Pachter: Wii to sell 700,000 in March
by David Hinkle 
{ Apr 14th 2008 at 5:00PM }
With the official NPD numbers due any day now, Michael Pachter has tossed out his prediction for the winner of March in the U.S.: Nintendo. He is claiming that the Wii will have moved 700,000 units in the month, with Smash Bros. Brawl being the big reason. Even though he says that Nintendo is still sending more units to Europe than the U.S., he says that March will be different because of, obviously, Smash Bros. Brawl.And, even better is Pachter's prediction that April will see Nintendo doing even better, with both Mario Kart Wii and the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon sequels being huge draws. Let's hope he's right!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brento @ Apr 14th 2008 5:04PM
The only reason they are selling 700K in March is because they didnt have MORE to sell. The Wii would be at 20million right now in USA if they had the production lines cranking.
flo @ Apr 14th 2008 7:09PM
Are you serious!?
When was the last time you turned on your computer?
The hype about grand theft auto 4 is just huge! The will won't do as well because of it. Here are MY predictions:
1. 360
2. wii
3. ps3
that's why we really really need this port. I can't wait to go around whacking ppl w/ my wiimote
Mr Khan @ Apr 14th 2008 7:47PM
that's April
These are predictions for March
SoshiKitai @ Apr 15th 2008 1:36AM
GTA4 CANNOT go to the Wii. Graphics-wise, it can easily port. City-size-wise, it can port. OVERALL CAPABILITY, no way in heck can the Wii handle it. (you see, it's not the graphics or the size of the city, it's the ability to go into almost every building and react to every single person and object in sight... the Wii cannot handle that without downgrading many other options)
What Rockstar CAN do, is create a specialized GTA for the Wii (but it won't be welcomed...then again, Manhunt 2 wasn't welcomed)... But I think they'd do better with a "continuation" of the Bully series for the Wii.
Max Headroom @ Apr 14th 2008 7:33PM
Why do we care about a prediction three days before the actual numbers are released?
And why does Pachter look like a serial killer in that photo?
Ethan @ Apr 14th 2008 8:17PM
Pachter doesn't predict, he just dicts.
flo @ Apr 14th 2008 10:03PM
to Khan: the 2nd paragraph talks about april
hvnlysoldr @ Apr 14th 2008 11:24PM
Pachter had predicted 360 would outsell Wii when Halo 3 launched. No big duh right? No, because he predicted it would only sell 50k more than Wii like what actually happened. Same could happen in April that Wii does extraordinarily well as well as its competitors.
TheCoats @ Apr 14th 2008 8:53PM
i have the privaledge to say i bought a Wii this march!!
Matt @ Apr 15th 2008 12:17AM
This guy is such a joke. He doesn't predict anything that isn't common sense. I can look at the weekly hardware sales on vgchatz.com, too, and "predict" the Wii will sell 700,000 units in March. What a douchebag.
SoshiKitai @ Apr 15th 2008 1:39AM
But you see, he's a specialist. :P And every common man agrees to one thing- If you have a license, Ph D, a mention in Wikipedia, or a plaque on your wall: You're beyond right, and everyone else is just uncivilized and retarded.
:P ... that's why there's not much common people in this site.