US console sales prediction for June

Michael Pachter, a well known analyst (apparently) from Wedbush Morgan Securities has been talking figures. He suggests that Wii will have outsold PS3 in the US at a ratio of 4:1 for the month of June. He estimates sales totals will look like this:

June 2007

Wii - 435,000
Xbox 360 - 200,000
PS3 - 100,000

The real numbers will be available in about a week's time, so I guess we'll see how close he is then.

Rob Jones

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User comments

Zenda said:

Yes, Michael Pachter usually is in the Bonusround show at GameTrailers.

DragonFoxCoon said:

The 360 may have had a head start, but Nintendo has reclaimed the crown it lost with the debut of the original PlayStation back in '93. It WAS '93, right?

Master Foot said:

He's not always right, but he's so convincing that you HAVE to pay attention. There has never been this magnitude of attention on the video game industry ever. It is most likely because there are so many significant issues being dealt with this generation that may change the industry. These include BluRay VS HDDVD, the casual gaming market, 360 VS PS3, and Wii reclaiming BiGN's glory. Who knows what will happen by holiday season, but there's one guarantee, between 360 and PS3, someone will be playing second fiddle.

Garth said:

The ps1 released later on than '93 for sure! They were still making NES games in '94.

KOOL-AID said:

This guy is probably right about the numbers. The playstation 1 was released in 1995.

Jimmy said:

I had the PS pegged at about '94. But the original concept was to work as an alliance (Nintendo and Sony) and produce a SNES with CD drive, because Nintendo explored the option for NES, but it was too expensive. The deal was originally going to be Sony providing the CD Drives, because they were prominent for their electronics (Home entertainment especially), and a few games that would be released on the SNES with CD. Nintendo would create an add-on, for the CD Drive, and then release some First Party Games. The deal fell through however, Sony wanted more money for their small contribution, and the idea of a SNES with CD became the PS. Amazing isn't it, we could have skipped the whole PS and PS2 dominating period, if Sony had hidden their ego's. Still, the SNES with CD incident wasn't the first time Sony had "borrowed" from Nintendo. *cough* D-Pad, Analogue Stick, Shoulder/Trigger Buttons, RumblePak, Motion Sensing *cough* And probably won't be the last. But at least the Wii and Nintendo are up the top of the market, where they deserve and will always be.

wii rox said:

"The PlayStation was launched in Japan on December 3rd, 1994, the United States on September 9th, 1995, Europe on September 29th, 1995 and Asia-Pacific in November 1995"- Isn't Wikipedia wonderful?