| Kzin said: I don't know if I agree that Halo can push the 360 back past the Wii, if the Wii passes the 360 this summer. At current WW weekly sales rates 360 would have to jump around 140K to pass Wii weekly sales. Even Pokemon didn't move that many pieces of hardware. I also expect that Nintendo will be shipping at least an extra 50K (if not 100K) units per week around this time. |
I agree on this post. If Wii passes the xbox360 WW before the launch of Halo3 and GTA4, those games won't be enough to get the xbox360 passed Wii WW. The single reason is spelled Japan. With around 250k Wii sold in Japan alone, those games needs to almost double the sales of the 360 in both USA and EU to be able to get it to pass the Wii.
If the xbox360 is still in the lead when Halo3 and GTA4 is launched we might see xbox360 holding the lead some months longer. Of course this might change if Microsoft finally lower the price to 300 USD for the premium.
EDIT: Halo3 is launched the 25 of september. If Wii continues to sell at least 60k/week more in Japan than xbox360, Japan alone will lower the 360 lead with 780k. That is half the lead xbox360 has now. So it can be an intressting autum.
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