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Branko2166 on 22 November 2007
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TWRoO said:
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Not a chance especially when the ps3 and 360 hit mass market pricing. And the wii is already experiencing slowdown in one major market, that being Japan of course. Not saying that it won't do well overall but I just doubt it can sustain these sales long term especially with increasing competition.

argh! ok visit this thread; http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=10309

go to near the bottom and read my two posts....The Wii is doing just as well as the PS2 did in Japan, is slightly higher in Europe (though if you include all 'other' regions it is tracking the same) and doing quite a bit better in North America....Worldwide it is doing much better (though that is mainly because of the Japan only 1st 4 months of PS2)


The point I was trying to make is that with Japan unless the wii rebounds it will struggle to do what the ps2 did in Japan and that's sell over 20 million units there alone.

 


I agree the Wii has fallen from it's pedestal at the moment in Japan, but the point of my posts in the other thread is that it is currently at entirely normal sales for November (assuming you think the PS2 was normal, which it wasn't) the PS2 continued to go from around 30k p/week in November, jumping up early December to a peak in early January, then going back to 50k p/week ish for Spring/Summer and falling back to 30k in Autumn.....The Wii is doing exatly that at the moment following the success of the PS2....which made 22 million in 6 years (plus some more this last year)

Leo i have a feeling that you don't really believe anything you say yourself, in the knowedge of Nintendoes always conservative estimates (23.84million before April) you say something like 30 million for the 9 months after that....If you were truly thinking the Wii will lose it's lustre during 08, then you would have made something a little more reasonable like 35M by end of 08, followed by a poor 09 (end of 09 -45M) and then dying out after that....(end of gen 50M) that is something possible going by normal gaming rules.

I think you are trying to become the PS3 version of John, rather than properly believing in what you say.


 I think we are roughly on the same page. I guess the challange for the wii particularly in Japan is if it's going to be as consistent as the ps2 which in my opinion was so successful because of its versatility.