China? The country that kills thousands of animals everyday because they believe that animals' body parts hold medicinal properties? And sell animal penises in restuarants to eat?? (I'm an animal lover lol)

Who knows how much the Wii will sell in China. It's up to what the consumers want. I hope Nintendo tries to make it near impossible for the Wii to be modded for pirated games (as in Nintendo makes a Chinese Wii impossible to hack); or they don't release it at all. That country thrives on fake items and merchandise to drive sales. It's just as bad as going to NYC and buying a fake and expensive-looking purse off someone. How do you think China and Chintendo (chintendo is the Chinese word for penis, I heard from someone >_> ) made the Vii to look like a Nintendo Wii and got away with it?

It will reach 150M irregardless of whether its launched in China or not.

China is still two years away. China's GDP hit $3.43 trillion at the end of 2007, according to the China Daily. That means average per capita income is $2,640, or $220 a month. Way too low to support a gaming market where even the cheapest console costs $120 (PS2).

But there's hope for 2010. Here's why: history shows that a game market takes off when per capita income hits $5,000 or so. (This is what happened in Russia.) China's urban regions are 45% of population and have three times the income of the rural regions. Calculate out the numbers using basic algebra, and it turns out China's urban per capita GDP is $3,690, while rural GDP is $1010.

Assuming two more years of 10% growth, and China hits the magic $5,000 market. It will become a huge game market, no question.

India is currently only one-third as wealthy per capita as China, so it's unlikely they'll become a significant game market until 2015 or so.

Isn't China a communist nation? If so, they won't allow businesses to prosper over there since everything is run by the government.

Its 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)

you were right, but underestimated it

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html (scroll down to the section titled: people)

I think it'd sell a few million.

 Hinduism is bigger than Buddhism in India.

150 million doesn't even need China or India, heck 250 without either of them is going to happen

150 million would be a truly outstanding achievement.

Hahahahaha!

Obviously you have never seen this post of mine.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=6734

Dream higher, daactualfact. Higher!

150,000,000???

That's child's play.

Don't be surprised to see a potential of 500,000,000 when this is all said and done.

Bare minimum however is 240,000,000. That is a FACT.

A Daactual FACT.

John Lucas 

JL thinks 8-9% of the world will own Wii's. lol Is that even possible seeing that the Wii isnt even available in Africa and other 3rd world countries/continents?