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zorg1000 on 25 April 2013
thismeintiel said:
Pretty crazy considering just 2-3 years ago it was deemed inevitable for it to cross 50% and remain there. People just seemed to have lost interest in it. Something even price cuts couldn't remedy.


Thr thing is they planned on wii having a typical 5-6 year cycle while ms and sony wanted a longer cycle. If all 3 had a normal cycle then wii likely would have stayed around 45-50%



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Jumpin on 25 April 2013
Farsala said:
Yes. Is this the first time something that achieved above 40% dropped back below it? Coming out a year early does not count.


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Lostplanet22 on 25 April 2013

Sadly some people were litteraly hated on this forums because they believed the Wii will not end up with 50% marketshare and they left the forums cause they could not stand the hate anymore...



 

Chandler on 25 April 2013

Talk about beating a dead horse.



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famousringo on 25 April 2013
foxtail said:
thismeintiel said:
Pretty crazy considering just 2-3 years ago it was deemed inevitable for it to cross 50% and remain there. People just seemed to have lost interest in it. Something even price cuts couldn't remedy.

Some might say they didn't cut the price soon enough though.

They kept the price of the Wii above $199 for 34 months.

By comparison the PS2 was kept above $199 for 19 months.


The Wii had supply issues for most of those 34 months.

Price was never the Wii's problem, other than perhaps being priced too low at launch. It was all about content. Kowen's chart takes off after 2009 because NSMBWii was the Wii's last mega-hit title.



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Weedlab on 25 April 2013

It was ... inevitable.



 

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TripleMMM on 25 April 2013

it was to be expected... (moving along)



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JakDaSnack on 25 April 2013
Miguel_Zorro said:
thismeintiel said:
Pretty crazy considering just 2-3 years ago it was deemed inevitable for it to cross 50% and remain there. People just seemed to have lost interest in it. Something even price cuts couldn't remedy.


A few years ago people were saying it was inevitable that the Wii would pass the PS2 in sales.  At this point, it probably won't even surpass PS1 sales.

it depends on how long they keep supporting it, 5 million isn't completely impossible.  But either way, the wii will likely go down as the most "profitable" home console of all time.  Which is honestly much better than having the largest market share.



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JakDaSnack on 26 April 2013
Miguel_Zorro said:
JakDaSnack said:
Miguel_Zorro said:
thismeintiel said:
Pretty crazy considering just 2-3 years ago it was deemed inevitable for it to cross 50% and remain there. People just seemed to have lost interest in it. Something even price cuts couldn't remedy.


A few years ago people were saying it was inevitable that the Wii would pass the PS2 in sales.  At this point, it probably won't even surpass PS1 sales.

it depends on how long they keep supporting it, 5 million isn't completely impossible.  But either way, the wii will likely go down as the most "profitable" home console of all time.  Which is honestly much better than having the largest market share.

Where are the charts on VGChartz that track profit? :)

What does that have to do with anything? :)

but there is this http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=136006 :P



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Max King of the Wild on 26 April 2013

It's actually been under it for a while. Unfortunatly, VGC wants to claim 2mil on shelves for 360/ps3 the last 9months or so