Nintendojo : 27th SEP = Wii Price Drop Date (Retailer Conference confirms)

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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 September 2009

Soriku said:

I know but I don't know if it'll push HW as much as those two.

I mean December instead of September in my post btw.

Go look at the history of 2d Mario and hardware sales, that's all I'm going to say

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megaman79 on 18 September 2009

its the shortest news article in history and there doesn't seem to be ANY DETAIL on the source of the confirmation but eh, i believe it.

“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 September 2009

Soriku said:
How much did NSMB DS boost the DS?

Quite a bit I believe, after NSMB DS was released DS just kept increasing its sales far beyond the PSP

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)

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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 September 2009

Yup here is the graph, DS spiked up after NSMB and kept selling in the 300-400K range weekly for most of that year

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=DS&reg1=All&cons2=PSP&reg2=All&cons3=DS&reg3=All&start=38844&end=39082

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Nintendogamer on 18 September 2009

If true then I predict Wii sales to pass 58,500,000 worldwide by 19th December. Pretty much 60,000,000 by 26th December much likely.

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Mr Khan on 18 September 2009

So that's the end of it, i suppose. Now we just have to sit back and watch.

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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 September 2009

Soriku said:

We'll see. I still think GT5 + FF XIII will edge out the PS3 (even if it's just by a little) but we'll see.

And if they bundle NSMB like I'm expecting, then there will be no chance of PS3 selling more

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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 September 2009

Also one thing, this was a retailer conference call, does that mean it was just the retailer(s) or was it Nintendo who was talking to the retailer(s)?

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)