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Forums - Sales - (Japan) Wii and PS3 total sales for 2009 thus far

Quite close, only a 4k difference between both consoles.

Wii - 562,551
PS3 - 558,259

http://www.examiner.com/x-6894-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m6d14-Wii-overtakes-PS3-in-Japanese-hardware-sales-for-2009

The site also has a quite interesting set of numbers of the weeks after April 20th, this summer could represente a boost for Nintendo with Wii Sports resort and Monster Hunter 3, but they need something big for this holidays. (And honestly I don't think New Super Mario Bros'll be that big)



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No Mario is HUUUGE in Japan. NSMB is more than enough to boost it by 30-40k.



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ash3336 said:
No Mario is HUUUGE in Japan. NSMB is more than enough to boost it by 30-40k.

But Final Fantasy XIII is more huge and that game is going to be released this Holidays, Probably we'll get a better picture of the console situation in Japan the last week of December.



Wii fit plus, that is all



 

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)

FFXIII is bigger than NSMB?



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.

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so... wii is ahead of ps3 despite everything???
Interesting....



Ever since the PS3 went on that streak of beating the Wii in Japan, everyone's always said "but the Wii didn't have any notable releases".

From my perspective, that's a negative towards the console, because apparently, games don't matter and people will buy the console regardless



No it means the games already released on the system are enough to keep sales going



 

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)

Hopefully the Wii will be able to put the PS3 permamently in its rear view mirror over the rest of the year.



Tease.

^touche