another email quote from him to me 18 hours ago:
" The numbers being reported by everyone, and you should know this, are “sell to” numbers or products sold to channel. It takes between 30 and 90 days for these products to get into retail and be sold to actual buyers so the reason folks like me cut off in November is because anything Nintendo reports after that weren’t sold to actual customers until after December. It amazes me how many people rely on these numbers because, in most cases, they reflect more on inventory (both Xbox and PS3 had huge year end inventories) than actual end user buyers. "
the problem is that he quoted an article using NPD numbers, which are a sampling of what is sold to consumer. Nintendo didn't report them, NPD did.
Bets:Missed by 420k I bet leo-j vg$500 that wii will sell 31 million by 7/31/08. Sorry, I don't think he has enough vg$ to make it with all of u that wish you could. Hit, with room to spare I bet kingofwale a 1-week ban that wii Americas ltd sales>360 Americas ltd sales as of the numbers for week ending 7/05/08 (using vgchartz homepage #s)
Predictions:
Wii will sell 18-20mil by 12/31/07 CHECKWii will sell 45mil+ WW by 12/31/08Wii will surpass PS2 sales WW by 11/17/11 (5yr anniversary)Wii Fit will hit 12mil sales in 2009MKWii+SSBB+Wii Fit+SMG > 50 mil sales by 2010 > gta4+mgs+gt5+ff13+haze+lbp
