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theprof00 on 14 June 2009

because wii fit didn't just come out.



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makingmusic476 on 14 June 2009

Last year we had both GTAIV and Mario Kart Wii hitting right at the beginning of May, and Wii Fit right near the end. That's hardly a fair comparison.



Squilliam on 14 June 2009
makingmusic476 said:

Last year we had both GTAIV and Mario Kart Wii hitting right at the beginning of May, and Wii Fit right near the end. That's hardly a fair comparison.

Last year you became a moderator and thats hardly fair... So who are you to judge whats fair or not?!?!



Tease.

Alterego-X on 14 June 2009

Recession has nothing to do with it, it is just the weak lineup.
Oh, and also we are relatively late into this generation cycle, so it is natural.



Lostplanet22 on 14 June 2009
Squilliam said:
makingmusic476 said:

Last year we had both GTAIV and Mario Kart Wii hitting right at the beginning of May, and Wii Fit right near the end. That's hardly a fair comparison.

Last year you became a moderator and thats hardly fair... So who are you to judge whats fair or not?!?!

Don't listen to him Makingmusic :).



 

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Avinash_Tyagi on 14 June 2009

Its because Nintendo isn't bringing out its big guns, like i've said before, Nintendo is driving the industry, without the Wii and DS, gaming would be in trouble



 

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)

theprof00 on 14 June 2009

^Yup
without wii fit, gamers aren't getting their fix.



Moonhero on 14 June 2009
theprof00 said:
because wii fit didn't just come out.

This is funny!



Ask stefl1504 for a sig, even if you don't need one.

theprof00 on 14 June 2009

theprof00 said:
average wii fit launch-current wii fit sales: ~1M =120M$

average ps3 sales last year-this year: ~400k =160M$
1 game for each new system
~20% buy extra controller
missed sales opportunities= 400k*60$ + 400k*.20*60= 30M

That's about 2/7ths of the gap right there.