Pachter has a hatred of misinformation which is commendable - its the reason he wrote to Gamedaily I'm sure.
The way to look at the YTD 3rd party software is like so:
Jan 1 2008 - 360 led Wii by ~1.75m in the USA according to NPD
July 1 2008 - Wii led 360 by ~.5m in the USA according to NPD
Split the difference: On avg, 360 was ahead by ~.61m in 2008 through June 30. So with the same attach rate, it would be higher than Wii. Throw in DMC4, GTAIV, and the other big 3rd party games and realize that Wii had none of the games traditionally considered blockbusters and you come away with the sense that Wii is going to be a great platform for alot of third party games because the sales are comparable despite fewer blockbusters. Wii's top third party games for this period were probably Boom Blox, GH: Aerosmith, Rockband, and Lego Indiana Jones. Its somewhat amazing that its even close since GTA alone could be the difference of 16m vs. 13m
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