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Garcian Smith on 21 December 2007
leo-j said:
You people HATE THE PLAYSTATION 3. Well what do you expect? Sony destroyed nintendo twice in a row, you dont want them to have a chance in doing it agan.

ON topic:

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What we want to happen is distinguihable from what we think WILL happen.

But sometimes they just happen to coincide. :)

Anyway, my predictions are:

Wii: 40mil. Nintendo will cut the price of the system to $199 around late October '08, which will spur the Wii's third big Christmas season in a row. As a result, Wii will pass 50% marketshare by the end of November.

360: 22mil. As with Nintendo, MS will announce a price cut around October/November, but the system will never see the sales that the Wii has, thanks to a lack of AAA franchise titles.

PS3: 17mil. The only major exclusive release of the year will be MGS4, with Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet, and the other questionable titles for the system failing to show sufficient numbers to break even. By the end of '08, Sony will find themselves in roughly the same position that Nintendo did with the Gamecube, with all 3rd parties save perhaps Konami making Wii or PS360PC cross-platform titles.



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thetonestarr on 21 December 2007
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Wii-46 Million
360-22 million
PS3-17 million

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Avinash_Tyagi on 21 December 2007

@Garcian Smith

I don't see the Wii price coming down until late 2009, i think next holiday Wii will still be sold out at $250, $199 probably won't happen until fall 2009



 

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)

Mnementh on 21 December 2007
Avinash_Tyagi said:
@Garcian Smith

I don't see the Wii price coming down until late 2009, i think next holiday Wii will still be sold out at $250, $199 probably won't happen until fall 2009

I agree on that. Nintendo will only drop the price of the Wii, if they increased production to say 2,2 million and demand starts to die down. I don't think so, as some big games hit in 2008.



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endurance on 21 December 2007

i say year end wii sales 50 million,360 22 million ps3 16 million
the wii will win every WW weekly sales and SSBB will be the best selling game next year



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endurance on 21 December 2007
leo-j said:
Well I think

Wii domination ends after febraury.

PS2 will NEVER be discontinued, and we will see a $129.99 X360.


so your saying with SSBB releasing in febuary wii will slow down in sales



leo-j on 21 December 2007
stranne said:
leo-j said:
Well I think

Wii domination ends after febraury.

PS2 will NEVER be discontinued, and we will see a $179.99X360.


 Exactly what do you mean? That Wii won't be number one in world wide weekly console sales in March?


That is what I mean.



 

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leo-j on 21 December 2007
endurance said:
leo-j said:
Well I think

Wii domination ends after febraury.

PS2 will NEVER be discontinued, and we will see a $179.99 X360.


so your saying with SSBB releasing in febuary wii will slow down in sales

Do you know how to read?



 

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endurance on 21 December 2007

^yeah you say after febuary that meaning march so your saying SSBB will only give it a one week boost then wii will sell much less