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I wouldn't say impossible. But you'd really need to get it cheap and then tap into the Chinese and Indian markets to do that, since they account for some 30% of the world's population. Those are HUGE untapped markets and gettin into them would make it possible to reach 4% easy. China is probably possible since their economy is growing considerably, but we'll see how that goes.



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FishyJoe said:

Wow, DS/Wii had nearly 1 million combined sales. 

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/26975/DS-Lite-sales-hit-10m-in-Japan 

Japan Hardware Sales: April

DS Lite: 702,844
DS: 2, 211
PSP: 158,291
GBA SP: 3,749
GB Micro: 3,626
PS2: 67,673
Wii: 287,722
PS3: 71,247
Xbox 360: 17,094
GameCube:  258


I still can't get over the numbers of the DS, isnt it the fastest selling system?? ot not?  and am I reading it correctly 700k sold?? in one month???



For April non-launch it may be one of the biggest. Launch and December holiday numbers have been bigger I think for some systems.

For lifetime sales, I think it may be the fastest ever. In Japan the numbers are double what the PS2 were in the same amount of time.  



Yeah. I would say that DS and Wii are going to dominate Japan, hands down.



staticneuron said:
wow.... the PS3 outsold the PS2 in japan? Were any new games released? What was the cause of that? As a matter of fact that same question applies to the Ds as well..... doesn't everyone in japan have one already? Wow Nintendo is making a killing with that system.

More like everyone inJapan has 2.lol, I use to have a gameboy advance a few years back, got rid of it because i didnt travel as much on business, but the Ds, I swear I keep on lookin at this piece of technology, how much do the games run for it anyway? like 40 bucks or so?



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Arent the Wii sales on USA NPD normally close to what the Wii sold that same month in Japan? Wii coming in under 300k for Japan in April makes me think that Wii will be outsold by 360 on next Thursdays NPD due to the 360 surge (Elite release).

 

Wow that would make for some entertaining threads. I want it to happen just for the meltdowns I think lol. 



Cipherr said:

Arent the Wii sales on USA NPD normally close to what the Wii sold that same month in Japan? Wii coming in under 300k for Japan in April makes me think that Wii will be outsold by 360 on next Thursdays NPD due to the 360 surge (Elite release).

 

Wow that would make for some entertaining threads. I want it to happen just for the meltdowns I think lol. 


"All signs point to No!"

The XBox 360 will have recieved a boost from the release of the Elite but at the same time (somewhat) believeable rumers have been stating the Wii has recieved higher shipments through April which may represent a large boost than what the XBox 360 recieved.



It is still hard to gauge the Wii sales since they basically sell whatever Nintendo ships. So if Nintendo ships more or less that directly effects sales. 360 will get a bump from Elite but won't outsell the Wii imo.



omgwtfbbq said:
I wouldn't say impossible. But you'd really need to get it cheap and then tap into the Chinese and Indian markets to do that, since they account for some 30% of the world's population. Those are HUGE untapped markets and gettin into them would make it possible to reach 4% easy. China is probably possible since their economy is growing considerably, but we'll see how that goes.

 India is growing faster but their economy is also far behind of the Chinese one.

 Believe me when I say in the next 10,20 years China will come with their console and if their market will act like the Japanese market (Japanese consoles sell more) and American (X360 sell more than in every other market) They only have to sell it to 2% of their market (2% = 30 million) to be a succes.

 

I have heard that there is in China also a studio working for guerrila I guess our children will be act like now there are
Japanese lovers; 






omgwtfbbq said:
I wouldn't say impossible. But you'd really need to get it cheap and then tap into the Chinese and Indian markets to do that, since they account for some 30% of the world's population. Those are HUGE untapped markets and gettin into them would make it possible to reach 4% easy. China is probably possible since their economy is growing considerably, but we'll see how that goes.

 

I expect Nintendo to launch in India and China this gen, but not until they can market their systems 

for around a Hundred dollars or less



 

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)