http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=155088

 He's always wrong so I guess Ninteno is gonna meet demand and then have loads left over - on a serious note though, "Analyst predicts top seeling console will be on top in 08" schocker - I should have been an analyst!!

Popular analyst Michael Pachter says Nintendo will continue their console dominance through 2008, though Microsoft and Sony will improve their fortunes over last year.

"For 2008, I have both the 360 and PS3 selling 5.0 million units in the U.S.," Pachter said in an email to GamePro. "If I'm right (always a big "if"), that means that PS3 sales will probably start the year behind 360 sales on a monthly basis, then start to pass them some time very late in the year."

The investment analyst expects Xbox 360 to sell slightly better this year over the 4.5 million units shifted in 2007. By comparison, the PS3 will double its U.S. sales, he believes, once a mid-year price cut happens.

Regarding the Wii, Pachter says, "I was way too low on Wii [in 2007], with a forecast of 6.4 million this year. That will end up being the number, but only because Nintendo was so supply constrained. Had they shipped enough units, the number may have been as high as 9 or 10 million.

"My estimate for 2008 is 8 million, so sequentially the Wii will show growth and will be the number one console. Had the Wii been in ample supply in 2007, the numbers would likely have shown a decline in 2008, but alas, that was not the case, so we'll never know."

that guy (not me, I mean... er... you know who I'm talking about) really put himself out there in his predictions ::rolls eyes::

Wacky Pachy supporting Wii?

WII DOOMED!!11

notice the quote "Had the Wii been in ample supply in 2007, the numbers would likely have shown a decline in 2008," - so he's basically saying if Nintendo could have met demand through 07 then sometime in the consoles second year it's likely that demand would decline at some point from the record breaking sales levels it's been selling at in 07.

Talk about stating the obvious - the blokes a clown

People here are talking about numbers like 20-25 miljoen.
8 miljoen is that al inclusief christmas.

i hope this guy doesn't get payed alot for doing what he does. he knows less about the videogame market than most of the users on this site.

 Yea it was that obivous lol

 Yeah, why not. As long as the the Greek don't do it again, it's fine by me! Dutch people are very good footballers.

On Pachter: He has no more insight than your average Vgchartz member, maybe even less. How does such a twit make a big name for himself?! 

Wat is Patchers original predictions?

To me it seems like this guy is a fallower.

C'mon Patcher, your a grown man, right?  Try and be a leader for once.