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Forums - Sales - The Official - Wii Breaks 20 Million Thread

Parokki on 15 January 2008

Well isn't that a surprise. Looks like it won't be hitting 20M this week after all.

Maybe the rumours about Nintendo shipping a significant chunk of the units allocated for January already during the holidays were true after all?



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weezy on 15 January 2008
BengaBenga said:
routsounmanman said:
totalwar23 said:
Nope, the fad is over and Wii will be selling 10 units a week for the rest of its lifetime. Meanwhile...PS3 sales will explode to 500,000 a week and hit the 200 million mark lifetime :P

Thanx. That's what I've been trying to tell people for some time now, but noone listens.


 Can someone please enlighten me. What on earth is the Wii. All I keep hearing about is the PS3.


The Wii is this one system that is kicking everyone ass right now.



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Chadius on 15 January 2008
ioi said:
Rain checks etc are counted, Nintendo simply don't have many Wiis to ship at the moment...

 Hmm, I guess they finished their Christmas stock last week. Oh well.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 15 January 2008

Yeah, Wii sales were weak in the US, no more supply for the Wii



 

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)

Bonafide732 on 15 January 2008

whether you're a nintendo wii fan or not i think everyone needs to sign this thread because who woulda thought that the wii would be the 1st to hit 20 million.. i take my hat off to you wii.. i dont own one yet but im pretty sure i'll squeeze it in the budget sometime this year...



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routsounmanman on 15 January 2008
BengaBenga said:
routsounmanman said:
totalwar23 said:
Nope, the fad is over and Wii will be selling 10 units a week for the rest of its lifetime. Meanwhile...PS3 sales will explode to 500,000 a week and hit the 200 million mark lifetime :P

Thanx. That's what I've been trying to tell people for some time now, but noone listens.


Can someone please enlighten me. What on earth is the Wii. All I keep hearing about is the PS3.


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revolutions on 15 January 2008

Ive paid my dues - (people laughing at the name...Wii)
Time after time - (2006 & all of 2007)
Ive done my sentence
But committed no crime - (except letting 3rd parties release crap ports)
And bad mistakes
Ive made a few (mainly shortages)
Ive had my share of sand kicked in my face - (by M$ & Sony fanpunks)
But Ive come through (like a durable, working machine)

We are the champions - my friends (2007)
And well keep on fighting - till the end - (200m WW)
We are the champions - (for '07 & soon '08)
We are the champions ( for the rest of this generation)
No time for losers (looking at you, Sony..hehe)
cause we are the champions - of the world - (HELLS YAH!!)

:D :D :D :D :D



WiiFit will be 2008 #1 selling game in NORTH AMERICA!  
End of '08 Predictions: Wii - 48m X360 - 25m  PS3 - 19m
Wii monthly NA sales will top 400k every month in '08. *Jan sales ruined it. Grrrr!*
WiiFit will top 1m in sales in its first month of release in North America.
MGS4 will NOT be released in '08. *Darn it!* FF13 will NOT be released in '08.
Rockband Wii will top 600k in first month sales in North America.
WiiFit will pass the PS3 WW sales by Xmas '09.

Sqrl on 15 January 2008
dschumm said:
This is what happens when people jump the gun on the forums. Now this thread will languish for a week.

As a side note the numbers are close enough when Nintendo's financials come out it could really be any week in January.

As a side not great job ioi and the the mods for tracking this meteoric rise.

20 million is unimportant but it does mean that gamecube totals will probably be crushed this fiscal year. More than 3 times the speed is pretty impressive.

I did say it wasn't a lock for this week in the OP...but I suppose you didn't read that or just wanted to be snide anyways.

Either way the point wasn't to be the first thread on the topic it was to be the only thread on the topic. Every time one of these milestones comes up we get 10+ threads on the issue all over the place, if we get one early and the mods lock the rest we can stop the clutter.

@tokill,

As I said last week, my issue a month ago was with the idea that (I thought) you were saying they were going to completely (or nearly completely) shut off supply post-holidays. I agreed a month ago and last week that they would likely have air shipped units to get them to the US to help with demand for the holidays.

IIRC you recently said you were expecting sales to be at 120k for most of January. I thought it would be lower which is why I pointed out the average weekly sales throughout last year, to wich you replied that you were accounting for increased production. So now here we are, both of us off on one thing and right about another.

 
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Xponent on 15 January 2008

20 million is a significant milestone. What a dramatic turnaround by Nintendo. They have turned the tables on the opposition and the Wii has proved all the doubters and haters wrong. Fully deserved.



chancheung on 16 January 2008
routsounmanman said:
BengaBenga said:
routsounmanman said:
totalwar23 said:
Nope, the fad is over and Wii will be selling 10 units a week for the rest of its lifetime. Meanwhile...PS3 sales will explode to 500,000 a week and hit the 200 million mark lifetime :P

Thanx. That's what I've been trying to tell people for some time now, but noone listens.


Can someone please enlighten me. What on earth is the Wii. All I keep hearing about is the PS3.


Go to the toilet; drop your pants; it'll come to you... :)


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