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Ail on 05 November 2009
c0rd said:
haxxiy said:

Third year may have been PS2's peak, and so will be Wii's peak, but saying only that may actually be misleading. PS2 managed to sustain a high amount of sales. Heck, 2005 and 2006 saw higher PS2 sales than 2004. Wii was subject to a sudden YoY drop-off with no parallel on console sales history. Damn, Wii 2008-2009 drop-off was bigger than PS2 2001-2008 drop-off in Japan back in the year.

The same would happen everywhere else if wasn't for the pricecut, and know what? It still can't keep with 2008 sales. If thinks keep going like they are, Wii should see sort of a 'weak 2009' in 2010, maybe worse than 2007, leaving Nintendo with no choice but to lower price to $149 at 2010 holidays, sorta mirroring their 2009 behavior. Plus there is Natal with its massive media support and such.

I agree with most of what you said, but not the bold.

It's true that the Wii is still below YoY 2008 after a price cut, but that too, is misleading. In late 2008, the console was still being driven by Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit (still sold out then), and it was only after this interest died down (early 2009), that the console saw its sales plummet.

As of right now, the $50 price cut push is still being "beat" by the MK Wii / Wii Fit momentum. NSMB Wii has yet to come out, though, and early 2009's sales were not that spectacular due to 2008's weak holiday lineup, so it shouldn't be terribly hard to keep up with YoY. They will definitely need to come out with strong software mid-year, though, else things will start looking "doomed" again (probably what will end up happening).

In the end, keep in mind the Wii's 2009 still has a shot at beating the PS2's peak year. It's not doing as great as many of us hoped, but it isn't that bad.

Excuse me ???

 

Q1 2009 was the Wii second best quarter ever outside of a holyday....( behind Q2 2008 by 600k).



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

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Yakuzaice on 05 November 2009
tedsteriscool said:
TheThunder said:

For NA ?

I'd say GOW 3 easily has it in the bag.

1.) Game database

2.) FF X Americas sales

3.) GoW Americas sales

4.) Revise statement

Difference is only 260k, and FFX wasn't splitting sales with another version on a console more popular in that region.  FFXII and GoW2 gap is only 40k, and if their sales continue like they are GoW2 will pass it by the end of the year.  Personally I think they'll be close.



huaxiong90 on 05 November 2009
psrock said:
A system seller not only gives a boost on the first week, but continuously keeps the momentum for good period of time, and so few games have been able to to do so.

Halo 3, Mario Kart, Wiifit, these games are system sellers, ok.

Nobody said that, bro. It's regarding the releases of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Mass Effect 2 vs. God of War III and MAG, which one will push more consoles. So I said God of War III has a better chance due to there being no GoW iteration on PS3, and since MAG preorders are higher than Mass Effect 2, the PS3 can hold its ground against the 2 titles. Nobody said it's a GT or Halo.



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TheThunder on 05 November 2009

Well if anyone thinks my prediction is stupid just get your hand dirty and bet :)

BTW GOW PSP outsold FF7 PSP in NA (by a margin) and others as well.

Both games will come relatively close in release date in NA so this should be fun.



darthdevidem01 on 05 November 2009
Yakuzaice said:
tedsteriscool said:
TheThunder said:

For NA ?

I'd say GOW 3 easily has it in the bag.

1.) Game database

2.) FF X Americas sales

3.) GoW Americas sales

4.) Revise statement

Difference is only 260k, and FFX wasn't splitting sales with another version on a console more popular in that region.  FFXII and GoW2 gap is only 40k, and if their sales continue like they are GoW2 will pass it by the end of the year.  Personally I think they'll be close.

FF is front loaded though, you'll see the MASSIVE HYPE!

@ail

mainly because the wii is STILL at very high sales, almost 400K is amazing



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Ail on 05 November 2009

I think way too many people are putting their hope in NSMBWii to revive the Wii sales back to previous years...
We're going to see some disappointment when Q1 2010 Wii sales are lower than Q1 2009 and when Wii sales are actually down YoY the week NSMBWii releases...



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

darthdevidem01 on 05 November 2009

@ail

I agree UNLESS

NSMB Wii is a phenomenon, in the sense that its the FIRST mario platformer with co-op in the full game & in all the levels



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Ail on 05 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@ail

I agree UNLESS

NSMB Wii is a phenomenon, in the sense that its the FIRST mario platformer with co-op in the full game & in all the levels

and so far most accounts are that the multiplayer part isn't as great as the single player..



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Yakuzaice on 05 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Yakuzaice said:
tedsteriscool said:
TheThunder said:

For NA ?

I'd say GOW 3 easily has it in the bag.

1.) Game database

2.) FF X Americas sales

3.) GoW Americas sales

4.) Revise statement

Difference is only 260k, and FFX wasn't splitting sales with another version on a console more popular in that region.  FFXII and GoW2 gap is only 40k, and if their sales continue like they are GoW2 will pass it by the end of the year.  Personally I think they'll be close.

FF is front loaded though, you'll see the MASSIVE HYPE!

@ail

mainly because the wii is STILL at very high sales, almost 400K is amazing

FFXII and GoW2 were pretty close in first week sales.  We don't know what FFX was and the first God of War was low being a new IP.



darthdevidem01 on 05 November 2009

@ail

really?

well this is a kind of game that people don't look at reviews before buying

remember reviewers bashed mario kart wii too



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