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Is it too late to start making bets as to which console will totally die first, PS2 or Wii. lol. Honestly, if Wii was to stop production before PS2.....I just dunno, I would lose it lol. Is it even remotely possible, even if it's only in Japan?



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It will not sale more than PS3 because japanese use that console to watch lots of porn.



WiseOwl said:
It will not sale more than PS3 because japanese use that console to watch lots of porn.

I like this man.

Also, The Source is usually overly optimistic when it comes to anything related to Nintendo, this leads me to believe that his prediction may be off by a fair amount. 



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

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*Sound Of Rain said:
It won't happen. It didn't really rise when Wii Party was released last Summer in Japan. Wii Party is probably bigger than all of the games you mentioned combined...without Wii Play Motion of course.

I don't think these games will do much until the Holiday's. That is what the Wii does now. No matter how many games get released or how big they are...they don't do anything in Japan until the Holiday's. To explain, I expect Wii to sell around the same as it has been and maybe get a slight boost. During the Holiday's though the Wii will do better since these games were released now...its kind of like an after effect.

The Wii kind of does that in America and Europe too now except not to such a big effect. Wii is kind of officially the Holiday system.


In other words noone wants it for themselves but it's accepted as good Christmas gift ;)

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NYANKS said:
Is it too late to start making bets as to which console will totally die first, PS2 or Wii. lol. Honestly, if Wii was to stop production before PS2.....I just dunno, I would lose it lol. Is it even remotely possible, even if it's only in Japan?

I'd seriously bet that PS2 will be still manufactured by Sony and sold in Asia/Africa/South America long after Nintendo stops production of Wii.



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Zlejedi said:
NYANKS said:
Is it too late to start making bets as to which console will totally die first, PS2 or Wii. lol. Honestly, if Wii was to stop production before PS2.....I just dunno, I would lose it lol. Is it even remotely possible, even if it's only in Japan?

I'd seriously bet that PS2 will be still manufactured by Sony and sold in Asia/Africa/South America long after Nintendo stops production of Wii.

Hmm, last FY they shipped 6.4, this year they expect 4M. I dunno if Wii is gonna drop that fast.

Would be kinda funny though!



 

Seece said:

Hmm, last FY they shipped 6.4, this year they expect 4M. I dunno if Wii is gonna drop that fast.

Would be kinda funny though!


Well... The last Quarter for the Wii was lower than any Quarter ever for the PS2...

Stranger things have happened



                            

TheSource said:

Look at known July releases:

(June 23): New HW bundle --> 5k to 15k bump? (includes WSR at 20,000 Yen)

July 2 week: Goldeneye 007 --> Small 0-2k bump?

July 9 week: Wii Play Motion (2k bump?) Sequel to huge motion-game and includes controller.

July 16 week: Inazuma Eleven (I was looking at preorders against the first DS game, and the Wii game, this could do up to 125k week one) 5k bump?

July 23 week: Rhythm Heaven 5-10k bump? DS game was a million-seller, Wii game should do several hundred thousand ltd

July 30 week: Nothing

Aug 6 week: Epic Mickey (slight bump?)

I'm not expecting Wii sales to go back to 30k - 40k or anything 'solid' for any length of time in Japan but I think its conceivable that there are several 25 - 30k weeks in July with the new hw, fairly big games and Obon. Beyond what I've listed Zelda, Just Dance 2, Michael Jackson, Kirby, and Dragon Quest Collection (40k bump?) are all supposedly coming by year end. Mario Party 9 wouldn't surprise me either by year end since it was announced at E3.

July - December seems suprisingly strong given how little has released in Japan for in January - June, its strange.


This reads like wishful thinking to me, but stranger things have happened.



The bundle has made a 3k bump. I don't expect anymore bumps for the rest of games (maybe Inazuma Eleven Strikers), Wii will be around 10k the next weeks and nothing more.

By the way, I expect good sales for the software released.

GoldenEye has appeared in the preorders of COMGNET with 30pt. This is more than Pandora's Tower that never appeared. So at least the game will have a better opening and more than 50k Lifetime.

Wii Play Motion can be a million seller by the end of the year. Wii party has sold nearly 2 million and Wii Play nearly 3 millions. This game won't be as huge, but at least a million is possible.

Inazuma Eleven Strikers seems that can open with 100k and then more than 200k lifetime. It's a soccer game with multiplayer, so the game doesn't need strong preorders, it will sell ok.

Rhythm Heaven can be a million seller as well by the end of the year. If we see the NDS performance, I think it's possible with the holiday bump.

Epic Mickey I think it can do better than Goldeneye. Maybe more than 100k lifetime will be great for the Wii in Japan.



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Kirby didnt bump Wii HW, why do you think Golden Eye will?

Inazuma and Rhythm Heaven ok, i think they will bump Wii HD a little, but 007? I highly doubt.