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Conegamer on 19 February 2011
Cobretti2 said:
Conegamer said:
Cobretti2 said:

what I find funny in all this is PS3/360 fans are rejoycing that their sales are better then Wii. But by what? 50,000 units?

PS3/360 have SO MANY better games than Wii has and yet Wii is still selling above 100,000 units.

I find this ironic how a console with lack of new good games is managing such numbers. Especially when 3rd party have abandoned the Wii like every other Nintendo console.

Looking at 2011 and BASED ON MY TASTE, there is probably 10-15 games I will buy on PS3 about 10 on 360 and maybe 3 on Wii. 

The key thing here is by your taste.

By many people's tastes, the Wii is a great console with a great library.

I have around 15 360 games, 12 PS3 games but 65 Wii games, and I want to get another 10 via backlog and another 15 this year.

If that's the case, and with the advertising, why would the Wii drop so low?

I too have about 60wii games. Just saying the last year and ATM so far 2011 is looking lackluster for the Wii.

Most the games I have are not on shelf anymore. ATM if I go to a shop (well at least in Australia) it is all games that are aimed at casuals.  Comparing that to 360/PS3 bench and there is all these great games out. 

The point I was trying to make was that even with a weaker lineup it is still managing great numbers.

I personally feel that PS3 is high atm because of piracy being open now. 360 had the kinect affect which boosted sales.

Yeah, that seems pretty likely

Although, last year had a great line-up of games, and this year (IMO) looks even better. I won't list them, but games like:

The Last Story

Zelda: Skyward Sword

Xenoblade

Conduit 2

Kirby's Epic Yarn

And many others, indicate that the market is turning away from "casual" support. People just need to look past all the shovelware and they'll find some truly great games out there



 

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jarrod on 19 February 2011
mchaza said:

PSP is beasting it in Japan and the NGP is only going to be bigger 


That depends entirely on Sony's ability to secure MHP4 exclusively.  And even if they do, it's a maybe.



Buzzi on 19 February 2011
Conegamer said:

Not meaning to protect the Wii or anything...but aren't some people calling doom after 1 week a bit... premature? We saw what happened last year. And the Wii is in its 5th year. When you've sold over 85 million units in little over 4 years, you expect there to be some slowdown, especially when your competitors are riding the back of new games and add-on releases


What happened last year? Wii now sells well just during the holidays, we know, but even outselling 360 and ps3 in December will mean nothing if it is outsold by them all the rest of the year, and right now, with price cut possible for everyone and no big games for Wii, how could it possibly prevent this? I expect Nintendo to cut for the 4th consecutive time their predictions on Wii hardware, 15m for the whole year, very scary considering the original prediction was 20m.



CURRENTLY PLAYING: Xenoblade (Wii), Super mario 3D land (3DS), Guild Wars (PC)

 

bannedagain on 19 February 2011
Reach said:

I wonder why Ps2 its 142M and has 150M shipped... 8M on Shelves seems impossible.



I'm stocking 7 million of those. LOL



Beuli2 on 19 February 2011
jarrod said:
mchaza said:

PSP is beasting it in Japan and the NGP is only going to be bigger 


That depends entirely on Sony's ability to secure MHP4 exclusively.  And even if they do, it's a maybe.

I believe  MHP4 will go to 3DS (or at least some port of it or a past title). If Street Fighter 3D sales make Capcom happy, I find this even more likely.



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bannedagain on 19 February 2011

Xbox to push it up a level when stock levels pan out. I See a few in my local wal-mart and then with in a couple of days they are all out once again.



Linkasf on 19 February 2011

The wii has NOTHING at all right now. Im never surprised.



Beuli2 on 19 February 2011
pezus said:
Beuli2 said:
jarrod said:
mchaza said:

PSP is beasting it in Japan and the NGP is only going to be bigger 


That depends entirely on Sony's ability to secure MHP4 exclusively.  And even if they do, it's a maybe.

I believe  MHP4 will go to 3DS (or at least some port of it or a past title). If Street Fighter 3D sales make Capcom happy, I find this even more likely.

Yeah, because those games have the same audience...Seriously, I think that would be a dumb move by them. The monster hunter audience is on PSP and they will probably move on to NGP.

I didn't say they have anything in common, but if Capcom get's happy with SF 3D sales they might consider a port. Also, whats this about Monster Hunter gamers upgrading to the NGP just because it was on the PSP? They will go where the game is, no matter what platform it is. The the Monster Hunter audience wasn't supposed to be on the Wii either is what some said.



Above: still the best game of the year.

huaxiong90 on 19 February 2011
Linkasf said:

The wii has NOTHING at all right now. Im never surprised.

Yeah. I was hoping TLS would have better legs, though.



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Mummelmann on 19 February 2011
Conegamer said:

Not meaning to protect the Wii or anything...but aren't some people calling doom after 1 week a bit... premature? We saw what happened last year. And the Wii is in its 5th year. When you've sold over 85 million units in little over 4 years, you expect there to be some slowdown, especially when your competitors are riding the back of new games and add-on releases


Slowdowns are quite normal, even for market leaders. Having your sales almost halved in one year is not normal.