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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii 30 million or xbox360 20 million, what will come first?

Man what a tough question.

I'm a Wii fan, but I have to say the 360 will hit 20 1st unless Nintendo ups production. If production increases and Brawl is as big as it should be and Wiifit gets released in time then yeah the Wii could do it, but I don't see any of that happening before the 360 hits 20 million.



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Looking at the current numbers, the 360 is getting roughly 500K a month in sales, and the Wii 1.2mil a month in sales. Given that the Wii needs 9 million to hit 30mil and the 360 needs 3.3 million to hit 20mil, I think it's more or less assured that the 360 will hit 20 million first. Even with ramped-up production and increased stock of Wiis after the 31st of March, there's almost no way they could manage to sell 6.6 million systems in the time the 360 sells 2.3 million. They would have to sell nearly 3 times as many systems as the 360 for about 3 months straight.



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The 360 will likely see its numbers decrease as the year goes on. The Wii will command strong numbers and will likely do better than 1.2 million a month. I still say the Wii will make it to about 32 million by the time the 360 gets to 20 million.



 

 

Sky Render said:
Looking at the current numbers, the 360 is getting roughly 500K a month in sales, and the Wii 1.2mil a month in sales. Given that the Wii needs 9 million to hit 30mil and the 360 needs 3.3 million to hit 20mil, I think it's more or less assured that the 360 will hit 20 million first. Even with ramped-up production and increased stock of Wiis after the 31st of March, there's almost no way they could manage to sell 6.6 million systems in the time the 360 sells 2.3 million. They would have to sell nearly 3 times as many systems as the 360 for about 3 months straight.

 I don't know about that Render, at its current rate of sales 360 will need around 5-6 months to reach 20 million, meaning sometime in july or august, if Wii were to maintain 1.2 million in sales (with a possible 600K being stockpiled if 1.8 is its actual production), then yes it would fall short, but if Nintendo ups its production so that 1.8 million arrives on the market every month (possibly 2.4 true production if not higher), after march, then its possible Wii could reach 30 million first, of course this depends on Nintendo's production choices once the 2007 fiscal year ends



 

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)

Probably Wii.
GTA4 won`t boost much x360 sales, because most people who wanted GTA4 on x360 already bought x360, while ps3 sales in usa are not that high to comply with demand.
and europe will prefer ps3 for GTA4.

Unless, Wii will lose steam, after almost all nintendo fans bought it. =)



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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

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Nintendo will not be stockpiling for Christmas now. They do some shifting of shipments and stockpiling for a few weeks for major releases, but they are not going to do any major stockpiling for something a month away while demand > supply. Sales will start averaging 1.8 mil a month soon. In fact, by the time 5 months is up, I will not be surprised if production is increased and we see higher sales.



It will be close due to GTA 4, but I think Wii will get there sooner.



i think wii.....xbox360 sales are getting lower and lower...



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Wii should hit the 30 mil mark first as sales will pick up for wii and 360's will remain steady for a few months.



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Tricky with GTA.

I think maybe 360, as it seems microsoft are planning a big push arround GTA time. If nintendo ups wii production though, it could well still take it.