii sales aren't "Way up" from last year like you imply. According to VGChartz, sales since the release of MH3 are 336k for this year, while they were 331k for the same period last year. That's flat, not way up.

Plus I would be a bit worried because this year the Wii got MH3, WSR, Wii Fit+, Price cut, Black Console, Classic Controller Pro and MH3 Bundles in the period you gave. Last year it had nothing comparable yet it sold about the same.

that is not what i said, i said that was one of the factors that sales are up for CONSOLES YOY.  I never singled out the wii, that is not the point of this thread.  The point is that they were way down YOY, now due to these factors consoles are way up and they will continue to be up from here on.  As i mentioned hardware sales were horrible in november and december, and they will improve this year.  Wii did really good for most of last year but it died off tremendously late in the year.  The highest week last year for the wii was the same as the highest week in the gamecube's equivilent year and that was a console that sold 4 million.  PS3 will be way up YOY, and Wii is may be flat or down a little from here on, but that's still a plus for overall console sales.

oh and that game that you said bombed because it only sold 10% of shipment first day has sold out of the first shipment by now and has got more legs in it.