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Forums - Sales - World Wide Sales UP -- PSWiiDS in Sales HEAVEN!

Avinash_Tyagi on 05 November 2009
Kantor said:
I'm beginning to think the Wii and DS have peaked, particularly the Wii. Even with a price cut, it can't manage last year's numbers. It will sell for many years to come, but the chance of its crossing the PS2 is decreasing. The DS will, of course, breeze past the PS2. But it's even fallen below the Wii now. No matter, a hardware revision or two and a price cut will get things back on track, and it still outpaces the PSP by a fair bit.

The PS2 is dropping massively. Down 53% YoY? I suppose it's 9 years old, but why the sudden drop from 2008 to 2009? Lack of quality software?

PS3 is doing relatively well, up YoY. The price cut + Slim seem to have had a lasting effect rather than just a small boost, and have done a lot more to push hardware than the late 2007 price cut + 40GB. 2009 > 2008 > 2007 in sales, which is a good sign.

X360 isn't doing fantastically, but of course a price cut could change all of that. Not for a while, though. And I doubt Natal will push much hardware.

PSP isn't doing too abysmally, but sales aren't great, either. Even with the quality software it's seeing now that didn't get in these amounts last year.

You know its outselling what the PS2 was selling still, right?



 

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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Kantor on 05 November 2009

Uncharted 2 is tracking a fair bit above KZ2 and WAY above Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (duh)

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Uncharted+2+-+PS3&reg2=All&game2=Uncharted%3A+Drakes+Fortune+-+PS3&reg3=All&game3=Killzone+2+-+PS3&weeks=100



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Avinash_Tyagi on 05 November 2009
Kantor said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Kantor said:
I'm beginning to think the Wii and DS have peaked, particularly the Wii. Even with a price cut, it can't manage last year's numbers. It will sell for many years to come, but the chance of its crossing the PS2 is decreasing. The DS will, of course, breeze past the PS2. But it's even fallen below the Wii now. No matter, a hardware revision or two and a price cut will get things back on track, and it still outpaces the PSP by a fair bit.

The PS2 is dropping massively. Down 53% YoY? I suppose it's 9 years old, but why the sudden drop from 2008 to 2009? Lack of quality software?

PS3 is doing relatively well, up YoY. The price cut + Slim seem to have had a lasting effect rather than just a small boost, and have done a lot more to push hardware than the late 2007 price cut + 40GB. 2009 > 2008 > 2007 in sales, which is a good sign.

X360 isn't doing fantastically, but of course a price cut could change all of that. Not for a while, though. And I doubt Natal will push much hardware.

PSP isn't doing too abysmally, but sales aren't great, either. Even with the quality software it's seeing now that didn't get in these amounts last year.

Look kantor, the DS may have peaked, but it ebtter have, the things been out AGES

If wii has peaked this early its a SHOCK, I am not willing to accept the market leader has peaked in the second year

 

@somini

nowadays ioi makes a NEWS STORY on the numbers, I posted them as soona s I saw the news story....the numbers he puts in the NEWS STORY are int he form of that table thats near the bottom of the OP

so I didn't post it before numbers were up

 

I suppose the DS should peak around here: the Game Boy/Colour sold for a good 12 years, and the DS should do the same. But a console usually peaks halfway through its lifespan, or slightly earlier.

The Wii, market leader or not, has peaked. It sold more in 2008 than in 2009 with a $50 price cut. It's not going to die soon, or anything silly like that, but sales will decrease from now on. The PS2 peaked relatively early as well, I suppose. It depends on how the Wii sells these next few years.

Iwata says that he wants to make sure that sales go back up next year for the Wii, so calling it a peak may be premature



 

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)

Carl on 05 November 2009

I do CGI.

I think it will catch up quicker than most of us think.

I expect PS3 > 360 by ~100k weekly for a long, long time.



                            

theprof00 on 05 November 2009

title is misleading, wiids are definitely not in sales heaven



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darthdevidem01 on 05 November 2009
letsdance said:

Darth - I like you and all but I'm just going to be blunt here. That is a dumb way of looking at it. Nintendo has had a monopoly in the handheld business for 20 years. There is no reason to put PSP up against it. The PSP held its own and for the first time ever Nintendo was challenged in that market. If you expected Nintendo like sales thats your own fault

Thats not my fault as last year PSP & DS sales were virtually equal in Japan, then DSi came & it made the gap grow again

Please address my points.....you said PSP GO isn't a "replacement" while DSi was....however I have proven that wrong

you need to do a bit more research before claiming "nintendo like sales" when PSP already matched DS in the vast majority of 2008

there are far too many PSP GO! defenders here, PS3 did terrible in 2006/2007 (first half)

PSP GO is doing terrible now

it may turn around later, but thats how I see it right now n thats not going to change



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theprof00 on 05 November 2009

@CGI look at the lineups for that time-period. It's really sony heavy



Avinash_Tyagi on 05 November 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Kantor said:
I'm beginning to think the Wii and DS have peaked, particularly the Wii. Even with a price cut, it can't manage last year's numbers. It will sell for many years to come, but the chance of its crossing the PS2 is decreasing. The DS will, of course, breeze past the PS2. But it's even fallen below the Wii now. No matter, a hardware revision or two and a price cut will get things back on track, and it still outpaces the PSP by a fair bit.

The PS2 is dropping massively. Down 53% YoY? I suppose it's 9 years old, but why the sudden drop from 2008 to 2009? Lack of quality software?

PS3 is doing relatively well, up YoY. The price cut + Slim seem to have had a lasting effect rather than just a small boost, and have done a lot more to push hardware than the late 2007 price cut + 40GB. 2009 > 2008 > 2007 in sales, which is a good sign.

X360 isn't doing fantastically, but of course a price cut could change all of that. Not for a while, though. And I doubt Natal will push much hardware.

PSP isn't doing too abysmally, but sales aren't great, either. Even with the quality software it's seeing now that didn't get in these amounts last year.

You know its outselling what the PS2 was selling still, right?

Question though, what was PS2's peak year?

I believe third year

 

Here is the Wii VS PS2

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS2&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=180&weekly=1

 

Wii is well above the PS2's weekly sales at the moment



 

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)

NoCtiS_NoX on 05 November 2009

Wii great sales. The pricecut really help it. If there's hasn't been a pricecut the sales would've have been dissapointing. Smart move by ninty.
Great sales for the PS3 too. The redesign and pricecut help it stabilize in 230-250 range. I am really happy that PS3 is selling how it should be. PS3 onslaught has yet to start (FFXIII).
Good sales for 360 and PSP.
DS is a beast that's all I can say.



huaxiong90 on 05 November 2009

If Natal doesn't help 360 sales, then I'm sure PS3 could overtake 360 sales.

OT: PSWiiDS domination. Uncharted 2 is holding up very well, and I'm glad. Good sales for Forza 3 as well.

I wonder if the PS3 can sustain this momentum next year. If an Xbox 360 price cut doesn't help its sales much to keep ahead of the PS3, then Sony has a good chance at profitability.



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