this thread is a little premature. Let's wait til' we see what kind of legs the price drop has.
As of now the ps3s price drop increased sales by about 38% yoy, just for this week alone, and wii's sales are down 14% yoy for this week. On average, since start of the sale, ps3 is up (286 134 114 90, 62, 38) 112.34% YOY, whereas the wii is down about .1% YoY.
what is interesting is that the number that brings down the wiis boost is this past week. 14% less than last year. However, this week last year is when wii sales started to take off for the holidays. According to last year, wii sales should rise again next week to follow the trend of holiday sales. But, it is also the trend for sales to drop after a price drop.
To summarize, holiday sales should start increasing the wii sales next week. Price reduction boost should diminish though. On a cursory glance, the average YoY seems to be -50%, a 37% difference between sales this week and what they should be without price drop. After the first week, wii had a 30% drop in boosted sales. The ps3 had a 33 percent drop of boosted sales after two weeks, which would mean wii would go down another 10% of total sales next week, but holiday trend shows a 10% increase week to week. One would say this would mean wii would sell the exact same amount next week, as they did last week. However, I think it will drop anywhere from 5-10%
So, I think it's a little ignorant to say that ps3s price drop wasn't enough because it's doing very well whereas the wii's is not doing nearly as much as it should.
