Analyst: Microsoft’s Natal to outsell Sony’s Arc 5 to 1

He’s already predicted that the Xbox 360’s motion-sensing ‘Natal’ controller will outsell the PlayStation 3 equivalent, the ‘Arc’. Now, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has produced numbers – and his vision of the future will not please Sony.

Pachter thinks Natal will shift 10 million units within a year of going on sale, while the PlayStation Arc will be limited to “1 to 2 million” sales. In other words, according to Pachter, Natal will outsell Arc by 5 to 1 units. Why? is it because Arc looks like a sex toy? Surprisingly (and boringly) no:

“I think that the Sony motion controller will have some problems gaining traction, since it is not an “in the box” solution. That will probably limit adoption to 1 or 2 million at the outset. A year or so after launch, there will be 10 million [Project Natal units] out there, which will probably attract more third-party support.”

So there you go, Pachter isn’t just betting small change on Natal, but pretty much every last one of his earthly possessions.

[Via VG247]