Thanks to Halo 3, Wedbush Morgan analyst, the appropriately named Michael Patcher, predicts that the Xbox 360 will narrowly outsell the Nintendo Wii in September. The Wii has been a sensation since its launch last year, while the 360 has held on thanks to its early launch. Obviously, Halo inflates the numbers for Microsoft, but that cannot be anything other than good news for the Seattle software giants.

On the home console hardware front, Pachter predicts that Microsoft shifted 450,000 Xbox 360 units during September, in comparison to 425,000 Wii consoles and 150,000 PS3s, and forecasts growth throughout the holiday period.

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