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Forums - Sales - Americas up! 09th April 2011

Going by Media Create, the gap will be less than 1k between the 360 and Wii.  In the Wiis favor.

EDIT: software is up now.



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Oh dear.... The only Nintendo sistem who doesn't sink in shame is the DS... How did Wii had such a MASSIVE drop?



Are there adjustments pending or something? PS3 and 360 were both up YOY according to NPD but they're both down here. And damn Trestres, you're right. Once Japan goes up Wii will have sold less this week than what it sold just in Americas this week last year.



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This is why Wii is getting a price cut soon guys.



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morenoingrato said:

Oh dear.... The only Nintendo sistem who doesn't sink in shame is the DS... How did Wii had such a MASSIVE drop?

Yes it is a massive drop, but it says a lot when the wii is a only couple thousand behind the x360 (probably beat it with Japan) and it has had such a massive drop. It shows the dizzy heights it is coming from.

The fact that it is still competing without any new major games is a credit. You can take it as a negative or a positive. Nothing sells well forever except bread (maybe drugs, booze and sex as well) so I it had to fall at some point, it's approaching five years old and past it's peak. 

It seems some people thought it would have sold a billion or something.

As talk of a new wii spreads sales of the current one will probably fade, at least until a date is confirm (this year or next, whenever), even with a price cut.

Edit: OK, just read it is predicted for a late 2012 launch so maybe the price cut will help.



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trestres said:

This will be Wii's lowest week ever... and by a big margin.


Just 23,000 higher than my prediction :/



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TheSource said:

This is why Wii is getting a price cut soon guys.


The black wii has had a price drop on amazon, £98.98 ($163), I'm, not sure if it's temporarily though.



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mchaza said:
Troll_Whisperer said:

Hardware sales look pretty low in general. Price cuts are needed. It seems 3DS will go below PS3 in a few weeks at this rate. I wouldn't worry too much about it just yet though, I think it'll be ok come xmas.


PS3 is generating 40 million in revenue in Hardware sales every week, i doubt SONY or the retailers care because thats some doe in only 1 week, in the middle of april. 

360 would be bit lower and wii lower again. 3DS around the same as PS3 tho

Yes, but higher hardware sales means higher software and peripheral sales, and that's where most money comes from, right? Anyway, we'll see. Sony, MS and Ninty will do whatever is more convenient for them. I personally think they'll all cut the price of their consoles this fall.



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holy crap look at the legs of halo, sold more than Killzone 3.

i expected this halo to die off a little quiker than H3, but nope



Wii not adusted down 90K in US and maybe 700K in EMEAA?  the 2.2M shipped report from sony makes me think wii has done about 1.8M.



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