Analyst Pachter on May: 360 outsold PS3, GTA 4 and Wii Fit on top

Posted Jun 9, 2008 at 6:40AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Wii, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS Tags: Michael Pachter, NPD, Sony

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It won't be long until we get the official sales numbers for the video game industry from the NPD Group for the month of May, which means that it's time yet again for another round of predictions from our friendly neighborhood analysts.

For April, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter predicted that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360. He was wrong on that count, so it probably isn't surprising that he isn't standing up for the PS3 now, saying that the Xbox 360 outsold the Sony console for the month of May.

SimExchange, on the other hand, believes that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 in May, although also only marginally. Here are the estimates that analysts have for the month of May:

Wii - Wedbush: 750,000, simExchange: 744,000
DS - Wedbush: 550,000, simExchange: 510,000
Xbox 360 - Wedbush: 250,000, simExchange: 216,000
PS3 - Wedbush: 225,000, simExchange: 228,000
PSP - Wedbush: 200,000, simExchange: 211,000

Pachter also predicts that software sales for that month will be topped by Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Wii Fit. This was an easy call to make, since Grand Theft Auto 4 took home two Guinness awards for its monumental sales, and Wii Fit debuted as the third largest video game launch ever when it was released.

Via Gamasutra

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# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-06-09 08:05

Not only SimExchange, other sources as well show the PS3 above the 360. NPD is worhtless! Who cares what the VENDORS bought. Only sales at the register matter!!!!

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# well — SteveDeathbat 2008-06-09 08:41

its hard to know the truth when one of the formats is run by one of the richest men in the world



and the other produces good consoles...

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# You can track sales at the register by... — Datnizzle 2008-06-09 09:05

Getting numbers from the retailers. Anyone who works in retail can tell you stores keep a record of EVERYTHING that happens on a register. Online stores have a record of every item sold as well.

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# WHO? — robbo16 2008-06-09 10:05

the FORMER president of nintendo does what now. you just proved your self wrong

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# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-06-09 11:12

Exactly! Retail 101. Education is key!!!

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# WTF!?!?!?!?! — ISOHaven 2008-06-09 11:16

I get weekly POS reports from Wal-Mart and many other vendors. They not only track what product, they track WHAT BOX is in what warehouse, what store, if it's in the BACK of the store, or the FRONT of the store or if it's been sold.



Go read up on RFID and retail in general.

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# hmm — Binary 2008-06-09 12:02

probably because everybody went to the cheapest to keep collection of their GTA Series. That's how 360 outsold PS3

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# ... — [DVSDevise] 2008-06-09 12:45

Not sure why people are surprised after it was reported that hardware sales in the UK had increased more for the 360 than the PS3 because of GTAIV. You would expect that trend to carry over to the US even more so. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bigger sales gap between the 360

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# oh noes — Binary 2008-06-09 14:30

I got zero stars for saying anything about 360





oh boohoo all you want about your ps3.

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# what a shock — xyal_zx 2008-06-10 11:12

well considering everyone who wants a ps3 doesnt want the only available model atm its not a surprise. the 40gb model is the one im referring to of course. we shall see how many ppl get stuck with mgs4 waiting for the bundle so they can buy gta4. real gta fans play it on pc anyway. =p

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# What? — Project D 2008-06-13 08:32

Who are you talking to?

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# I hate Pachter — Project D 2008-06-13 08:34

Turns out the d-bag's wrong *yet again*.

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