Analysts Foresee Another Banner Year For Videogame Industry 205
Analysts observing the videogame industry forsee 2008 being another blockbuster year in sales. Sales during the month of February were considerably up, according to the NPD group. Early in the year is historically a very slow time in the game sales calendar, making the 34% jump for the month highly significant. Grand Theft Auto IV is likely to be an engine for sales throughout the year: "The game, which will be available on the Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, is expected to boost sales of both consoles. Pre-orders have been better than expected, according to its publisher, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, expects the game to sell about 9 million units during the company's fiscal year, which ends in October. Roughly 6 million of this, he added, will be to Xbox 360 owners."
Buried lead: PS2 outselling PS3, still. (Score:4, Funny)
Going strong since its launch in 2000, Sony's PlayStation 2 continued to outpace its successor. The PS2 sold 351,800 units compared with 280,800 for the PS3.
Somehow, this indicates that the HDTV conversion isn't going according to plan.
Re:no spore? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Could be (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Buried lead: PS2 outselling PS3, still. (Score:3, Funny)
Waited until she was out of the country before I bought a PS3, though.
Re:Blizzard will also be dropping big games (Score:3, Funny)