35 million Wii's in USA by 2012

Quoted from GS

With over 5.4 million units sold in the US, the Xbox 360 is currently the frontrunner in the next-gen console race. However, the Wii is catching up fast. Though it's only been on the market since November, the motion-sensing, $249 console has sold some 2.5 million units as of the end of April, according to the NPD Group. By contrast, the higher-priced PlayStation 3 has sold some 1.3 million units in the US.

The Wii's impressive start has made Nintendo confident--cocky, even--about the console's long-term viability. Today in an interview with the Bloomberg news service, Nintendo of America Senior Vice President of Marketing George Harrison predicted that there would be an installed base of 35 million Wiis in the US by 2012. For comparison purposes, the PlayStation 2 has sold 38.5 million units in the US since its release in October 2000. "Demand is much greater than we anticipated,'' he told Bloomberg. "A year ago no one thought we would be in this position.''

Harrison also brushed off the main criticism of the Wii--namely, that its processing and graphics power are low when compared to its rivals. "We're starting to see in the performance of the PS3 and Xbox 360 that that's not necessarily motivating the market the way it used to,'' he said, also shooting down speculation that a technically upgraded Wii would be launched any time soon. "We're going to start work on future technology only when we believe it's necessary," he said.

In this mans opinion, thats shooting a little high for Nintendo, unless they can nab a lot of 3rd party support that will make games for casuals like GTA, then they are crazy to think that they will have 35 million units in the USA alone, thats arrogant.

the more sold...the more people get ripped off. A gamecube with a new controller, jeez....SkyCastleDan

:roll: i hope that was being sarcastic..... 

thats nothing...

in 5 years i expect way more consoles from the leader than 35 mil, or for each individual as a whole, i mean PS2 has 120+

R-Dot-Yung

It's a US forcast.

the more sold...the more people get ripped off. A gamecube with a new controller, jeez....SkyCastleDan

Just dumb.

EDIT: Ironic you use a Manticore in your avatar. 

Given current Wii sales trends, it is really hard to say. Can the Wii become the next PS2? Quite possibly yes, however I dont think it will be able to sell as fast without casual targeted games, which most people know is what made up a good large chunk of PS1 and PS2 sales was from the casual market alone. And I think that 120+ million around the world number is a bit overboard for PS2 numbers, at least 20 million of those units were returned for new ones due to breakdowns even though they do count towards the official total, I dont think there were that many PS2 owners last gen.

Nintendo needs to meet supply and start producing more Wii's before they go around claiming they will have 35 million consoles in America in 5 years.

Given current Wii sales trends, it is really hard to say. Can the Wii become the next PS2? Quite possibly yes, however I dont think it will be able to sell as fast without casual targeted games, which most people know is what made up a good large chunk of PS1 and PS2 sales was from the casual market alone. And I think that 120+ million around the world number is a bit overboard for PS2 numbers, at least 20 million of those units were returned for new ones due to breakdowns even though they do count towards the official total, I dont think there were that many PS2 owners last gen.

Nintendo needs to meet supply and start producing more Wii's before they go around claiming they will have 35 million consoles in America in 5 years.

DSgamer64

what do ya mean? wii is the casual machine this gen.