According to outspoken games analyst (Wedbush Morgan), the has now outsold the for the third month running.

The Wii, however, was comfortably ahead of both, even when their respective are combined - according to Pachter.

Pachter forecasts 360 sales for March of 310,000 units, the PS3 managing 365,000.

The Wii, however, is expected to sell over 700,000 units - with Group's full North American results expected out this Thursday.

The analyst also predicts that the Wii's stock are likely to continue well into 2008, especially in North America, which may be losing out to because of the weak dollar.

By Luke Guttridge