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parisgaming on 15 September 2009

hummm, that's very strange... anyway, the brochure isn't a fake because toy rus, we will see in october... In france there is no rumor from the retailers, but that will help cause the wii is diving since beginning of 2009... even in france, the sells ar very quite: it's the nintendo commercial who told me that... I think tendo have to make a price droop!



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parisgaming on 15 September 2009

no, wii+ wii sport+ motion (of course) me feels better than a mario galaxy bundle...  wii sport seemes more suited to the public that nintendo snipe...



Avinash_Tyagi on 15 September 2009
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month



 

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)

Avinash_Tyagi on 15 September 2009
parisgaming said:

no, wii+ wii sport+ motion (of course) me feels better than a mario galaxy bundle...  wii sport seemes more suited to the public that nintendo snipe...

Not Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros, 2D 4-player gaming is perfect for the market



 

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)

Seece on 15 September 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month

Is that 26 million for this fiscal year start April?



 

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Avinash_Tyagi on 15 September 2009
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month

Is that 26 million for this fiscal year start April?

April 1st 2009-March 31st 2010 I believe



 

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)

Seece on 15 September 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month

Is that 26 million for this fiscal year start April?

April 1st 2009-March 31st 2010 I believe

Right ...

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 05th Apr 2009 to 05th Sep 2009:

 

Console Wii
Total
4,695,832


 

Avinash_Tyagi on 15 September 2009
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month

Is that 26 million for this fiscal year start April?

April 1st 2009-March 31st 2010 I believe

Right ...

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 05th Apr 2009 to 05th Sep 2009:

 

Console Wii
Total
4,695,832

So yeah they still have a bunch to sell, and they probably have millions ready to be sold



 

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)

Seece on 15 September 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Seece said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Demotruk said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm thinking its a short term cut to clear out stocks of the Wii SPorts Bundle, get rid of them in time for the NSMB Wii bundle

But NSMB Wii comes out a month and a half after this promotion. Would they have so much stock they need that much time to clear it?

If they've been manufacturing around 2-2.5 million Wii's a month, they might have millions, of course, even then, it would probably sell out like gangbusters anyways, so we'd have a couple of weeks with bare shelves, and long lines again

they're so not manufacturing 2 - 2.5 million a month anymore ...

In order to hit their projection of 26 million, they'd have to be doing around 2.1-2.3 million a month

Is that 26 million for this fiscal year start April?

April 1st 2009-March 31st 2010 I believe

Right ...

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 05th Apr 2009 to 05th Sep 2009:

 

Console Wii
Total
4,695,832

So yeah they still have a bunch to sell, and they probably have millions ready to be sold

Surely they have abandoned the idea of selling 26 million this fiscal year, unless they do have a price cut planned. Even then ..



 

Mummelmann on 15 September 2009

Haven't we heard this before? Sony and MS also denied imminent price cuts earlier this year, doesn't mean one's not coming, only they don't want to announce it yet.