KillerMan said:
a) It doesn't have huge third party support like PS2 so it will not have as long lifespan as PS2 had. Nintendo has already 3DS to support and with Wii 2 they don't have manpower to support three platforms. b) Nintendo doesn't have as good distribution network as Sony because they are only gaming company so Wii will not sell as much as PS2 in developing markets. |
And can just look at the sales curve of both consoles.
The Wii has peaked sooner than the ps2, and is showing a much sharper drop-off far sooner than anything the ps2 had shown.
The ps2 was still consistantly topping 150k a week even in 2007:
First week of October, 2007 - http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=39726®=World&date=39362&console=&maker=
And still topping 100k a week throughout 2008:
First week of October, 2008 - http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=39635®=World&date=39726&console=&maker=
That's between it's 7th and 8th years on the market. Meanwhile the Wii is already selling under 150k regularly as of its fourth year on the market. It sold 138k this past week (the first week of October), for example. It doesn't have the software support to maintain such sales for several more years, which is what would be necessary to eclipse the ps2. Nintendo alone is not enough, even if they can come up with a couple more innovations as popular as Wii Fit to prop the Wii up over the next few years.
It's quite obvious that Wii will neither outsell the ps2 at this point, nor be supported by either retailers or third parties much past the release of Wii 2.
