if im right in thinking last gen sales totalled roughly 160mil, thats worldwide. if that were to be for america only then every household would have to have at least one console on average, something which did not happen. imo its not unreasonable to think that total sales will not pass this mark by much globally this time round given the factors i stated below. you cannot use the arguement that the population is growing etc. because in japan it is actually falling quite rapidly and population growth is minimal at best in practically every first world country where the majority of consoles are sold. yes new customers are being reached but i think this will be offset by high prices, credit crunch etc. the first thing to go when the going gets tight is disposable income especially expensive electronic toys(which is what the wii is to most people).and again it is true that consoles are becoming more available in other countries although i think it will be another generation or two before it has an effect, and no you cannot use china as an example as they are primarily pc gamers for now at least.
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if im right in thinking last gen sales totalled roughly 160mil, thats worldwide. if that were to be for america only then every household would have to have at least one console on average, something which did not happen. imo its not unreasonable to think that total sales will not pass this mark by much globally this time round given the factors i stated below. you cannot use the arguement that the population is growing etc. because in japan it is actually falling quite rapidly and population growth is minimal at best in practically every first world country where the majority of consoles are sold.
yes new customers are being reached but i think this will be offset by high prices, credit crunch etc. the first thing to go when the going gets tight is disposable income especially expensive electronic toys(which is what the wii is to most people).and again it is true that consoles are becoming more available in other countries although i think it will be another generation or two before it has an effect, and no you cannot use china as an example as they are primarily pc gamers for now at least.