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Diomedes1976 on 04 October 2007

Wii is at 3.66 million units in Japan and selling some 20K+ each week ....it wont have enough userbase to do it when Wii Fit arrives even providing it can sell a unit to nearly each Wii user out there.

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HappySqurriel on 04 October 2007

This is one of those predictions I simply can not see comming true ...

I see Wii Fit as being very similar (in target audience) to Brain Training or Nintendogs; this means that it can become a title which can sell more than Halo 3 in its lifetime (and will sell more if I'm correct and Nintendo bundles it) but these sales are going to come from a "grass roots" campaign where the game sells at a constant rate for a very long time.

Basically, I could see Wii Fit selling at 80,000 units per week (worldwide) for years (or being bundled and selling 1 to 1 with the Wii for years) but I can't see it as having that large of a pent-up demand.

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sinha on 04 October 2007

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Wii Fit in Japan *alone* will TRUMP the godsmacking sales of Halo 3 on its opening week.

Someone bookmark this thread so we can all have a good laugh later this year.

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