Will the Wii break PS2's WW sales record???

[shams]

leo-j said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:
Nintendo are probably not going to make twenty million this year because they may not make enough units to do it. But if they did make enough, they would.

My prediction about two months ago was 22 million by thee end of this year and lets John Lucas somehow made that seem possible in his last post. I am not holding my breath but I want to thank John for giving me some hope.

Nintendo can only produce 1.8 million wii's a month.John thinks its per region, its World wide.

The wii will not make it to 20 million. Its just mathematics. 200k left for this month, and 1.8= about 2 million add that to the current numbers will be around 17 million WW sales.

Because of shortages guys the wii might not be the best selling console this holiday season.

Arrgh leo!!

<Shams bangs head against desk repeatedly>

Here we go again...

There is definitive proof of stockpiling - and its actually incredibly obvious. Do you understand how factories work? They ALWAYS produce units at the same, constant rate - its (generally) too expensive to turn them off. Its also impossible to just magically boost sales for Xmas - it just never happens. Yet Xmas sales are ALWAYS higher.

Have a look at this chart:

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php

See how Wii sales have been averaging around 1.2m / month (250k/week) for months? See how there is a dip before the recent peak? Do you really think this is factory related activity? God no. 

Nintendo are definitely stockpiling - absolutely, zero-percent chance of error, no doubt. 

The only question is - by how much? 

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If you don't wan't to believe facts - then so be it - there is no point discussing this with you.

As for not being the top-seller this Xmas - the only competition the Wii has - is the DS. Look at the current weekly sales - what do you think will outsell the Wii? The 360? The PSP? The PS3?