VGChartz Hardware data for the period 28th Dec 2008 to 19th Dec 2009:

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 30th Dec 2007 to 20th Dec 2008:

This week -251,524 =((((((((

Wii is DOWN 3,573,392 units from 2008!  =(

Note: The YoY increase was just for last week, this week the Wii is down again for the week by a quarter million units.

There's only 1 more week of data, so by next week we will know how far off did the Wii end compared to last year.

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 28th Dec 2008 to 26th Dec 2009:

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 30th Dec 2007 to 27th Dec 2008:

This week +601,703 =))))))))

Wii is DOWN 2,971,689 units from 2008!  =(

Note: The calendar year 2009 has ended. Wii ended dwon roughly 3 million units down from 2008, which is not a bad thing at all, since 2008 was a record year. But it does tell Nintendo a few things. SW droughts are really harmful to the mome ntum of a console and to combat them, drastic measures had to be taken, like dropping the price to maintain flat sales for the remainder of the year. Nintendo needs to plan their release schedule more thoroughly and then try to focus a little bit more on the Wii, considering most of the momentum was lost because of the lack of 1st party titles. 3rd parties were never a contributor really, they are just a random happening and Nintendo shouldnt depend on them to drive HW sales. I do hope that Q1 is not an indicator on how Nintendo plans to fill the year, because it's too weak so far.

A year has gone, so I will continue updating with numbers from the FY. We will see if Nintendo reaches the 20 million they forecasted last October and see how close they end compared to last FY when they shipped 26 million units of HW.

Khuutra, Oh where art thou Khuutra?

Wanna do the new one for this year? I could help until FY finishes, cause this thread will be alive by then, to see if Nintendo reaches their Wii prjections.

And also, no opinions?

All in all not as bad as I thought earlier. Next year's comparison(s) is\(are) going to be very interesting. My bet is somewhere between 21 and 24 million next year.

Very good job trestes, please keep doing this, it is really appreciated.

You got one more week to do! The week ending January 3rd is mostly made up of days from 2009!

We should have moderate yoy gains (or possibly flat) in Q1 and expect better YoY gains as we go along, since Q1 09 was actually quite strong in spite of the two big flops. Just goes to show how slowly the market reacts to Nintendo's software whether up (like with MK Wii and possibly WSR) or down (AC and Wii Music). NSMB's effect could be helping momentum for many months. Of course, it still shouldn't be left on it's own.

how far are they off their 20 million forcast?

Tres, why the hell did you bump this?

Isn't That for the fiscal year?

^Yep. I think that the 20M target has been already reached according to the numbers, and should be between 24 and 26M. Not too bad for after all.