| DKII said: It's actually 20.13 million. And he's still going to be a bit short. His real prediction was 24 million anyway, he copped out and said "at minimum 20 million" after that. Wii has finally officially sold more to retail than the 360 now. |
No, no, no DKII. I got it all in these links. I put down the 24 million MAX as an added superfluous stipulation weeks later.
My original prediction has always stood as 20 million minimum worldwide Wiis sold by the end of the calendar year. It was my very first post here.
Read for yourself (scroll down since VGChartz doesn't have ability to home in on specific posts):
"Worldwide Wii sales are now only 4 million behind Xbox 360 - closing the gap"
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=672
March 14, 2007 at VGC time 19:28
I'm laughing at all the posts that say Wii can't beat XBox 360 this year. 
LAUGHING!
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I predict by end of year we'll be seeing Wii be on its way to that 20 million mark probably even passed that. That is not hyperbole. Half a year they sell 10 million so why do you think the other half they can't sell 10 million? You know holiday sales give a little more oomph than rest of year, right?
In a later reply in same thread replying to The Source:
March 14, 2007 at VGC time 21:32
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You'll be seeing me on these boards, trust me. Just wait and see what the numbers say to see if I'm full of hot air or some other type of 'substance'. I call it for July. That's when we'll see Wii catch the 360. I call it for 20 million at Dec 31, 2007. That's the worldwide tally of sales for Wii.
We'll just have to see if I'm right.
I don't play the caution game when I see a sure thing.
I don't like hedging bets. I'm very confident in my predictions.
Engraved in electronic stone. There's your answer DKII.
And I never wavered.
When I saw The Source start to kick around that 20 million number as a hypothetical in an analysis a few months later I knew I had 'em.
John Lucas
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