| Avinash_Tyagi said: No you are, notice how you made no mention of the fact that Wii sells out constantly while the supply of 360's are plentiful, overlook that fact did you? And the fact that it indicates that Wii is in much higher demand, if 360 demand was strong then it would have a much more limited supply or much higher sales, its supply is not an issue and its sales are not that strong. Again you ignore the facts that PS2 still had high profile titles coming on its console this year, like God of War 2, that is not going to be an issue in the years to come, its sales will not be as high as before, Also PS2 was only the second highest selling console in the others market, not in NA or Japan, even arguing that it may add a few million ove rht next few years does not make the Wii's task that much more difficult, even if we say that PS2 will add 10 million over the next three years for the sake of argument, that brings it to 108 million units over 37 months (including december of this year), which means an average of about 2.92 million a month, not even double its current production, more like a million extra per moth, not an impossible task Nope, again you didn't work out the math, you see even if they lose this upcoming year, it would still be very possible, lets assume that PS2 adds 10 million more in sales ove rhte next three years for the sake of argument, putting them around 122 million, Then lests say Wii ends this year at about 18 million, meaning 36 months to reach 104 million, assuming a year of maintained production of 1.8 million, would put next years Wii sales at about 22 million, putting them at about 40 million and 24 months to reach 82 million, at doubled production of 3.6 million a month Wii would surpass the PS2 in late october, early november of 2010. This assumes that it takes over a year to up their production, and that PS2 console sales over 3 million each of the next three years, which is doubtful as nintendo already knows they are missing opportunities with limited supplies, since they do not have to lower their price to sell more consoles, just produce more, and since they make a profit on each console sold there is no reason not to invest in more production facilities, and PS2 is nearing the end of its lifespan |
Yes the Wii is sold out "constantly"...Because it was a suprise hit & its Christmas! The Wii hasnt been sold out all year, get a grip. If Nintendo were confident they could sustain higher sales they would manufacture more, but they obviously ARENT, end of story. Why didnt Nintendo just double the production for the months of October & November and simply build up a nice stockpile for Christmas and clear the backlog of people that want them? Its costly to up the production for short periods of time, sustained growth is much better.
The PS2 has 110million units in circulation and actually it WAS the 2nd biggest selling console in the USA in 2007. Get your facts straight. It WILL continue to have big titles and its momentum will continue for a few years yet. The fact that you seem to insinuate it will be lucky to sell 10 million in 3 years says a lot. Its looking like selling a million in the USA alone during the next 30 days!!
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