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Metallicube on 08 August 2010
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Carl2291 said:
Metallicube said:
Carl2291 said:
Viper1 said:

2009 - 8,493,975
2010 - 8,418,074

Down just 75,901 from last year.  Yep, doomed I tell ya.

Do you guys even look at the facts at all or just spout the latest hooey being passed around like a bad cold?

Down just 75,901 from last year.

And it only took a pricecut and several AAA games being released inbetween then and now to make the difference so small.

Really? The price cut was last year... Price cuts do little to move hardware, particularly Nintendo hardware. SOFTWARE drives consoles. Think.. Why do people buy consoles? For the GAMES. Notice how even after the pricecut, Wii hardware barely rose. It didn't REALLY take off again until NSMB Wii was released.

The several AAA games you are talking about, Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Red Steel 2, Monster Hunter Tri, these may be good games, but they are simply NOT console movers. It's downright foolish to think they are. I don't know how many times I have to say this.. Going into 2010, I knew those titles wouldn't move consoles, and sure enough, they didn't. It's pretty obvious.

I'm gonna reply to this post out of the 3 replies because your first reply was weird and in my post and Vipers reply is too focused on doom. It's pointless even trying to debate with him right now.

Pricecuts help. It's a fact. Maybe they don't help as much on Nintendo consoles... But they DO help. Add in a bunch of games to keep demand high, and the console should be up YoY IMO...

Galaxy 2, Tales of Graces, S&P2, Red Steel 2, MH Tri, NSMB Wii, Sengoku Basara (It helped the PS3, no reason it shouldn't have helped the Wii), Dragon Quest M. I'm sure theres plenty more I'm forgetting. The point is, they don't have to move significant consoles... They just have to keep the Wii "interesting". Keep demand on a steadily high level. Not dropping close to it's lowest sales... Ever. The PS3 and 360 have done it with a few big games and a bunch of smaller games (Granted, the PS3 has had both a pricecut AND a redesign).

Again, it is the Wii's FOURTH year, during the slowest months of the year for gaming. Did you expect Wii sales NOT to be down? 360 would be at Wii numbers or worse had it not been for the slimline released.

I'm curious, which games released for Wii thus far in 2010 should have made it go up YoY? None of the games you listed are console movers let alone would make the conosle up YoY.

If you look at the grand scheme of things, Wii is still doing just fine, in fact, it's more than fine. It is outpacing PS2 in overall sales, and still selling more software than its competitors, that are apparently such great software sellers. This despite no system sellers for Wii this year, especially in the West.

But whatever, I'll play along and just say the Wii is doomed. It's pointless to argue anyway. The numbers for the holidays will speak for themselves when they come out.