It’s been the overriding perception that Halo: Reach and Super Mario Galaxy 2 will sell a substantial amount of consoles for both Nintendo and Microsoft. But while speaking in an interview with Industry Gamers on the back of Nintendo’s 3DS announcement yesterday, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst, Michael Pachter said that’s not the case.
He thinks the hardcore folks who would’ve bought the consoles because of the two aforementioned games already have one.
“I can’t imagine Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Metroid Other M as system-sellers, any more than I would expect Halo Reach or SOCOM to be. The hardcore Wii audience already has a Wii console, so these game launches aren’t likely to be catalysts.”
Halo: Reach will be out this fall, according to this rumor, the game will land on September 14th. Super Mario Galaxy 2 will hit store shelves in the US on May 23rd and in Europe on June 11th.
