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Forums - Sales Discussion - If the Wii never existed, what would the market look like?

bbsin on 03 January 2008

The PS2 would benefit the most
There would be much more PS3's sold in Japan
There would be a larger gap between Xbox360 and PS3 in NA
Not sure about EU....



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Rath on 03 January 2008

I wouldn't have a console, I skipped last gen and I would have skipped this one too.



scorptile on 03 January 2008

if nintendo was out of the market i think the market itself would've crashed exept for the pc market then no more consoles would be made after this gen.



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darendt on 03 January 2008

About the same. The PS3 and 360 both may have seen slightly more sales, but I doubt much. The Wii is a different console aimed at a different market.



DMeisterJ on 03 January 2008

Finally a new topic! Hooray for That Guy for being creative!

On topic: I think it'd be much the same because of the different markets the consoles have, the HD vs. the non-HD console. Some Wii owners would buy a PS or XB but it would be overall less sales, since Nintendo has reached the casuals. People would still be fat without Wii fit, and We would have had nothing to make fun of the title of a system. (I Still can't get over it being called Wii). I think it'd be different, but whether or not it'd be worse or not, no, it would be less casual.



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Garcian Smith on 03 January 2008

If the Wii didn't exist, the PS2 would have another 5-year lifespan.



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ismael on 03 January 2008

i wouldn't buy any of them, since I wasn't a gamer until the Wii launched (the last console i had had was ps1, and i didn't use it so much) i wouldn't care about gaming, maybe i wouldn't be on this site :(.



omgwtfbbq on 03 January 2008

I think the most likely scenario would be that I didn't own a console right now at all. But I would be considering buying an Xbox360



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misterd on 03 January 2008

I'm not sure about what the market would look like today, but there sure would have been a lot less giggling in 2006!

Honestly, I likley have a 360 now. I had an XBox (and GCN) last gen, and am dying to play Mass Effect and Bioshockand am very curious about Banjo Kazooie 3. It would also matter which console got the bulk of Nintendo games (or did they cease to exist too?). As it is, I am reluctant to spend over $300 on a new system, so there's also a good chance that I'd be waiting to purchase my next system.



coolestguyever on 04 January 2008

Without Wii

360 - 70% of market

PS3 - 30% of market and rising