videogaming247.com - 1/5/2009
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Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has told videogaming247.com that he expects Christmas sales for Nintendo Wii to be “up more than 100%” whereas he anticipates only a slight rise in 360 sales and a possible drop in PlayStation 3 numbers.
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Pachter plays the guessing game with Holiday sales while Microsoft brags
Destructoid —
I didn't get any new consoles this holiday season, so I have to admit I didn't do too much guessing about which ones sold best. Of course, why waste my time on such things when I could merely turn to Wedbush Morgan expert Michael Pachter and hear his thoughts on the matter (which are most likely right, considering he's an industry analyst and all). Pachter recently spoke to videogaming247, saying: "I haven't done the work for NPD yet, but my guess is that 360 sales were flat or up a little, PS3 sales down a little, and ...
December sales-watch: Pachter predicts 3m Wiis sold
Wii Wii —
... Industry predict-a-tron Michael Pachter is getting his rough estimates in early this month. Speaking to VG247.com ahead of his ‘official’ sales estimates in a week’s time, he suggested that Nintendo would be celebrating another incredible month for Wii, with sales up 100%, making for a staggering 3 million consoles sold during the month of December. ...
Pachter - Nintendo may have sold 3 million Wiis in December
GoNintendo —
... down a little, and Wii sales up more than 100%. That would end up around 1.2 - 1.3 million 360s, around 700,000 PS3s and around 3 million (or more) Wiis.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter We have to wait until January 15th to get the official NPD numbers, but Mr. Pachter will publish his offical predictions sometime early next week. If the Wii did sell 3 million in December, that means that Nintendo will be the new crown-holder for best selling month ever for a game console. Link This entry was posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 1:04 pm and is filed under ...
Wii sales up 100% over Christmas, says Pachter
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
Filed under: NewsA dry but happy piece of business news to start your week off: Wedbush Morgan's all-seeing analyst Michael Pachter reckons Wii sales in the U.S. accelerated dramatically over the holidays, with Christmas figures "up more than 100%." According to Pachter, that translates into a "around 3 million" Wiis sold during December. As we previously mentioned, the record for U.S. hardware sales in a single month is 2.7 million, a figure set by the PlayStation 2 in December 2002. When the latest NPD figures are released on ...
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PS3's web browser usage ahead of Wii —
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Despite Wii more than doubling PS3's userbase, Sony's machine is more active online.
It may come as a surprise that, as Nintendo continues to dominate the TV console market, Sony's PS3 is more widely used for internet browsing. Click here to ...
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