I really do think that a pricecut will happen soon for the Wii, and maybe the it will be able to compete. But i util then the 360 will keep soaring with the halo effect

Pachter is discounting the effect of Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby, and Epic Mickey after Thanksgiving in the United States. Due to these three games, I call it a toss up between Nintendo and Microsoft in holiday hardware sales favoring the 360 due to Kinect.

As for software sales, I think the HD twins will beat the Wii quite handily with their exclusives (Halo: Reach, Fable 3 and Gran Turismo 5), Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Fallout: New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption and Medal of Honor. I think we may see a couple of suprises with the software for Move and Kinect where at least one game from both becomes quite popular.

I am on the fence regarding the reissue of Goldeneye for the Wii. I expect 2 to 3 million, but nowhere near the 9 million of the original. Times have changed and Nintendo's online is not as popular as either Xbox Live or PSN.