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Originally Posted by SilverSyko
Wow, I wasn't expecting a Wii successor for another couple of years or so.
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The Wii is dying in Japan and currently in 5th place for the year....
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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
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| PSP | 35.834 | 58.075 | 31.592 | 678.494 | 749.397 | 17.328.706 |
| 3DS | 32.910 | 42.979 | 0 | 868.843 | 0 | 868.843 |
| PS3 | 22.431 | 27.453 | 28.973 | 405.055 | 492.065 | 6.492.545 |
| NDS | 16.935 | 19.901 | 36.459 | 347.878 | 723.839 | 32.498.577 |
| WII | 8.825 | 10.249 | 25.345 | 227.992 | 552.713 | 11.507.627 |
software sales from a poster on neogaf...
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Total software in 2011 (Famitsu from my database):
1. PSP - 3.6m
2. WII - 1.8m
3. PS3 - 1.6m
4. NDS - 1.5m
5. 3DS - 0.8m
6. 360 - 0.2m
7. PS2 - 0.0m (40K)
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The 360 has outsold in in America for 2011...
I think Nintendo are going to have a lot of troubles backing up the success of the Wii... A couple in their 30s who picked up a Wii because Wii Sports was fun could care less about a new Nintendo console. Also this certainly won't be a PSX > PS2 situation due to the nature of the fanbase they picked up in addition to the core Nintendo market. And yes the Wii is winning this gen comfortably but it's nothing compared to the previous two winners... as you can see below....
Wii = 86 million
360 = 53 million
PS3 = 50 million
PS2 = 142 million
XBOX = 24 million
Gamecube = 21 million
Dreamcast = 8 million
PSX = 102 million
N64 = 33 million
Saturn = 8 million (Saturn outsold the N64 in Japan lol)
It makes sense to choose the PS360 over the Wii for a lot of companies since their combined powers are stronger and their userbase is more hardcore.... the Wii winning this gen is nothing like when the ps2 and psx totally dominated everything.