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Avinash_Tyagi on 25 December 2008
Snake said:

1.Nintendo never had a console which had lifespan more than 8 years (maybe GameBoy and NES)

2.Tell me please, what makes you think Wii will outsell PS2? Just because it had better 2 better years than PS2?  First 3 years are always easy. Sega Dreamcast had the best first year back then and it had more than 50% of the market, and what happened to Dreamcast?  The same will happen to Wii. Wii MIGHT outsell PS1 but it could NEVER outsell PS2. Wii has sold for its 2 years 45 million systems. Let's say it will sell 45 million in next 2 years (probably won't happened) that would be 90 million systems. And lets say it would sell 45 million two years after that(won't happened for sure) it would be 135 million systems. And let's say PS2 would sell 10 million systems in those 4 years. IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS:

Wii:135 million systems sold.

PS2:155 million systems sold.

3. I admit i made a mistake about GTA series and wii games i just checked Wikipedia

4.i was replaying to this guy who sad this:''Lifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of  consoles by 12/31/2015  

LOL!!! In 2015 will be 9th generation of video game consoles. you must be a BIG wii fanboy when you believe wii will last three generations                                          

 

 First off NES lasted 10 years in NA, 20 in Japan

PS2 is at 123 million at the moment, even if PS2 sells another 10 million, which is not going to happen, it will be at 133 million, which Wii will beat, duh

The end of 2015 is 7 years away, that will only be one generation at most, the next generation won't start until 2011-2012 at the earliest and the next Nintendo system won't be out until 2012-2013 at the earliest



 

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)

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Kenology on 25 December 2008

I thought PS2 was at 140 million? Who's lying?  Or is Sony giving shipped as opposed to sold numbers again?



Alby_da_Wolf on 25 December 2008

If they sell it long enough, yes, plain and simple. Sony will do what it can to make it happen as late as possible, though, PS2 still sells decently for an old console, but at little less than 8million units sold in a year, and slowly dropping, each year more of sales can delay the overtaking only a few months and Sony won't keep it on the market just for this, but only as long as it will make sense commercially.
Anyhow, even if Sony kills PS2 next spring, Wii will need at least another 3 years to reach it.
It will almost certainly happen, as it will make sense for Nintendo to keep alive a console so successful as long as possible, just as it did for Sony with PS2.
A cheaper PS3 will do well, but it's unlikely it will fill the gap with Wii.



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sethnintendo on 25 December 2008

100% sure that the Wii will outsell the PS2



Roma on 25 December 2008
Kenology said:

I thought PS2 was at 140 million? Who's lying?  Or is Sony giving shipped as opposed to sold numbers again?

 

 

those are shipped numbers but people "mistake" them as sold to customers as always because it sounds better for them



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Avinash_Tyagi on 25 December 2008
Kenology said:

I thought PS2 was at 140 million? Who's lying?  Or is Sony giving shipped as opposed to sold numbers again?

 

 I'm going by VGC numbers, the only 100% trustworthy source on these forums



 

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)

S.T.A.G.E. on 25 December 2008
jlauro said:
Have you ever considered that most of the people currenently buying a PS2 are those who want a wii but can not find one. Once they can get a wii, they will.

If you don't beleive me, find someone who recently bought a PS2.

 

 

Not true. The Wii broke the market and gathered new buyers who wouldn't ordinarily buy a videogame system. As I said with the Wii the female male ratio now is 50/50 unlike any other system besides the DS. Nintendo has an extremely high chance of reaching 70 million by the end of next year.



Avinash_Tyagi on 25 December 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
jlauro said:
Have you ever considered that most of the people currenently buying a PS2 are those who want a wii but can not find one. Once they can get a wii, they will.

If you don't beleive me, find someone who recently bought a PS2.

 

 

Not true. The Wii broke the market and gathered new buyers who wouldn't ordinarily buy a videogame system. As I said with the Wii the female male ratio now is 50/50 unlike any other system besides the DS. Nintendo has an extremely high chance of reaching 70 million by the end of next year.

 

 70 million is the low end of what they will reach, pretty much if sales are the same as this year, if production is increased then it'll be much higher



 

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)

solracbrit on 25 December 2008
leo-j said:
From me you wont hear " Wait for 199 ps3", if the ps3 doesnt start selling drasticly well at 299 then I know for sure they lost this gen.

 

 Could you tell us what would you consider as "start selling drasticly well at 299"?



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Sri Lumpa on 25 December 2008
Snake said:

1.Nintendo never had a console which had lifespan more than 8 years (maybe GameBoy and NES)

And the SNES... so 3/4 of all of Nintendo's consoles that happen to be more than 8 years old had a lifespan longer than 8 years? Not quite the same as "never" is it?



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