Following on from May’s NPD sales results comes Michael Pachter from analysts Wedbush Morgan with his thoughts. Pachter is as confused as we are for the low software attach ratio of Wii and the year on year decline of Wii software despite the increased hardware sales and the analyst believes that publishers are abandoning the system.

“Wii software sales were down 19% year-over-year and DS software sales were down 13%, while PS3 software sales were up 58% and Xbox 360 software sales were up 29%. We think this is remarkable, given growth in the Wii hardware installed base of 44% and growth in the DS installed base of 33% over the last 12 months. In contrast, the PS3 installed base is up 60% and the Xbox 360 installed base is up 32% over the same period. Software sales growth mirrored hardware unit growth for both the PS3 and Xbox 360, but sorely lagged hardware unit growth for the Wii and DS.”

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