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Pachter: PS3 Beat 360 in April, Software Boomed

EDGE writes:

"Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the US during April, while monthly software sales hit $830 million, up 113 percent on last April's total.

Ahead of the NPD Group's April videogame sales data release, expected this Thursday after market close, Pachter forecast that Nintendo once again came out on top in terms of hardware sales, shifting 600,000 Wii consoles and 550,000 DS systems. He cited greater Wii and DS availability in his investor note as contributing factors to the systems' sales success. He also said he expects the PS3 to have outsold the Xbox 360 by 290,000 units to 275,000..."

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Sev1512 - 53 days 8 hours ago

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WTF? There is an article on the front page with him saying the 360 outsold the PS3 in april?

What is right?

I guess I will just have to wait and see the NPD numbers.

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Keowrath - 53 days 8 hours ago

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I think that article you are talking about is about GTA IV sales, this is hardware.

EDIT: My bad, missed the other story. Well I guess this way he's definitely right.

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GutZ31 - 53 days 7 hours ago

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http://www.n4g.com/industry...

What the hell is going on?

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Panthers - 53 days 7 hours ago

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He's also definitely wrong.

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Hatchetforce - 53 days 7 hours ago

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Go look at this. You will see an error in the host page allowed some Xbox fan to make the earlier claim. Scroll down 3-4 stories and look. All is well, PS3 on top:

http://www.videogaming247.c...

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sonarus - 53 days 7 hours ago

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haha its quite obvious what he is doing. He is predicting both of them sold best so he can't be wrong lol

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Hatchetforce - 53 days 7 hours ago

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No. All that has happened is that website misquoted him. Go to their main page as I said and the article actually quotes his estimates with the PS3 on top. Then they asked him. How did they ask him? Did they really speak to him? Is it a misquote? What we do know is he released figures and an official statement so that is obviously what he meant.

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Silellak - 53 days 7 hours ago

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Please keep terms like "XBot" out of the Gamer Zone. Thanks.

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GutZ31 - 53 days 7 hours ago

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Pachter: PS3 outsold 360 in April in the US

May 12th, 2008 @ 14:49

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has released a research note saying that he expects PS3 to have outsold Xbox 360 in the US in April.

Here are his estimates, according to Next-Gen (simExchange predictions):

Wii: 600,000 (734,000)
PS3: 290,000 (363,000)
Xbox 360: 275,000 (381,000)
PS2: 160,000 (n/a)
DS: 550,000 (609,000)
PSP: 235,000 (282,000)

We asked Michael whether or not he believed 360 outsold PS3 in April this morning, to which he replied, “Yes.” Not sure what happened there, but there we go.
http://www.videogaming247.c...

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Jason 360 - 53 days 6 hours ago

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I think the mods just gave up, thats why you see so many "xbots", personal attacks, and bubble cheaters in the gamer zone.

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cloudkillerffvii - 53 days 5 hours ago

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actually, wii is on top, so yes, all is well

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Tmac - 52 days 21 hours ago

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Bubble cheaters... Right...

Looney bin is that way ------->

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GrammarPolice - 53 days 8 hours ago

2 - All together now...

WHO CARES????

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BeaArthur - 53 days 7 hours ago

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People with no lives and nothing better to do.

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Fishy Fingers - 53 days 8 hours ago

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People have different tastes, you may not like the WII but a hell of a lot of people do, more than those buying PS3's or 360's.

Doesn't make them "IDIOTS", just a difference of opinion to you.

As a WII owner (& ps3/360/DS/PSP) I find your comment rather insulting and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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Violater - 53 days 7 hours ago

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And how often do u play your Wii, maybe you do use it a lot.
But I also know even more people who have bought it and the glitter of it all faded pretty fast and they are back to their regular consoles.
But like you say to each their own.

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Fishy Fingers - 53 days 7 hours ago

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How often do I use it? Plenty.

I bought it as a fun group device, admittidly, if I'm alone I spend more time on the PS or xbox. But when I have friends over, we come home from the pub, whatever, it's the WII that gets played. Everyone can take part or laugh at those making a fool out of themselves jumping around waving a wii-mote. It much more fun than 9 people sat around watching me play GTA.

I'm a hardcore gamer at heart but I wont allow that from stopping me enjoying games that might not be as visually attractive but in the right situation offer much more fun than most of the "next-gen" games.

I just play computer games, simple as that, don't care what format, what publisher, what developer. If its fun, I'll play it, and regardless what some claim, the Wii can offer up as much fun as anyother system out there.

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Amanosenpai - 53 days 7 hours ago

3.4 - But when I have friends over, we come home from the pub, whatever, it's the WII that gets played.

Playing Wii drunk???

OMG poor windows

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Fishy Fingers - 53 days 7 hours ago

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LOL... Wii should ONLY be played drunk bro.

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Silellak - 53 days 7 hours ago

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The release of the awesome "Boom Blox" only serves to make your "idiots" comment even stupider than it would usually be.

Yeah, the presentation is kiddy, but the idea and implementation of the physics-based puzzles are awesome.

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solar - 53 days 6 hours ago

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@ fishy

and naked :P

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Xiru - 53 days 6 hours ago

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Not sure what the fascination with Wii is, but to each their own I guess. And on the Boom Blox comment, everyone is so impressed with the game because it has physics... Is the Wii so underpowered that a good physics engine is the only thing that gets you guys excited?

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Silellak - 53 days 5 hours ago

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I own a Wii, a 360, and a nice gaming PC, so I'm not suddenly enthralled just because a game has physics.

I think you really have to play it to understand the appeal. This game really couldn't be done nearly as well on any platform besides the Wii (except MAYBE the PC), which is why it's a big deal to me.

It's one of the few Wii games I've played that really shows me the potential of the system. More developers