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Zucas on 09 November 2009

Well apparently Wii had a pretty damn good week in UK haha. Pushed all of its evergreen software up and apparently best of the year.

And yes there probably will be some meltdowns but its glad to see traditional holiday increases are starting to occur although apparently helped out as well.



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donsterydo2 on 09 November 2009
DirtyP2002 said:

Awesome for Forza 3.

Is Dragon Age Origins already released for the PS3? Or am I too blind?

 

DAO on PS3 should be released on 6th November alongside X360 version. It's not on the chart.

 

Gooood for Forza 3, didn't expect it. Wonder how it will perform further next weeks.



luisgvm on 09 November 2009

why meltdowns?. is there something for next week??.



luisgvm on 09 November 2009
Neos said:
Aj_habfan said:
360 had a really good week with software... Forza 3 is looking to easily outleg Uncharted 2.

As expected (at least for me)

Only silly people think a sequel like Uncharted 2 can outsell it's predecessor.

why do you think uncharted 2 wont outsell uncharted 1??



outlawauron on 09 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@killuminiti

only PS3 fans have meltdowns according to people on this site

so here's a hint, PS3's closest competitor will outsell it this week, worldwide

So true. The exaggerations are still ridiculous.



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Kantor on 09 November 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@killuminiti

only PS3 fans have meltdowns according to people on this site

so here's a hint, PS3's closest competitor will outsell it this week, worldwide

That wouldn't be a meltdown. Perhaps a bit of surprise, but not a meltdown.

Let's look at current trends:

Wii > PS3

Wii > 360

PS3 > 360...but this could be overturned.

HD > Wii...but Wii > HD is pretty commonplace.

DS > PSP...but nobody cares about handheld sales...

That leaves one or both of the HD consoles being above the Wii. That's my prediction.

EDIT: LOL, the PSP isn't beating the DS. Whoops. Fixed.



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donsterydo2 on 09 November 2009

DAO on PS3 is out in EU on 20th November



Grimes on 09 November 2009
Kantor said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@killuminiti

only PS3 fans have meltdowns according to people on this site

so here's a hint, PS3's closest competitor will outsell it this week, worldwide

That wouldn't be a meltdown. Perhaps a bit of surprise, but not a meltdown.

Let's look at current trends:

Wii > PS3

Wii > 360

PS3 > 360...but this could be overturned.

HD > Wii...but Wii > HD is pretty commonplace.

PSP > DS...but nobody cares about handheld sales...

That leaves one or both of the HD consoles being above the Wii. That's my prediction.

Clearly this will be the case as the Wii had the biggest increase of the year.

And the PSP doesn't have a single title on the chart, so the DS is naturally getting beat.



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Kantor on 09 November 2009
Grimes said:
Kantor said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@killuminiti

only PS3 fans have meltdowns according to people on this site

so here's a hint, PS3's closest competitor will outsell it this week, worldwide

That wouldn't be a meltdown. Perhaps a bit of surprise, but not a meltdown.

Let's look at current trends:

Wii > PS3

Wii > 360

PS3 > 360...but this could be overturned.

HD > Wii...but Wii > HD is pretty commonplace.

PSP > DS...but nobody cares about handheld sales...

That leaves one or both of the HD consoles being above the Wii. That's my prediction.

Clearly this will be the case as the Wii had the biggest increase of the year.

And the PSP doesn't have a single title on the chart, so the DS is naturally getting beat.

I made a mistake with the PSP and DS thing, it should be the other way around.

I'm simply pointing out what would cause a meltdown. There are five main trends in current console sales. Three of those trends could be overturned without too much fuss (okay, PSP > DS would cause quite a fuss, but it's impossible). Only two which would be surprising are possible.

If it was only one of those, I would say 360 > Wii. Of course, it could be none of them.



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Pineapple on 09 November 2009

Just to clarify for people, the Wii's highest week so far (in 2009, in the UK) is 48K. It did 35K last week, so we're looking at an increase of ~ 50%.

The chances of Ps3 or X360 beating that are rather slim, seeing at the Ps3 was at 24K last week, and the X360 was at 18K. This would thus require a doubling and tripling in sales, which is incredibly unlikely.

Even with an overall (Europe/Worldwide) Wii increase of 30-50%, I don't see any meltdowns coming. This would mean we're looking at ~ 500K of Wii sales, and 400K + for Ps360.

If there are to be any meltdowns, they would have to be software wise, I'd say. Although I don't really see what they would be.

Unless, of course, VGChartz numbers differ a lot, and that is what the meltdown will be about. However, I cannot see why ioi would be happy about that.

All in all, I cannot see any specific reason for a meltdown. Oyvovy predicts: no meltdowns (as in, nothing more than the usual)