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PS3 outsells 360 for the 3rd consecutive month (But Wii outsells them both)

theundertakergonzo | April 14, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii Misc 
So for the third month in a row the PS3 has outsold the Xbox360, although the Wii has overshot the combined sales of the two consoles together, according to Michael Pachter.
Patcher predicted that the Wii will have sold up to 700,000 consoles during the five-week retail period in March. He also went on to say that he believes the supply of Wii and DS improved over the month, therefore making his forecasting for unit sales quite difficult.
PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360 for the third month in a row, but the Nintendo Wii overshot the combined sales of its rivals, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

Ahead of March's NPD Group sales data, due to release this Thursday, Pachter forecast PS3 sales of 365,000 units, edging out sales of 310,000 for Xbox 360.

In a Monday investor note, Pachter predicted that Nintendo will come out on top for yet another month, with Wii sales of 700,000 during March's five-week retail period.
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  • 2 thumbs!
    Cdemon | April 15, 2008
    These are a guy's predictions, no?

    The title needs to be altered, omfg. misleading.
    • -3 thumbs!
      Guticb | April 15, 2008
      It's according to Michael Pachter, as the description clearly states.
      • 8 thumbs!
        Cdemon | April 15, 2008
        You mean this guy?

        Regardless, it's not a fact... and the simple fact that you guys are allowing the title to stick when numerous ones involving positive things regarding the X360 have been edited with "rumor" or "[insert person here] says" proves you guys are nothing but tools.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Kokoro | April 15, 2008
    It's not really surprising that the Wii outsells the PS3 and XBox 360, since it's cheaper. No wonder Wii's aren't so easy to find.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Gogetenks | April 15, 2008
      Don't forget, Super Smash Bros Brawl came out in March. Considering it sold 1.4 million in it's first week in North America (and Patcher estimates that it sold 2 million for the month), it definitely sold some systems. My guess is that Nintendo also sent more units here to take advantage of that demand, like they did in Japan when Brawl came out.

      It probably sold abnormally high numbers in March due to Brawl.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Final Blade | April 15, 2008
    Wow i guess thats good for Sony, but still they're behind both in sales.

    Wii did good, congrats. Should have known Brawl would help it out.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Dai | April 15, 2008
    Nice to see the PS3 finally picking up. If this turns out to be a fact, Sony'll have 3 months under its belt. Cool. No signs of the Wii momentum dying either- awesome. No surprise there. Heh...
  • 0 thumbs!
    SSJ3 Trunks | April 16, 2008
    Nice, sony is picking up speed. It's good to see, I know a few people who have one and they love it.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Bri | April 16, 2008
    I see a trend in the works. A trend that will only pick up steam as GTA IV and especially MGS4 hit the market.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Deadman Rules | April 16, 2008
    I guess the demand for blu-ray players is going up.
    • 1 thumbs!
      xsynergyx | April 16, 2008
      Agreed. Parents might even buy their kids a PS3 and then also use it as a Blu-ray player since HD DVD is dead. Even so, the console war doesn't seem to be changing much. Wii owns and 360 and PS3 compete for second place. In the long run, the PS3 will probably beat the 360 since the 360 is older and some games might boost sales for the PS3.
    • 0 thumbs!
      iLLmatic | April 16, 2008
      Yea, I mean nobody could actually want that thing for games.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Supernouva | April 16, 2008
    Don't let the name "Playstation" fool you. The PS3 is a "multi-media entertainment system," not a "game console" as Sony claims. Games are simply a plus.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Deadman Rules | April 16, 2008
      Then why do people always compare it to other gaming consoles? Why all the fighting?

      I just don't get it.
      • -2 thumbs!
        Slumpy monkey | April 16, 2008
        Because they realize that other consoles have things better than them and so sub-consciously need to justify their purchase, by trying to degrade the other things they didn't choose at any chance they can get it.

        Its the same for everything, A better example is religion.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 16, 2008
          Stop being an idiot. They don't need to justify their purchase, they just know their console has alot more in it than the others, so they gloat about it. Same thing as 360 fanboys gloating about their huge library.

          The PS3 is an entertainment system, but primarily a Video game console. Thats why they choose to compare it.
        • 2 thumbs!
          Ameer | April 16, 2008
          That religion quip was uncalled for slumpy.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Slumpy monkey | April 17, 2008
          Look im not taking a hit at anybody. But it's true. Look at all these stupid extremists "oh your not the true religion. your our enemy. Our god is better than your's etc"
        • 2 thumbs!
          Ameer | April 17, 2008
          I understand that, but to blanket the entirely of religion instead of just isolating religious extremists is a bit unfair. Your clarification has made your comment make more sense.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Deadman Rules | April 17, 2008
    But Finalblade, the 360 library is great, why not gloat? I don't care if PS3 people gloat about their blu-ray. Eventually I will have both and I can gloat to nintendo fanboys about how many cool games and movies I can play.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Final Blade | April 22, 2008
      I was responding to Slumpy who thinks he cool and know what the *bleep* he's talking about, clearly not the case. There's nothing wrong with the big library, im just stating a point we know both consoles are awesome, we don't need to state anything to justify our purchase, its obviously better than the Wii thats for sure.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Cdemon | April 18, 2008
    Xbox 360 sold 262k units in March, PS3 sold 257k.

    • 0 thumbs!
      Deadman Rules | April 18, 2008
      So like, this article is a lie?

      WTF MAN?
      • 0 thumbs!
        Slumpy monkey | April 18, 2008
        It's not a lie. All it was, was some guys predictions. However it got past without a moderator changing the name. *cough* gutib*cough*.

        This also proves Cdemons point in the first post.
        • -3 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 22, 2008
          The only thing it proves is his fanboyism. I love how the only time he comes to gamegrep is because of articles like this.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Slumpy monkey | April 22, 2008
          It does prove his point.

          Deadman thought the article was fact, when it wasn't. SO yes the articles title WAS misleading.
        • -2 thumbs!
          Final Blade | April 27, 2008
          What has he made that isn't obvious? Nothing, and him calling us tools is one big LOL
  • 0 thumbs!
    Deadman Rules | April 22, 2008
    slumpy, it's due to the fact that it's stated as a fact, and in no way indicates that the PS3 is predicted to outsell. Either way it doesn't matter since it actually didn't outsell and it makes this whole article one big LOL.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Slumpy monkey | April 27, 2008
      Exactly looks at the title. It says PS3 out sells 360. But it doesn't even state that its a prediction. If this was "360 outsells ps3 for the whole year" it would have been edited to put "prediction" in it. People like Guticb need to be taken off GG staff.
  • 0 thumbs!
    kazad | April 22, 2008
    360 outsold the ps3 by 5000 units in the US only according to NPD, with europe and japan the total sales is about equal

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