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tombi123 on 27 February 2008
Stever89 said:
tombi123 said:
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Because Sony was bigger than Nintendo and Sega put together in Europe. The Playstation made the gaming industry mainstream, especially in Europe, where previously it was very small compared to Japan and NA.


Sort of like how the Wii is expanding the industry to the extreme mainstream (and everywhere else for that matter)?


Lets wait and see what the future holds. 



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Stever89 on 27 February 2008
tombi123 said:
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Nintendo made it very clear that the Ds was the follow up to the Gameboy. Also having Pokemon helps, Brain Training took off on the Ds, but Brain academy didn't for some reason on the Wii.

I should have made it clear that Brand can only go so far, it is just that the Playstation brand can go further than most. Taking a third of the handheld market away from Nintendo (which no other company has ever been able to do) is testament to that.

It should also be said that Mario isn't as popular in Europe as he is in NA. He is definitely popular, just not as.


So now having games helps a lot. That would explain the Sony domination in the PS1/PS2 era, and it helps to explain the Wii domination now. Also, the PSP did have some good games, at least that's what a lot of people say who own PSP tell me. It just that they didn't have enough good games to beat Nintendo.

I don't think we need to wait to see what the future holds. Right now your prediction has no base. Without some base for your prediction, I don't see how you could come up with your prediction? 



krik on 27 February 2008

I agree with the original poster... ;)



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Optimistic predictions for 2008 (Feb 5 2008): Wii = 20M, PS3 = 14M, X360 = 9.5M

 

Avinash_Tyagi on 27 February 2008

I agree, WW sales of PS3 will equal Wii sales in others, for a few months, and then won't as Wii sales in others will go beyond WW PS3 sales



 

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)

tombi123 on 27 February 2008
Stever89 said:
tombi123 said:
...

Nintendo made it very clear that the Ds was the follow up to the Gameboy. Also having Pokemon helps, Brain Training took off on the Ds, but Brain academy didn't for some reason on the Wii.

I should have made it clear that Brand can only go so far, it is just that the Playstation brand can go further than most. Taking a third of the handheld market away from Nintendo (which no other company has ever been able to do) is testament to that.

It should also be said that Mario isn't as popular in Europe as he is in NA. He is definitely popular, just not as.


So now having games helps a lot. That would explain the Sony domination in the PS1/PS2 era, and it helps to explain the Wii domination now. Also, the PSP did have some good games, at least that's what a lot of people say who own PSP tell me. It just that they didn't have enough good games to beat Nintendo.

I don't think we need to wait to see what the future holds. Right now your prediction has no base. Without some base for your prediction, I don't see how you could come up with your prediction? 


I wouldn't say the Wii is dominating the PS3 in 'Others'. HappySqurriel posted the figures early on. Since the PS3 launch, the Wii has outsold it by about 1.3-1.4M units, this isn't domination and it is hardly irreversible. In-fact given price difference, I would say it is quite encouraging for the PS3.   



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tombi123 on 27 February 2008
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I agree, WW sales of PS3 will equal Wii sales in others, for a few months, and then won't as Wii sales in others will go beyond WW PS3 sales

 I can see how my title can be interpreted that way, but it was unintentional. I had run out of characters for the comma between, Wii and in :P 

If you were being serious, I would have to disagree with you. 



Avinash_Tyagi on 27 February 2008
tombi123 said:
Stever89 said:
tombi123 said:
...

Nintendo made it very clear that the Ds was the follow up to the Gameboy. Also having Pokemon helps, Brain Training took off on the Ds, but Brain academy didn't for some reason on the Wii.

I should have made it clear that Brand can only go so far, it is just that the Playstation brand can go further than most. Taking a third of the handheld market away from Nintendo (which no other company has ever been able to do) is testament to that.

It should also be said that Mario isn't as popular in Europe as he is in NA. He is definitely popular, just not as.


So now having games helps a lot. That would explain the Sony domination in the PS1/PS2 era, and it helps to explain the Wii domination now. Also, the PSP did have some good games, at least that's what a lot of people say who own PSP tell me. It just that they didn't have enough good games to beat Nintendo.

I don't think we need to wait to see what the future holds. Right now your prediction has no base. Without some base for your prediction, I don't see how you could come up with your prediction? 


I wouldn't say the Wii is dominating the PS3 in 'Others'. HappySqurriel posted the figures early on. Since the PS3 launch, the Wii has outsold it by about 1.3-1.4M units, this isn't domination and it is hardly irreversible. In-fact given price difference, I would say it is quite encouraging for the PS3.   


 Given supply issues for Wii I would say its not as encouraging as you think



 

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)

tombi123 on 27 February 2008

going to sleep, wont be able to reply for a while.



Stever89 on 27 February 2008
tombi123 said:
 

I wouldn't say the Wii is dominating the PS3 in 'Others'. HappySqurriel posted the figures early on. Since the PS3 launch, the Wii has outsold it by about 1.3-1.4M units, this isn't domination and it is hardly irreversible. In-fact given price difference, I would say it is quite encouraging for the PS3.


Once again price comes up. It's not that I don't think price matters, but since the N64 and GameCube were both cheaper than the compeditors, I don't think price has that much of an affect on the sales. And once again, Nintendo could lower the price if need be.



Avinash_Tyagi on 27 February 2008
tombi123 said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I agree, WW sales of PS3 will equal Wii sales in others, for a few months, and then won't as Wii sales in others will go beyond WW PS3 sales

 I can see how my title can be interpreted that way, but it was unintentional. I had run out of characters for the comma between, Wii and in :P 

If you were being serious, I would have to disagree with you. 


 I am being serious PS3 will end up around 27-33 million, give or take a few million WW, just look at its sales trend, Wii will beat that in others



 

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)