Metallicube on 11 March 2012
| binary solo said: People saying dropping the price of Wii will get it across the line. Wii doesn't quite sell itself it still needs advertising. what will Wii's advertising budget be one month out from Wii U launching? Not much. And after Wii U launches it'll be less than that. PS2's price drop to $99 did very little for its sales, I don't think a Wii drop to $99 post Wii U launch will do much. I think Wii will have about 2.4 million units left to get to 100 million by the start of November. ~ 8 week, 300K per week average. I think If Wii does that it will mean Wii U not selling as well as Ninty would be wanting. Still if it doesn't make 100 million this year it will certainly get close enough that it will limp across the line before it's officially taken off the market. Interesting that people said tech doesn't matter for sales, but it does matter for longevity. If Wii had tech on par with PS3 / 360 then it would still be capable of making a run at PS2's record. The again would Wii with tech similar to PS3 / 360 have the sales it does today? Possibly not. |
Powerful tech has very little, if anything, to do with console longevity. PS2 should be proof of that. The Wii isn't lasting as long because of third parties, and even Nintendo somewhat, freezing it out with a lack of new games.
