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edge-online.com - 1/6/2009
Analyst: Wii to Pass PS2 Two-Year Sales
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U.S. life-to-date sales of the Nintendo Wii surpassed the initial two-year sales of Sony's mega-successful PS2, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter projected on Monday ahead of December sales data from NPD Group. "...Nintendo’s life-to-date sell-through of the Wii is very close ...

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Infendo - Nintendo blog:  Milestone: Wii two-year sales beat PS2 two-year sales

Joystiq:  Pachter: Wii sales surpass PS2's initial 2-year performance

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Milestone: Wii two-year sales beat PS2 two-year sales
Infendo - Nintendo blog — ... “Nintendo’s life-to-date sell-through of the Wii is very close to life-to-date sell-through of the PS2 through year-end 2002, and we expect Wii sales to surpass PS2 sales in December,” wrote analyst Michael Pachter in a research note obtained by Edge. ...

Pachter: Wii sales surpass PS2's initial 2-year performance
Joystiq — ... In what is perhaps his softest attack on credulity yet, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that life-to-date sales of Nintendo's Wii console will overtake the PlayStation 2's two-year sales when it comes time to tally December's NPD ...

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