wii selling for $400+ again on ebay

[choccypie]

Blame Nintendo for not producing enough Wiis tbh...

[sixfour]

Tempted to buy Galaxy over the weekend, play my way through it quickly (and finish up Corruption as well), and then sell the console, buying a new one when we finally get Brawl. Depends if there's a huge amount of profit to be had.

[Nicholasp27]

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Blame Nintendo for not producing enough Wiis tbh...

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they are producing 1.8mil/month at this point

they are producing and selling faster than any console in history

most of u guys + devs + analysts woulda never dreamed wii would sell 18-20mil in it's first 13.5 months...

they are producing plenty...to produce more means a lot more costs which may not be recouped if the demand doesn't stay up for several years...and u also run the risk of the quality decreasing when u try to ramp up production too quickly

they will have produced 22 million+ wiis in 16 months...u can't blame Nintendo for producing too few...blame them for creating a machine that has such high demand

[4 High]

How many PS2's were sold worldwide at the 16 Month point?

[Nicholasp27]

it shipped (not sold) 26 mil in 23 months

[4 High]

So the PS2 sold 94 Million consoles in the last 5 years? That doesn't seem right.

[Nicholasp27]

shipments (not sales):

mar 2000 - 0
may 2002 - 30mil (25 months)
jan 2003 - 50mil (2 years, 9 months)
jan 2004 - 70mil (3 years, 9 months)
dec 2005 - 100mil (5 years, 9 months)
oct 2007 - 120 mil


so 70-75 mil in last 5 years

[Dire]

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So the PS2 sold 94 Million consoles in the last 5 years? That doesn't seem right.

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The vast vast vast majority of a console's overall sales come when it drops to <= $200. This is an odd generation because the Wii basically started there. Things will get really odd about the time the 360 and PS3 hit $199.

[wonderwes]

I would imagine the sales would be even higher if they would allow the Wii to play DVDs without having to get a mod chip.

[TheSalche]

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most of u guys + devs + analysts woulda never dreamed wii would sell 18-20mil in it's first 13.5 months...


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where is this number coming from? by my count wii will sell roughly 17 mil after the holiday season (current + 1.8 mil)

my numbers from vgchartz.com