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with Wii supplies significantly increased over the holiday season, the console sold an estimated 3.25 million units last month
Pachter estimates 1.35 million Xbox 360 consoles sold during December, and 750,000 PlayStation 3 consoles -- with exact numbers to be revealed when NPD Group releases its December numbers thus Thursday.
Pachter predicts a $2.625 billion sales month for December 2008, a 10 percent increase over the year prior, with $2.42 billion in next-gen software sales.
Although the PS3 comes in third in terms of unit sales, Pachter says software sales for the console grew 48 percent in December over last year, while the Xbox 360 only saw four percent software sales growth.
Only the PlayStation 2 comes up short, Pachter says, foreseeing a 54 percent year-over-year decline for Sony's previous-gen console.
And since hardware sales still have room to grow, Pachter says more price cuts are forthcoming. "Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point (we expect a cut to $299 in April), we think that sales of that device will once again begin to grow," he says.
"We expect another cut in price for the Xbox 360, with the feature-laden Pro model likely to come down in price to $249 at or before this year's E3 show in June."
