Pachter: Wii owned in April, despite GTA IV release

by David Hinkle { May 13th 2008 at 10:30PM }

The NPD numbers aren't going to be available until later this week, but Michael Pachter is still doing his thing and tossing some predictions out there. With that Grand Theft Auto IV game releasing in April (and shattering records like crazy), many might think that Nintendo is going to have to relinquish its throne for a short while, like when that Halo 3 game released. Pachter doesn't think so, however, and called for another victory for Nintendo.

600,000 units is the magic number, according to the analyst, as he says Wii will once again reign supreme when the April NPD numbers release. Considering a pretty big Wii title released during that month, we're inclined to agree with the man.

Tags: business, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-iv, gta-iv, mario-kart, mario-kart-wii, north-america, npd, salesfigures, united-states, us

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Matt @ May 13th 2008 11:38PM

Still trying to figure out why this is relevant. Wii owned in April, despite GTA IV release...hmmmm.....let me read it again.

shawn11150 @ May 13th 2008 11:57PM

OWNED!

hvnlysoldr @ May 14th 2008 12:40AM

And even when Halo 3 dropped Wii had had its biggest month till that point and only lost by a mere 50,000 all factors considering.

DeadPlasmaCell @ May 14th 2008 2:24AM

Mario Kart was fun for the two days I played it.. then GTA came out and I haven't looked back since.. My wife still finds time to play Kart though.

David W. @ May 14th 2008 4:28AM

I don't see GTA as a console seller...I mean it's not exclusive, both PS3 and 360 have it...meaning one who owns one but not the other doesn't have the incentive to by the other console.

So I really don't see how the GTA release is relevant in terms of console sales? I mean I'm sure it HELPED, but not as much as a console excluse such as Halo 3, Metal Gear, or Fable 2...

just my two cents

James @ May 14th 2008 10:44AM

It's not going to move one particular console or the other, but it will sell "next gen" to people who haven't taken the plunge. X3F said yesterday (I think) that for something like 40% of new 360 consoles sold since the release of GTA, the buyer also picked up a copy of the game. I think that's "selling consoles".