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Grimes on 02 December 2009
Ail said:
Grimes said:
One thing to consider is that Nintendo could have a $10+ billion surplus going into the next generation. Sony does not have that cushion. MS does have some extra cash, however they can't keep dumping money down a hole forever.

10 billion$ is  less than the profit MS makes in a single year :p( they made 3.57 billion$ last quarter).

They have a cash pile of around 25 billion$ now too...

There is no way MS is going to blow their wad on a division that hasn't made any real money.

Nintendo can devote much of their surplus to their only core business however.



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BHR-3 on 02 December 2009

thats nice ps3 did 440k

as 4 the wii and the article i guess they mean fail as in not wat was excepted after a price cut and launch of NSMB but it should be excepted its userbase should be gettin saturated by now they have sold almost 2x wat both HDs have

i expect wii sales to be lower and lower each year from here on out or stabilize to a 12-15mill a year 4 the next 2-3

as i like to say "every wave in the ocean goes up and then it comes back down"



                                                             

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PhoenixKing on 02 December 2009

The Wii isn't going to sell anymore compared to the 360 and PS3 because practically EVERYONE who desired to purchase a Wii has bought one already.

It's gross sales in the past still trump Sony and Microsoft combined. Nintendo's success has only increased since the DS and DSi. Let's face it, Nintendo has ECLIPSED the competition (assuming you consider Microsoft and Sony it's competition and not part of a different market due to different target audiences).



hsrob on 02 December 2009
PhoenixKing said:

The Wii isn't going to sell anymore compared to the 360 and PS3 because practically EVERYONE who desired to purchase a Wii has bought one already.

It's gross sales in the past still trump Sony and Microsoft combined. Nintendo's success has only increased since the DS and DSi. Let's face it, Nintendo has ECLIPSED the competition (assuming you consider Microsoft and Sony it's competition and not part of a different market due to different target audiences).

Except the million or so people last week and the million odd who will probably get one this week, and next week and the week after that and there might even be a few people who get one in the week before Christmas too, but besides that no one.



Avinash_Tyagi on 02 December 2009

^If the Sales of Wii prove that everyone who wants it has it, then what does that mean for the lower selling PS3 and 360? LOL



 

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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Grimes on 02 December 2009

I believe many of the people that buy the DS are potential Wii customers. That means the Wii is nowhere near the limit.



Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

avinash habashi on 02 December 2009

lol is this guy serious?

edit: he kind of looks like chad warden. that would explain a lot.



Alby_da_Wolf on 03 December 2009

Still a few hours and we'll know how terrible and how many hundreds thousand sales does this doomsday failure mean.
Sony and MS will feel so big...



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Dr.Grass on 03 December 2009

Oh BOO FUCKING HOO, Nintendo ONLY sells HALF A MILLION Wii's in a week.

This is getting lame.

Wii is pwning.



hsrob on 03 December 2009

^In the USA:) There's still the rest of NA and the world.