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This is non-news. They lowered their forecast from 26 million to 20 million over a month ago, after seeing the initial impact of the price cut. You just can't hit a switch and make fewer items, it takes a while. This reduction is from the forecast reduction.



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psrock said:
Wii HD is coming soon.

Extremely unlikely, not when you're selling better than the highest selling console ever, and beating both your competitors



 

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 said:

Extremely unlikely, not when you're selling better than the highest selling console ever, and beating both your competitors

Gameboy Advance????



So that Wii HD / Wii 2 rumour in 2010 suddenly doesn't seem so crazy anymore, does it?



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Avinash_Tyagi said:
psrock said:
Wii HD is coming soon.

Extremely unlikely, not when you're selling better than the highest selling console ever, and beating both your competitors

Your objection to it makes me believe that  it's even closer than I think.



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alfredofroylan said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:

Extremely unlikely, not when you're selling better than the highest selling console ever, and beating both your competitors

Gameboy Advance????

PS2



 

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)

coolestguyever said:
There's no point making any more then they need to. If they aren't selling out then they may as well cut production a bit.

Coolestguyever pretty much has the long and short of it here; the simplest answer is most likely the best.



psrock said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
psrock said:
Wii HD is coming soon.

Extremely unlikely, not when you're selling better than the highest selling console ever, and beating both your competitors

Your objection to it makes me believe that  it's even closer than I think.

Ok then, tell me why Nintendo would release 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)

hsrob said:
kingofwale said:
smart move on the part of Nintendo

creating an artifiial "shortage" has worked well for them in the past, both hardware and software wise.

Why not do it again?

Yes, that's exactly what they are doing and their two business partners who are facing a 50% drop in profits aren't at all bothered by Nintendo's shenaniganising.


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ameratsu said:

So that Wii HD / Wii 2 rumour in 2010 suddenly doesn't seem so crazy anymore, does it?


  No it still sounds very crazy, here's why:

 

Can you give a reasonable reason why Nintendo would release a Wii HD, when its making profit on the Wii and selling more than the PS3 or 360?



 

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)