I find it funny that people don't understand the Japanese market yet, they are ahead of the curve, for the most part the country has become very "nongamer"/casual gamer oriented, there is more gamer drift over there, the big sales for games like FF and DQ, etc are the last vestiges of the old, the remaining, die hards who are huge fans of those series, but the big future is in more nongamer fare that appeals to the wider market
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)
