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Seece on 21 September 2010
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SaviorX said:
guiduc said:

People seem to forget the PS3 sold quite bad before the end of 2009, it's normal it's up YoY because there's so much people out there that didn't buy it because of the 400$ tag. Wii had 3 big years, it's normal the sales dry up at this very time.

And also don't forget the Wii hasn't seen a console redesign like the others two.

This holiday will be very tied this time, not like the Wii outselling the other consoles by a million units. The 360 will be close to the Wii or above it, but I'm not so sure for the PS3. I think it'll finish third, but not by a large margin. Let's see if Nintendo has interesting titles to show for 2011. I bet the Vitality Sensor is somewhere there...


One thing people fail to understand is that it is VERY EASY to scream growth when you are starting from a low number. The PS3 & 360's best peaks won't match the Wii's worst in a single year. They may have a shot this year but I doubt it.

You've dodged all of my questions but I will answer yours. First problem is you think I care about "core" gamers. I don't. 3rd parties don't release any core games on Wii until the first 3/last 3 months of any given year with nothing in between. Its been that way almost all gen with few exceptions.

How can you say any price cut the Wii has diminishes fast when it has only had ONE? The Wii had no software to support that price cut until NSMB...then it almost sold 7m worldwide in a single month. This holiday, Wii doesn't need a price cut. No one ever expected the Wii to maintain its 2008 sales for another 5 years, so the fact it is dropping year after year like a console usually does isn't surprising, especially with the lack of software.

In my second paragraph, I never even mentioned you, let alone "attacking Nintendo, so now you are putting words in my mouth. I don't have beef with you over Nintendo :P

 PS3 and 360 outlasting the Wii would be irrelevant once a successor launches. My allusion to the 3DS only serves to guess at the timing.

 

Wow, Wii is going to sell 15 mill plus for eternity? ioi reckons 18 ish million for Wii this year, it's likely it'll drop again in 2011. PS3 and 360 are bothing tracking their highest years yet, and if what you so call the impossible takes off, Kinect and Move (athough I think a $199, is what will really propel it) then they'll hit 15 mill.

Why would I CARE if you're not a core gamer? What has that got to do with anything?!

Again I'll say same to you as I did that other guy, no point in discussing this when you think price cuts do nothing, they're the oil that drives the engine, they're worthless without decent SW I agree, but that decent SW on it's own at this point in it's life ... nah I don't agree that drives sales significantly. Not like last xmas.

And your last point, I don't care if it's irrelevent PS3 and 360 outlasting the Wii ... you just seem to be throwing all sorts into this conversation, I merely said my reasons why I think it will, I didn't say the wii will drop off the face of the earth, or that 360 and PS3 outlasting it even matters.