Industry analyst predicts 20% sales growth for September
by Blake Snow 
{ Oct 10th 2006 at 3:25PM }
In its regular NPD sales preview, Wedbush Morgan Securities forecasts a 20% sales increase in gaming over last year for the month of September. This is particularly interesting because most gamers traditionally curb spending in anticipation of next-generation offerings such as Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii out next month. The investment bank predicts no signs of slowing citing strong sales of THQ's Saint's Row (360), LucasArts' Lego Star Wars II (PS2, Xbox, PSP, DS, GBA, GC, 360, PC), Nintendo's Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (DS, GBA) and Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 (DS), and Electronic Arts' NBA Live 07 (PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP, 360) and continued Madden NFL 07 sales.GameDaily reports: "Current generation software sales are expected to be about $247 million, representing a 20 percent decline, while newer platforms (Xbox 360, PSP, DS) are predicted to generate sales of $168 million, which would reflect a healthy increase of $130 million ... WMS expects that 10 games sold over 100,000 units during the month, compared to 7 games that did so one year ago at this time."
Cue industry high-five, fist style as pictured.
[Quick update: fixed "cue" typo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Apoklypse @ Oct 10th 2006 3:29PM
Cue?
Jose @ Oct 10th 2006 3:34PM
Um... it's called a "bump" man.
Apoklypse @ Oct 10th 2006 3:33PM
Man those dudes are excited. They look like Iwata and Miyamoto in that DS "It prints money!" picture.
Or gay lovers.
Daniel @ Oct 10th 2006 3:41PM
That pic is awesome.
Guy @ Oct 10th 2006 3:49PM
@3
I always heard it referred to as "respect knux"...or "knucks", if you don't like to be all street.
Yo.
Erik Novak @ Oct 10th 2006 4:14PM
Naw man, no high fives. Respek Nukles.
esteves @ Oct 10th 2006 4:55PM
the only thing i know. thats Wii is the best console ever.i am portuguese. Here there are very ps3 fans. fuck them all
ShortFuse @ Oct 11th 2006 10:03AM
how do predict something for september? we're already in october.