| c0rd said: Ouch, hurts seeing the Wii in third! Though it really is a mix of the HD consoles also doing much better than last year. Seeing Starcraft 2, a PC game at the top of the charts makes it all better though!
2001: (7.4m) These forums would've constantly called doom on this console, as it was down on years with constant price cuts, yet it never quit selling (see: 2005-2007). As long as the Wii can hold up well in the holiday period (when all its games hit), it'll be fine. |
The ps2 continued selling because it was still a very viable console 6 years after launch with lots of great games still being launched at that time; something the wii wont be because its main supporter will have other fights to play (3ds wii2) and with no 3party to continue support after nintendo leaves there is nothing left for wii but clear remaining stock
WII´S problem is not in america, over there it will sell great especially in the holidays, the big problem is EMEEA a territory that normally didn't sold many nintendo consoles, this console generation nintendo hardware exploded here for 4 years but now its starting to slow very fast something i didn't expect so soon, given that the PS3 is still to expensive here
My predictions were that when PS3 hit a reasonable price point for europe (199 euros) then it would replace WII as top selling console, but its happening sooner, not because PS3 is selling more, but because WII is slowing down
That said, nothing will take this generation from nintendo, they did a great job and are still doing, but the competition is stepping up its game, and still have some cards to play, something nintendo doesnt, all its cards are on the table now, price reduction on all 3 consoles will always benefit the most expensive models. ( that said im waiting for the wii to sell at 150E to buy one)
