WW Up!

[c0rd]

r3av3r2k1 said:

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! 

As for the Wii being doomed, I still don't necessarily think so. People looking at these weekly charts tend to really overreact over these weekly skirmishes, but I can't stress enough how this still tells us nothing about the longevity of the consoles. Hell, I'll (once again) point to the PS2 in the US, as NPD had it:

2001: (7.4m)
2002: 8.42m (15.8m) <- $100 May price cut ($200)
2003: 6.32m (22.2m) <- $20 May price cut ($180)
2004: 4.63m (26.8m) <- $30 May price cut ($150), Slim model Sept, shortages
2005: 5.44m (32.3m)
2006: 4.70m (37.1m) <- $20 April price cut ($130)
2007: 3.97m (41.1m) <- Slim 2
2008: 2.50m (43.6m) <- Slim 3
2009: 1.80m (44.4m) <- $30 April price cut ($99)

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.

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

Oh, I agree with this. The Wii may have some major trouble in EMEAA if the holiday lineup doesn't improve, because if nostalgia games like NSMB Wii don't work well there, the major games this holiday - DKC, Kirby, Goldeneye, or NBA Jam probably won't either. I find it kind of strange, since the DS games (NSMB DS) were hits there, but I guess it doesn't carry over...

For the ones arguing above, I still think it's possible for the Wii to reach 50% (though increasingly unlikely, not impossible). It's tough to predict what will happen in the next 2-3 years, such as successors, continued support, or how quickly the consoles decline, all of which will factor heavily into the final totals. They're only 4-5 years old so far, you know?
(There, you have your crazy guy. Though not that crazy IMO...)