jarrod on 06 April 2010
| Metallicube said: Only reason it won't happen, and I mean the ONLY reason, is if Nintendo purposely cuts the Wii's lifespan short by releasing its next console soon. Otherwise there is no reason to believe it won't eventually outsell PS2. I don't get why Wii seems to be the one console where everyone just assumes its sales are going to drop like a rock. It's tracking AHEAD of the PS2, so where do you get the logic that it will sell LESS? |
From what I gather, people predisposed to thinking it won't pass PS2 are basing that chiefly Nintendo handling Wii's wind down like N64 or GC, despite the platform's marketplace appreciably outperforming PS2 (and even DS actually). There's a logical disconnect there, and one that's not really even supported by the historical precedents of previously successful Nintendo platforms in their twilight years (NES, SNES, GBA).
There's also the notion that Nintendo will jumpstart the next cycle first, despite them being competitively and historically the least inclined to actually do so.
