Post by leunas on Nov 6, 2006 14:47:01 GMT -5
U.S. videogame sales reached $401 million in October
Wedbush Morgan Securities (WMS), a financial services and investment firm, estimated sales of video games in the U.S. last month could have reached US 401 million. When the number crunching is completed and proves WMS' crystal ball is correct, this means you guys helped game developers and publishers sell 10 more this year compared to last year.
Some of the titles that helped cash registers loud and clear this October include Vivendi's Scarface: The World is Yours (PS2, Xbox, PC), Midway's Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2, Xbox), Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox, GC, PC), LucasArts' Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, and Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
According to WMS, 11 game titles sold 100,000 copies each last month compared to 8 in October 2006.
WMS said while the combined sales of games for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA was US 228 million, it went down by US 94 million. On the other hand they do expect an increase of US$130 million in next generation and handheld portable software sales (Xbox 360, PSP, and DS) will peak at US 173 million.
If these WMS figures say anything it's gamers are slowly moving on to next-gen consoles and could be the beginning of the end of current-gen systems.
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Wedbush Morgan Securities (WMS), a financial services and investment firm, estimated sales of video games in the U.S. last month could have reached US 401 million. When the number crunching is completed and proves WMS' crystal ball is correct, this means you guys helped game developers and publishers sell 10 more this year compared to last year.
Some of the titles that helped cash registers loud and clear this October include Vivendi's Scarface: The World is Yours (PS2, Xbox, PC), Midway's Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2, Xbox), Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Xbox 360, PS2, Xbox, GC, PC), LucasArts' Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, and Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
According to WMS, 11 game titles sold 100,000 copies each last month compared to 8 in October 2006.
WMS said while the combined sales of games for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA was US 228 million, it went down by US 94 million. On the other hand they do expect an increase of US$130 million in next generation and handheld portable software sales (Xbox 360, PSP, and DS) will peak at US 173 million.
If these WMS figures say anything it's gamers are slowly moving on to next-gen consoles and could be the beginning of the end of current-gen systems.
feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/45499138/71865