Avinash_Tyagi on 03 February 2008
The Wii? It's doomed. A Wii2 will come out in 2011 at the latest, and Nintendo, not being stupid, will do all it can to push the Wii market to the successor (which will almost certainly be BC) so it's sales won't be cannibalized ala the PS2/PS3. I'm not sure that the Wii2 will make any more radical improvements, but it will certainly refine what works now.
Why? Nitnendo is about profits, Why kill a console which is making big profits unless a successor is needed, unless MS and Sony threaten the Wii marjet there is no reason to rush a successor to market
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
