| mrstickball said: fish kinda hit the nail on the head. Everyone here except for a few few people are very very pessimistic on console sales for the generation. Most state they think the market will shrink from the 190m units it had previous gen (assuming that the PS2 and GC just sells 15 more units between last Dec and their demise). IMO, with the Wii's strategy + market expansion, we could see 210, 230 or even 250m units sold in the next 7 years for the consoles. It'll be interesting to see what happens. |
QFT...but warning my post is written by somebody that has a serious hangover.
I reallly agree here, people is way to pessimistic, if Wii succed with their goal we will have an higher userbase. It might be fullt possible to substain really good sales for all three consols. I do think that xbox360 will be king in USA for at least 2007, giving 3rd party devs a good reason for supporting them. Microsofts one year head start has actuly given them a good start in one of the markets. If they could push the lifespann for xbox360 untill 2012, I could see it reach 30 million+
PS3 has one problem it is attacked from two fronts, xbox360 in the high defintition area and Wii for the casual crowd (that ps2 is tapping really well to). But should be able to reach at least 60 million, if not sony rush PS4 because they cant get the PS3 financial or if they not capitalize on their big names. Sony needs to push a lot of good internal and 3rd party games over a short period to create buzz and momentum. One game every second or thired month and it will end upp as a gamecube.
Wii, I really think that a growth to 60-80 million would be fantastic and most possible. If DS is anything to show of, a total sale around 20 million in japan alone shouldn't be impossible. The big question I have hear is that I don't know how well Nintendo will do in Europe. It is still sold out but it feels like that we doesn't get that many games or consols for the moment. The initial sales seems, however, very good and should indicate that at least some growth in Europe will be possible.
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