Thats not a hill.

This isn't an analogy. It's a metaphor. And you are choking it to death.

There's no reason to automatically assume that the Wii is a hill, either.

And yes, it is a hill. A hill with a rocky outcropping. Those also exist.

Analogy falls under a metaphor, no?

I can assume anything I want.

I don't think rocks can make a gap as big as that.

No, analogies are more closely related to similes. What you're giving is a metaphor. Saying something like "The Wii's 2010 will be to its 2009 as the PS2's 2005 was to its 2004" is an analogy.

I didn't say you couldn't assume that, I just said there was no reason to, and it isn't useful in making a point.

You would happen to be wrong.

Can it happen? Yeah.

You'd have to be stupid to say it COULDN'T happen.

Now will it. That is the question.

I voted yes but only because of the way the OT question was worded. I thnk it CAN top 2009 numbers but whether it will or not depends if Nintendo (and 3rd parties) get their fingers out and deliver quality software equally spread out throughout the year. There has been nothing shown from certain 1st and 2nd party teams this gen yet and some of their stuff needs to come out to avoid 2010 SW droughts.

You can call the Wii a hill all you want but i suggest you maybe look at something, maybe a little bit more complicated. Like a graph perhaps?

I voted yes, but leaning towards not sure. It certainly has the potential to do so and I think we will find out in the first few months.

We never really got to see exactly what kind of sustained effect the price cut had before we headed into the holiday boost, so I think it depends on what kind of momentum is maintained after Christmas, what kind of baseline sales it returns to and what Nintendo announces for Q2 and beyond.

Someone mentioned that there is too much core and not enough casual is this years line up and they may be right but I think this is the year we could see a good number of core gamers capitulate and pick up a Wii as a second console under the weight of MG2, Metroid Other M, Retro's game, MH3, NMH2 and RS2. Another fifty dollar price cut wouldn't hurt either in this regard but I wouldn't be holding my breath for that to happen any time this year. The Wii has constantly been derided for it's lack of a good core library but if all or even most of those games fulfill their potential then the Wii is going to start to be pretty hard to resist as a second line console for any core gamer.

Also who knows what Wii Relax will bring.

So so year from Feb to OCT

Then kill again.

Another 20 million I would say.

Black Wii in NA sometimes during the year.

You're the first person I've heard say that an analogy is more closely related to a simile than a metaphor. They're all similar.

A Hill is to down as Wii is to sales. That's as clear as I can make it. It may not make sense to you...This argument can go on for years.

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Doesn't look like the gaps are as big as you make them appear.