Bubble? The Wii?

probably not the best attitude to take around here....

If you're going to mention something like a "bubble burst", a reason why would be great. Otherwise, it just sounds like 2007.

Well as soon as The Conduit comes out all Hardcore gamers are gonna come to the Wii and scare the "kiddy's and Grandmas" off and the Wii will start selling like the HD systems.  

Oh, you mean like No More Heroes already did, and like MadWorld will do before that? :P

Haha. So true!

Or worse...maybe those grandmas will be shouting "tea bag!" into their Wii Speak microphones...

You should always assume such statements are sarcasm unless otherwise specified.

Wii has

Monster Hunter G, Final Fantasy: CC Echoes of Time, and this other game with an S which should be pretty big through April in Japan. Release dates beyond that are basically TBA, but you figure Punch Out or Wii Sports Resort makes it by the end of June.

Sales will probably down from Week 1-26 2008 in Japan. Toward the end of the year, when Monster Hunter 3, Pikmin 3/Zelda or a Tales, or one of the new Nintendo IPs like Cosmic Walker arrive, sales should become comparable or above 2008 levels. If that doesn't happen, Nintendo can always drop the price of Wii by 50,000 Yen.

Dragon Quest IX on DS could also have a bit of an echo effect for Wii in March (since Wii is getting DQX) as people who are DQ fans switch back from Sony platforms to Nintendo platforms.

For the Americas...

Nintendo seems to just be sitting on Disaster: Day of Crisis. Mad World, The Conduit, Punch Out, Wii Sports Resort, more music games, more Sonic, the TMNT fighter are all possible for the first half. Wii sales are so good though that Nintendo has basically left quarter one open to third parties except for the Game Cube remakes.

I'd wager sales will be up throughout the year in the Americas, almost regardless of what they do.

For Others...

Same deal...Sonic. Music games. Mad World. Wii Sports Resort. Punch Out. A few other supporting titles. Thats probably enough to keep sales steady or up slightly in the first 26 weeks.

FishyJoe said:I think you put too much stock in new releases. The DS has shown us that consumers aren't necessarily driven by newly released games. To someone buying a new console, the older games are just as relevant as the new ones.

c0rd said: Even in the slim chance Wii supply catches up with demand (doubtful), Wii Sports Resort / Motion plus seems to be coming in the first half of 09. That's a massive bomb waiting to blow...

Phoenix_Whitte said: with all the wii games going to be released soon, id be suprised if it didnt sell as much

irstupid said: As someone said, too much taking new released into account. All you have to do is look at WiiFit, Mario Kart and others to see that people are buying them by the truck load.
Like I said somewhere else, most people don't like waiting for the girl to turn 18. They would rather go to the bar and play with the girls that are already 18.

Well as soon as The Conduit comes out all Hardcore gamers are gonna come to the Wii and scare the "kiddy's and Grandmas" off and the Wii will start selling like the HD systems.

Shanobi said: If you're going to mention something like a "bubble burst", a reason why would be great. Otherwise, it just sounds like 2007.

Or worse...maybe those grandmas will be shouting "tea bag!" into their Wii Speak microphones...

The Source said: I'd wager sales will be up throughout the year in the Americas, almost regardless of what they do.

For Others...

Same deal...Sonic. Music games. Mad World. Wii Sports Resort. Punch Out. A few other supporting titles. Thats probably enough to keep sales steady or up slightly in the first 26 weeks.

The Wii only managed to sell about 7.3 mill from jan- june 09 compared to over 8 mill it did in 08

Thanks guys as those posts made me smirk a little after reading them

Next im coming for U Benga Benga and the rest of the vgc community that doubted me wen i said re5 will sell more on the ps3 than the 360 by the end of 09 OPEN ME  and OPEN ME

I don't see how Nintendo can meet their projected sales for the Fiscal Year.