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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii Sales: 2010 vs. 2009 AND 2008 (in the spirit of Crazzyman and trestres)

theprof00 on 20 January 2010

This could be one of the biggest years for the wii. Lots of big titles and sequels are out or coming out, and the lower price conveys a higher value. This may even be the year I cave in and get one too, who knows?



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johnsobas on 20 January 2010
killeryoshis said:
johnsobas said:
you don't have to but if you're gonna have 2010, 2009, and 2008 why not just add 2007 as well for comparison??


Because 2007 was the weakest year in the console's life. Really. Butthat was due to is gaining momentum

so that means there is no value in looking at them for comparison? 



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fluffy on 20 January 2010

Unless the OP removes a region mid-year if the numbers start to move away from the obvious desired fan-boy conclusion, I consider this thread a failure!




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Smeags on 20 January 2010

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killeryoshis on 20 January 2010
johnsobas said:
killeryoshis said:
johnsobas said:
you don't have to but if you're gonna have 2010, 2009, and 2008 why not just add 2007 as well for comparison??


Because 2007 was the weakest year in the console's life. Really. Butthat was due to is gaining momentum

so that means there is no value in looking at them for comparison? 


The orginal idea of this was 2008 vs 2009. People wanted to know if it'll sell better or worse. That was the first one.
They just added 2010 this time around. Its basiclly a add on. We never really had a 2007 vs 2008 thread



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trestres on 20 January 2010

Great job Khuutra, thanks for the mention. Here's to a great 2010.



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Khuutra on 21 January 2010

Wii 2010 numbers for the week ending January 16th:

Weekly Total
351,619 829,751

This is strong sales! I think. Look, it is strong enough for me to talk about. Last week was adjusted down by about ~2,000 or so. Not a big amount, but worth noting!

 

Wii 2009 numbers for the week ending January 17th:

Weekly Total
344,420 727,721

Wii is UP 102,030 (14.02%) over the same time in 2009. =)))))))

 

Wii 2008 numbers for the week ending January 12th:

Weekly Total
210,019 612,511

Wii is UP 217,240 (35.47%) over the same time in 2008. =)))))))


All right, this week's numbers are pretty good. The gap with 2009 YoY fell significantly for the week, while it skyrocketed against the same week in 2008.

What these numebrs mean, of course, it not immediately clear, not with as little data as we have. I expect the 2010 numbers to start lagging behind 2009 numbers starting next week and maybe for the rest of Q1, and we won't see it start to make up the difference until Q2. Everyone remembers how massive 2009's Q1 was.

It's up significantly over 2008 so far, but 2008 was badly supply constrained through Q1. I don't know if Wii is at all supply constrained right now (it probably isn't but somebody could feel free to ask Brett), but if it is then 2010's yearly spread should look a lot like 2008. I don't expect that to hold true the whole way through, of course - 2008's Q2 was absolutely titanic - but we'll see how it goes in the long run. If nothing else, 2010 will probably have a stronger Q4.

That's all for this week! I'll try to keep track of adjustments when I can.



forest-spirit on 21 January 2010

Awsome! I loved Trestres thread, even though a lot of the numbers were in red (T_T).
Great job!



Sephiroth357 on 21 January 2010

Sales will go down even further this year.

I don't expect them to go up.

IF you don't care about sales of Nintendo products - LEAVE this thread.-Agree. I really like the DS.
IF you are Wii hater - LEAVE this thread.-Agree. I don't hate or love the Wii.
IF you DON'T believe in Wii success - LEAVE this thread.-What???




Khuutra on 21 January 2010
Sephiroth357 said:
Sales will go down even further this year.

I don't expect them to go up.

IF you don't care about sales of Nintendo products - LEAVE this thread.-Agree. I really like the DS.
IF you are Wii hater - LEAVE this thread.-Agree. I don't hate or love the Wii.
IF you DON'T believe in Wii success - LEAVE this thread.-What???

You weren't around far enough back to get the reference, don't worry about it