Metallicube said:
Haha ok, you realize for that to happen, the Xbox 360 would have to sell 31 million MORE units than Wii from here on out right? You are getting far too excited.. Anyway, it amuses me how people seem to be baffled by the Wii's decline this year when the reasons are fairly obvious if you even pay minor attention to what's going on in the industry and look at Wii's lineup this year. These are the factors that lead to its decline: - Normal stagnation of console sales during the summer months (again, 360 would be recieving this decline as well, had it not been for a new model release recently) - Virtual non existant 3rd party support finally starting to take its toll. - Nintendo focusing resources more towards their next system, the 3DS. - Vritually NO system movers so far this year. The big releases (Galaxy 2, MH3, NMH2, Red Steel 2, and Sin and Punishment, are good games, but certainly not system movers).Gamers got excited when Nintendo seemed to be focuing its lineup more on hardcore gamers, but the trade off is that their sales inevitably slide when they do that. I actually expected these relatively poor sales (in fact I expected worse) well ahead of time, because I examined the Wii lineup for this year. Once you look at this lineup for the greater part of 2010, it should come as no surprise that Wii sales are stagnant. However, Nintendo seems to be going back to having a greater adundance of system movers this holiday, with Wii Party, Kirby, Epic Mickey, Vitality Sensor, and the big one, Donkey Kong Country. |
it's not THAAT far fetched. if 360 looks like it is going to peak this year, wii peaked 2 years ago. a 31M difference only means the 360 has to stay relevant on the market 2 years longer than the wii which is looking to be possible.
anyways, i really don't see wii party, kirby, epic mickey, or donkey kong. donkey kong could have if NSMB wii didn't release just last year. sell well for sure but i don't think its going to save the wii. i'll leave the vitality sensor as a ? since nintendo has yet to say anything about it.
it's awesome that you expected the wii to fall in sales like it did this year but to everyone else this is unexpected and worrisome hence the reactions.
