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Alterego-X on 21 September 2009

No, it will merely sustain the previous rates.



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amp316 on 21 September 2009

Sure. If it cuts it's price to one dollar, it will happen easily.



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arsenicazure on 21 September 2009

Pricing was never wii's problem..although this might eat into some 360 arcade sales..



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Zlejedi on 21 September 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Zlejedi said:
Nope if it couldn't do it while being $150 cheaper than PS3 and riding wave of novelty blue ocean games it won't do it this season when it's only $100 cheaper and has more of the same games and bad press from all this year).


  Nintendo didn't do it previously, because they didn't have the stock the previous holidays, they were supply constrained, that's not an issue this year, they have plenty of stock, they have forecasted 26 million by end of the fiscal year, so that means they have millions ready to be sold this holiday, if they have enough stock, they'll take 50%.

Stock wasn't limited since early 2008 AFAIK.

There's no logical reasons for Wii doing better than in 2008 Christmas period:

- the lineup is less interesting for new buyers

- whole 2009 was much worse than 2008 when it comes to Wii games

- console pricing comparision is worse for Wii than last year



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Avinash_Tyagi on 21 September 2009
amp316 said:

Sure. If it cuts it's price to one dollar, it will happen easily.

No, price isn't the issue, even at $1 it would miss it if they didn't have enough stock, and at $200 or $250 they could get it if they have enough stock



 

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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efestione on 21 September 2009

I think it wiill. If Nintendo would make some bundles i'm sure wii will go further



amp316 on 21 September 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
amp316 said:

Sure. If it cuts it's price to one dollar, it will happen easily.

No, price isn't the issue, even at $1 it would miss it if they didn't have enough stock, and at $200 or $250 they could get it if they have enough stock

I don't know about that.  I see Wiis on the shelves now. 

It's not impossible to find like it once was.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 21 September 2009
Zlejedi said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Zlejedi said:
Nope if it couldn't do it while being $150 cheaper than PS3 and riding wave of novelty blue ocean games it won't do it this season when it's only $100 cheaper and has more of the same games and bad press from all this year).


  Nintendo didn't do it previously, because they didn't have the stock the previous holidays, they were supply constrained, that's not an issue this year, they have plenty of stock, they have forecasted 26 million by end of the fiscal year, so that means they have millions ready to be sold this holiday, if they have enough stock, they'll take 50%.

Stock wasn't limited since early 2008 AFAIK.

There's no logical reasons for Wii doing better than in 2008 Christmas period:

- the lineup is less interesting for new buyers

- whole 2009 was much worse than 2008 when it comes to Wii games

- console pricing comparision is worse for Wii than last year


Uh, yeah it was, Wii was sold out last Holiday.

 

Uhh, no, actually its better for new buyers, last year didn't have Wii fit plus or New Super Mario Bros, last year was Wii Music and Animal crossing

Console pricing isn't an issue for Wii, Wii is unaffected by PS3 and 360, if you'll notice its sales remain in the same range in spite of price drops, its games that affect Wii sales, and Wii is about to get some big hitters this holiday, especially Mario



 

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 21 September 2009
amp316 said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
amp316 said:

Sure. If it cuts it's price to one dollar, it will happen easily.

No, price isn't the issue, even at $1 it would miss it if they didn't have enough stock, and at $200 or $250 they could get it if they have enough stock

I don't know about that.  I see Wiis on the shelves now.

It's not impossible to find like it once was.

Yes which is probably why they'll be able to do it, they have the stock, it isn't pricing that is affecting Wii, if it was, Wii sales would have been affected by the PS3 and 360 cuts, it wasn't, its the lack of games that has affected Wii, but Wii is getting NSMB and Wii Fit plus this fall, its sales will go back up.



 

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 21 September 2009
kowenicki said:
No way, pays to do some research I think.....

Last xmas it outsold HD by just over 1 million... this year it would need to outsell the HD twins by 3 million to get to 50%

What do you think now?


  Last holiday, shortages, this winter, plenty of stock

 

 What do you think now?



 

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)