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pichu_pichu on 18 August 2008

I always thought the DS would have dominated...



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afree_account on 18 August 2008
colonelstubbs said:
Wii dominance. But....now Nintendo have used up their stock supply of first party games...whats left?

 

Star Fox?
F-Zero?
Pilotwings?

Pikmin?

Not to mention rumors of Kid Icarus Wii, Miyamoto working on a new Mario, and Zelda game...



JaggedSac on 18 August 2008

Wii is holding all the cards, the biggest of which is a price drop.



woopah on 18 August 2008

wii still has price drop, bundles, and increasing third party support to still drive sales. i think third partys will come toform in 2009



 nintendo fanboy, but the good kind

proud soldier of nintopia

 

JaggedSac on 18 August 2008

I am wondering what sales will look like when Wii hits $199.



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reask on 18 August 2008
TheSource said:

PS2 is over 1.4m in the USA in 2008 if you include figures for January NPD (readily available on gamedaily)

Roughly speaking you can just multiply total July sales * 2.5 to get an idea of what sales for the year will look like. Multiplying June year to date totals by three works fairly well too generally.

PS3/360 should end up near 5m in the USA this year by NPD. Thats pretty good.

The issue for them is Wii is on pace for 10.5m in the USA by NPD in the USA (3.5m through June YTD, 4m through July). If we really start seeing a few 1m Wiis/month months in the USA in August to October as is theoretically possible, 13m or 14m is more realistic.

 

Funnily enough I would disagree with your analysis.

 

I genuinely believe the wii won’t sell as well this holiday.

 

Why you may ask.

 

Okay here’s my take on it.

 

 

Novelty factor wearing off.

 

 

Cheap 360.

 

 

That might sound very simplistic.

 

But with most western economies feeling the pinch this will play a part.

 

199 Euro for a 360 is very tempting when the cash is low.

 

And you want something that will suit everybody.

 



 

 

 

 

Aj_habfan on 18 August 2008
JaggedSac said:
I am wondering what sales will look like when Wii hits $199.

? Can you really get better then selling out instantly ?

 



reask on 18 August 2008
konnichiwa said:
I enjoyed reading this article good written and very interesting thx :).

Hope you dont think I wrote it..

 

Got it off a website sorry

 



 

 

 

 

flames_of on 18 August 2008
Aj_habfan said:
JaggedSac said:
I am wondering what sales will look like when Wii hits $199.

? Can you really get better then selling out instantly ?

 

Yes, when you sell them as they are being manufactured.
IE. tours through Wii factories where consumer pick their being manufactured Wii and name it!

 



flames_of - "I think you're confusing Bush with Chuck Norris."

 Wii: 80-85 Million end of 2009 (1.1.09)

steven787 on 18 August 2008
afree_account said:
colonelstubbs said:
Wii dominance. But....now Nintendo have used up their stock supply of first party games...whats left?

 

Star Fox?
F-Zero?
Pilotwings?

Pikmin?

Not to mention rumors of Kid Icarus Wii, Miyamoto working on a new Mario, and Zelda game...

 

afree_account is right but Stubbs, it doesn't really matter.

Look at Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, SSBB, New SMB, Nintendogs, Brain Age, Mario Kart DS, Mario and Sonic, Pokemon D&P, Carnival Games, Guitar Hero III, Mario Party...

 

Actually, if you look at the top 50 for the week, there are 35 DS/Wii games.  Only 9 DS/Wii games are <10 weeks old.  25 are >10 weeks old.

8 360 games, 5 are <10 weeks old.

7 PS2/3/P games, 5 are <10 weeks old.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.