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Forums - Sales Discussion - Worldwide Up PS3 Still >Than 360 MW2 Sells 8.14million

AE101 on 19 November 2009
JaggedSac said:
Damnit, the PS3 beating the 360 as of late means the 360 will lose support. Crap!

Why do you always do this lame sarcastic crap? It's not clever or funny.

You did the same stuff when FM3's Metacritic was dropping.



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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 19 November 2009
JaggedSac said:
Damnit, the PS3 beating the 360 as of late means the 360 will lose support. Crap!

No it doesn't.

But vigorous PS3 sales (including great multiplat sales) and surging install base make it harder for devs to justify 360 exclusives going forward.  FPSs still probably being an exception.



Notorius.A.i.G on 19 November 2009

PS3 survived the 99.99 $ Xbox !!!

Why did Japan go down for PS3 , don't the holiday boosts help it get higher then the previous week ?



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ethomaz on 19 November 2009

@Notorius

Holiday boosts in Japan is little weeks late.



richardhutnik on 19 November 2009
chubaca said:
I don't understand how PS3 outsold X360 THIS week.
Maybe some banned people switching sides?

At this point in the game, there isn't a title out that is going to shift that many sales, especially a game on both HD consoles.  Modern Warfare 2 is of big interest to those who already have consoles.  It is not for those who don't. 



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1337 Gamer on 19 November 2009

Lol at this thread! Justice Lea... I mean Fanboys UNITE!!! haha good sales for the wii and PS3 though i must admit. Holidays are going to be great!



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makingmusic476 on 19 November 2009
Khuutra said:
Kantor said:
The NES sold roughly 62 million.

The Wii sold 6.51 million between this time last year and the end of 2008.

Adding that on to current Wii sales would give 63.2 million.
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Wii was down 14% this week.

If it's down 14% for the rest of the year: 6.51 * 0.86 = 5.60 million

56.69 + 5.60 = 62.29 million

Which is just above the NES. But, the Wii will probably go down further YoY, around the time when the Wii began to take off and sell 1 million + in 2008.

So, I now say no, it won't.

Don't forget that the Wii was badly supply constrained in December of last year, which is why December numbers were basically identical to November numbers. This year, that won't be a problem.

I say it will.

I think you may underestimate the holiday rush and the effects of shipping constraints.  The DS Lite was nigh impossible to find last December, despite having been on the market for four years by that point.  Yes, they may be able to manufacture XX amount during a normal month, and they may stockpile plenty for the Holidays, but sometimes it's simply logistically impossible for stores to keep enough in stock for December, especially given how much other stock they have to deal with (on a typical day at GameStop we get anywhere from 0-4 boxes in our shipment - on any day in December we'll get over 30).

Edit: This post was aimed at your line concerning the alleviation of supply constraints, not towards the idea that the Wii willl do better/worse than last year, or whatever it was that you guys were discussing lol.



Kantor on 19 November 2009
Khuutra said:
Kantor said:
The NES sold roughly 62 million.

The Wii sold 6.51 million between this time last year and the end of 2008.

Adding that on to current Wii sales would give 63.2 million.
_______________

Wii was down 14% this week.

If it's down 14% for the rest of the year: 6.51 * 0.86 = 5.60 million

56.69 + 5.60 = 62.29 million

Which is just above the NES. But, the Wii will probably go down further YoY, around the time when the Wii began to take off and sell 1 million + in 2008.

So, I now say no, it won't.

Don't forget that the Wii was badly supply constrained in December of last year, which is why December numbers were basically identical to November numbers. This year, that won't be a problem.

I say it will.

Just for the sake of disagreeing with Khuutra, I maintain that it won't.

Also, it was supply constrained then, but it's demand constrained now. The Wii is in plentiful supply right now, and it's still tracking below last year's numbers.



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Arius Dion on 19 November 2009

I'm with Khuutra. Wii did more in Nov than in Dec due to supply constraints now since it is readily available I think it will hit 2m in Nov but be up significantly in Dec not just because of it having good supply but also I feel Mario Bros will contribute to the bump. 4m in Dec. is possible I believe.



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Bladeforce on 19 November 2009

Say what you want but I was referring to microsoft and sony's gaming departments not everything they make. But now you mention it by including these 2 massive companies other businesses it makes the Wii's sales even more fantastic from a little company like Nintendo



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