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TWRoO on 03 September 2008

Should be between 44 and 46 million shipped.... sell through about 400-500k below that



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Resident_Hazard on 03 September 2008

I think 40 million by December 31 is probably possible.

That's if Nintendo has production numbers high enough to accomplish this.



steven787 on 03 September 2008
halogamer1989 said:
Yes, but US parents might pick up their kids an Xbox 360 since it is now $50 cheaper during a bad economy.

 

The economy's not bad, the president was on TV last night and said the economy was growing.

44 million



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

perculator on 03 September 2008

Itll get there no problem



thekitchensink on 03 September 2008

Wow, I'm surprised this is staying civil! I expected assorted fanboys to jump in saying either 'NO ITELL ONLY GET 39.9 MILLIUN!" or bring up some John Lucas predictions lol



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obieslut on 03 September 2008

nope nope defiantly not



superchunk on 03 September 2008

Here's another way of looking at it.

From Sept. 1 2007 to Jan. 1 2008 Wii sold ~8.3m.

Given that the Wii has upped production this year by ~30% you could see a ~30% increase in sales for the same time period or ~10.8m.

Wii stands at 31.6m now so, they should be at least at 42m by the end of the year.

However, if you realize that Nintendo started producing 2.5m a month back in May or so, and they have not been selling that many per month WW there is obviously stock piling going on, just like last year. So, I would actually anticipate more like 15m being sold during this Sept. through Dec. time period and hit closer to 45m as I stated above.

So for me I would see +45m by Jan 1. Then they will coast through another 5-6m through March and beat their forecasts by ~1m.



CrazzyMan on 03 September 2008

It has chances, since if PS3 will sell another 7 mln. till the end of year, it should be possible for Wii make 9 mln. =)

But you never know, what will people demand this year, since the competition this Fall will be HUGE. =)



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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

azrm2k on 03 September 2008
CrazzyMan said:
It has chances, since if PS3 will sell another 7 mln. till the end of year, it should be possible for Wii make 9 mln. =)

But you never know, what will people demand this year, since the competition this Fall will be HUGE. =)

 

Crazzy, any chance you'd like to bet on the PS3 sales?  I figure they won't hit 7 million from September-December 31.



Sephiroth357 on 03 September 2008

No...

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Guess why?

I don't care what you have to say...