| Gilgamesh said:
Another person missing the point of my thread. I didn't make this because the X360 and PS3 outsold the Wii this week, I made it because year after year the Wii sales have been going down and by quite a bit, more then a generation leader should be dropping, while PS3/X360 sales either remain the same or have gone up. This is lowest the Wii's ever been.
And at one point where it was shear miracle that the competition beat it in other regions now it's almost normal. PS3 will soon be consistently outselling the Wii in Japan and probably even EMEAA once GT5 drops, and X360 has been beating the Wii or even tying in America for quite some time now.
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The Wii does seem like it's in trouble in EMEAA, which is really the only point of concern I see, though it isn't a new thing. It's been down for weeks. In Japan, it's been low for over a year, at this point the PS3 outselling it (usually a difference of 1k or so) no longer matters.
The Americas, or US, though? No trouble there (ignore the 360, it's on its own high atm). Do you wanna see how it compares to the PS2's fourth year? (rounded NPD)
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PS2 (2004) |
Wii (2010) |
| Jan |
340k |
460k
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| Feb |
360k |
400k |
| Mar |
290k |
560k |
| Apr |
180k |
280k |
| May |
250k |
330k |
| Jun |
430k |
420k |
The Wii is still regularly outperforming the PS2, even with the $30 price cut the PS2 had in May 2004 (cost $150 by then). It's up ~35% YTD, and will be up even more by the end of the year.
The console was just selling tons due to NSMB Wii and the price cut, so it's deflating due to so much time passing, as well as the slow summer period kicking in. As soon as it gets more games (plenty of system sellers this holiday), it'll start pulling crazy numbers again.
