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Metallicube on 23 October 2009

Nice.. I still think the Wii's best days are ahead of it. 2010 will be a strong year for the Wii.. if not the best , than definitely better than 2009. As long as Nintendo can crank out a Zelda in 2010 and plus I'm sure they can pull another massively successful "Wii" series game out of the blue.. And lest we forget about Galaxy 2. I think 3rd parties are finally starting to make some serious games for it too.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 23 October 2009

If The vitality sensor is a hit, I think we'll see big gains for Nintendo next year



 

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 23 October 2009
kowenicki said:
ioi said:
Not sure what you're suggesting Brent, but I'm certainly not dealing in sentiment either!

I'm sure it was you who pointed out previously how PS3 outsold 360 in Jan - Sep 2008 but 360 came back over the holidays (mainly due to price cut) to outsell PS3 for the whole year. Trends are dynamic and can normally be explained by key influencers.

Wii sales are down this year mainly due to lack of key software.

Jan - Sep 2009 just doesn't compare to 2008. To be getting close to (record breaking) 2008 levels in the last few weeks shows a real resurgence for Wii IMO and with a stronger holiday lineup this year (NSMB Wii primarily - which will easily top 20m worldwide and has a strong "hardcore Nintendo" appeal) should push Wii ahead of last year in November / December worldwide.

To say that Wii has already peaked is a little crazy and definitely seems to be based more on sentiment than hard facts.


I'm not suggesting it is you acting on sentiment Brett, you deal in numbers too.

I just dont think that software is the major driver here.  We do not know for sure that Wii is down due to a lack of key software we just summise this... I would have thought that the new adopters and the mass market casual would see key software as Wii Fit plus and Wii sports resort?  Wii music didnt exactly set the world on fire and I genuinely think that consumer trends have changed.

Wii just isnt the must have gadget it was.  Thats not a criticism... surely it is an undeniable fact.  Wii was almost out of stock all year round, now it is on offer.  I used to hear people who know nothing about gaming and who had never gamed talking about the Wii... they dont talk about it anymore.

 

Thing is we can be fairly confident that it is a lack of software that kept Wii sales low, most factors between last year and this year haven't changed, just the strength of the software lineup, in addition we know that people buy consoles for games.  People won't talk about a console that has little to offer them, if there aren't games for the Wii that they want why would they talk about it.



 

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)

tedsteriscool on 23 October 2009

Only a million? LESS than PS3?

Wow...Wii is domed.



Avinash_Tyagi on 23 October 2009
kowenicki said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
kowenicki said:
ioi said:
Not sure what you're suggesting Brent, but I'm certainly not dealing in sentiment either!

I'm sure it was you who pointed out previously how PS3 outsold 360 in Jan - Sep 2008 but 360 came back over the holidays (mainly due to price cut) to outsell PS3 for the whole year. Trends are dynamic and can normally be explained by key influencers.

Wii sales are down this year mainly due to lack of key software.

Jan - Sep 2009 just doesn't compare to 2008. To be getting close to (record breaking) 2008 levels in the last few weeks shows a real resurgence for Wii IMO and with a stronger holiday lineup this year (NSMB Wii primarily - which will easily top 20m worldwide and has a strong "hardcore Nintendo" appeal) should push Wii ahead of last year in November / December worldwide.

To say that Wii has already peaked is a little crazy and definitely seems to be based more on sentiment than hard facts.


I'm not suggesting it is you acting on sentiment Brett, you deal in numbers too.

I just dont think that software is the major driver here.  We do not know for sure that Wii is down due to a lack of key software we just summise this... I would have thought that the new adopters and the mass market casual would see key software as Wii Fit plus and Wii sports resort?  Wii music didnt exactly set the world on fire and I genuinely think that consumer trends have changed.

Wii just isnt the must have gadget it was.  Thats not a criticism... surely it is an undeniable fact.  Wii was almost out of stock all year round, now it is on offer.  I used to hear people who know nothing about gaming and who had never gamed talking about the Wii... they dont talk about it anymore.

 

Thing is we can be fairly confident that it is a lack of software that kept Wii sales low, most factors between last year and this year haven't changed, just the strength of the software lineup, in addition we know that people buy consoles for games.  People won't talk about a console that has little to offer them, if there aren't games for the Wii that they want why would they talk about it.

Arent you just ignoring the blatantly obvious? 

I shall speak for the UK.  There was huge hype and demand in the UK for the Wii, it was as rare as rocking horse shit for months.  You had to pay over the odds through main stream retailers... this was primarily to buy Wii Fit and own Wii Sports.  This casual adoption is what drove the huge numbers.  That hype amongst the casuals no longer exists and wont return with the release of long stading core games.... They dont relate to those games.   Go up to a Wii fit adopter and say "hi... you picking up the new zelda..or NSMB?" be ready for a blank expression.

Apologies for the use of the word casual... I dont like it but its the best way olf describing the group.


Yeah, I think you're ignoring the obvious, 2D Mario isn't a long standing core game, look at NSMB DS sales, heck beyond 3D marios like Galaxy, Mario is very good at reaching the casuals, look at Mario Kart

 

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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Kenology on 23 October 2009
tedsteriscool said:
Only a million? LESS than PS3?

Wow...Wii is domed.

But only slightly below the PS3, so wouldn't that mean the PS3 is doomed as well?

Besides, it was only temporary (September only)...  Too bad, huh? 



Steroid on 23 October 2009

Meh I actually wish the Wii would sell like crap and that would pressure Nintendo to get even better games on it.

I think crappy sales actually made the PS3 a better system by lighting a fire under Sony's ass. I'd like Nintendo to feel the heat a little bit.



Avinash_Tyagi on 23 October 2009
Steroid said:
Meh I actually wish the Wii would sell like crap and that would pressure Nintendo to get even better games on it.

I think crappy sales actually made the PS3 a better system by lighting a fire under Sony's ass. I'd like Nintendo to feel the heat a little bit.

Nintendo has great games on the Wii, in fact the best games according to 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)

Steroid on 23 October 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Steroid said:
Meh I actually wish the Wii would sell like crap and that would pressure Nintendo to get even better games on it.

I think crappy sales actually made the PS3 a better system by lighting a fire under Sony's ass. I'd like Nintendo to feel the heat a little bit.

Nintendo has great games on the Wii, in fact the best games according to the market

I didn't say the Wii doesn't have good games, I said I want it to have even better games.

According to Metacritic the 360 has 172 AA+ games, the PS3 has 135 AA+ games and the Wii has 67, so I would say yes there's a disparity there. 

I guess when you say "according to the market" you mean higher sales means a game is better? So you think Wii Fit is a better game the Super Mario Galaxy? You think Carnaval games is better then Metroid Prime 3? Is this what you're trying to say or did you mean somthing different?

 



kopstudent89 on 23 October 2009

yeah america back to being wii's strongest region, and by quite a margin too. And well the holidays are knockin, so it wont be long till we see what happens!