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Gilgamesh on 15 March 2010

Here's are a few statistics from the Wii in it's last 4 years of sales. 

World Wide sales

2006: 2.93 million

2007: 16.38 million

2008: 24.43 million

2009: 21.90 million

Now here's the numbers for the first 2 months of sales for the year

January 1st to March 1st

2007: 2.12 million

2008: 2.69 million

2009: 3.63 million

2010: 2.70 million

With only a few big games announced to release in 2010, it looks like it'd be hard to believe the Wii will sell more then it's 2008 year. But the Wii's first two months sales of the year is on par with 2008's numbers, but it's still a little vague since in 2009 the Wii sold a million more then 2008 during it's first two months.

Really anything could happen, so what do you guys think, has the Wii already peaked or do you think it can surpass it's best year in 2008 of 24.43 million?

If you think the Wii has already peaked do you think it can even sell more then it's 2009 sales of 21.90 million or will sales just continue to go down more and more each year?



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Barozi on 15 March 2010

and I thought the Wii's lineup this year is better than ever...



FreeTalkLive on 15 March 2010

It peaked in 2006.



 

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Demotruk on 15 March 2010

2008 will be very tough to beat. Beating 2009 is likely.



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Damnyouall on 15 March 2010

Most likely. The noveltey has worn off a bit, and the (graphically weak) hardware is showing its age (painfully so, compared to PS3/360). I think most people who ever wanted a Wii have one by now.
Additionaly I get the feeling that many Wii owners are starting to buy HD consoles because they are dissatisfied with Nintendo's software flow AND want better graphics.



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disolitude on 15 March 2010

Wii is on the decline and still beating the other 2 easily...



Chrizum on 15 March 2010

Yes, and so have the other 2 consoles.

2010 should be a better year sales-wise than 2009 was for the Wii though.



famousringo on 15 March 2010

At one point, Nintendo obviously thought so, since they scaled back production.

And now we find ourselves back to shortages, so... I'd say possible, but far from certain.



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Barozi on 15 March 2010
Chrizum said:
Yes, and so have the other 2 consoles.

2010 should be a better year sales-wise than 2009 was for the Wii though.

ya think ?

If Natal turns out good in combination of another price cut (maybe even slim ?), I could see a new peak for the 360.

Furthermore I see the on going success of the PS3 slim, but I didn't look up enough data to come to a conclusion here.



kitler53 on 15 March 2010
Chrizum said:
Yes, and so have the other 2 consoles.

2010 should be a better year sales-wise than 2009 was for the Wii though.

Agree

Disagree - i think all 3 consoles will be down YoY in 2010.