Yojimbo said:
DMeisterJ said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
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.
Actually for most of the year Wii was very hard to find and would sell out within hours if not minutes of being placed on the shelf. Also you're making the mistake that production can be expanded that easily, either thaey have to open up a new factory, or they have to negotiate with another company to begin production, both of these tae time, it is not as simple as flipping a switch, and you are lost if you think they aren't actively researching those and other possibilities to expand their production.
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!!
NA sales put the Wii as highest and the 360 as second highest, although much further behind than the Wii, PS2 is behind the 360, so sorry it is not the second highest selling console.
http://vgchartz.com/ayearly.php
Also just because it will sell a million doesn't man it will continue to sell at this rate for the next few years, this year its sold 3 million so far in NA. over the next few years expect that number to drop, face it, it will be surpassed by the Wii by the end of 2010.
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Wow, you have really lost it. You're telling me that the Wii will sell 90+ million (110[PS2] -20[Wii]) in three years? Or do you mean just in america? If you mean WW, then you must have lost it. That's thirty million a year. I'm telling you, each one of your quotes is outlandish as the last. |
It has been out now 1 year and it has sold 15 million. It was released november in USA and the beginning of december rest of the world. John Lucas thinks that Wii sell 240m dont listen to him.
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Oh, I won't listen to JL, I just wanted to bring some sense into this thread, but it seems like I've come too late.
@ Danny 355
That's generally the way to go with him, just let him spout his nonsense.
@ alpha DK
Nice numbers and all, but, if some of the people in this thread are to be believed, production/supply is too low to satite demand, so how could it double if they're only producing as much as 1.8 mil/month?
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