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Forums - Sales Discussion - Is Wii's Bubble Bursting? --First Japan, now UK

Dodece said:
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I get the sense that watching paint dry is of particular interest to you. For the majority of people this is the definition of boredom incarnate. Rational people thirst for novelty and originality. They do not want the same discussion every day for years on end. Familiarity be damned, but you know who can stomach it and a lot of it to boot. Foaming at the mouth fanatics, because they literally cannot imagine a better use of their time.

So while your put off by the notion of some conflict the reality is this. Without conflict there is no debate. With no debate there is no discussion. With no discussion a forum dies. When a forum dies it has a nasty habit of taking its host site with it. So I ask you why you want this site to die of boredom, and why do you hate Ioi. It is no exaggeration that as this console generation has boiled down into predictability the result has been less discussion. Just look at the hot topics from today.

A year ago this thread would be three pages deep now. There would have been a dozen real topics making the rounds, and many many more members would be contributing. No sir if lapsed members drop by a week from now, and suddenly see the trends have radically changed. They would say hey look new shit to discuss. I simply must chime in. I just want to see these forums become real vibrant again, and a radical shift in sales could reset the community to an earlier point in this generation where perhaps to when complacency didn't leave us utterly jaded about how cool it is to try and figure out how shit is going to change.

Good thing it's 5 pages deep, seems the threads are more alive and more enjoyable to be on now then a year ago.



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What the hell is going on here.



--OkeyDokey-- said:
What the hell is going on here.

Nintendo forgot to buy back Wii stock in the United Kingdom so the actual sales in that region are lower because of it. We just hadn't caught onto it until Chart-Track released their numbers.



Tease.

--OkeyDokey-- said:
What the hell is going on here.


This thread has been hijacked.



                                                                                                  

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MaxwellGT2000 said:
Legend11 said:

I think this is just the start of YOY declines for the Wii.

Demand has obviously dropped for the Wii this year (at least at its current price) and Nintendo so far seems to be unwilling to drop price. Add to that a relatively weak lineup for the rest of the year (except in Japan but it's hard to imagine it'll be able to make up for what appears to be a large declines in North America and Europe).

Next year they have their core franchises which are basically aimed at the same people that bought Brawl, SMG, etc. There's nothing on the horizon (at least that they've shown) that will have the same impact as Wii Fit or Wii Sports and take off like wildfire to continue what was an unparalleled level of sales.

The year after will see competition in their Blue Ocean from Project Natal and Sony's motion controller, something that they haven't had to worry about at all up until now. It's hard to imagine the Wii gaining sales when they're facing competition in areas they never had to before.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it's the end for the Wii, just that it may not be as dominant as some people have written it off to be.

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They are included with the games that I think will not have the same impact as Wii Sports and Wii Fit.  In fact I think sales will be down YOY in the months that both are released.  As for the Wii Vitality Sensor who knows but I don't think it'll move systems like either Wii Sports or Wii Fit have done.



Are people posting on topic again?

They just don't get it, do they?



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Umm... UK market have been rather strong for 360 and Wiis price increase doesn't help at all with its sales. So, it's no wonder that people are going to 360, which is, what, close to 50% the price of Wii.

For the year over year drop, lower price and the release of MKWii and Wii Fit during the period may have something to do with.



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UK high sales for 360 are explained by the fact that it's dirty cheap to buy one in the UK for other EU residents... just go look at amazon UK and then a counterpart in EU....
I don't think there is much else to this. The Wii in the UK is still close in price to the rest of EU, the HD consoles however are cheap.



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