Pachter predicts 7.5 million Guitar Hero units sold by year's end

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 27th 2007 at 6:30PM }

And as Atreyu mourned the loss of Artax, the great Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter emerged from the Swamps of Sadness to dispense some relatively happy predictions for Activision stock holders. Pachter believes Guitar Hero will sell 7.5 million units this year and will begin to see declining sales next year due to Rock Band competition. He guesstimates the Guitar Hero franchise will generate $550 million for Activision this fiscal year.

Pachter expects decent revenues from Spider-Man and Shrek sequels for Activision's fiscal year '09 and sees their new James Bond game generating between $100 -150 million in sales. But Guitar Hero is Activision's great source of revenue and imperative in keeping them in the #1 US publisher spot.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Nov 27th 2007 6:37PM

Picture is made of Win.

Also FIRST!

(sorry, I've never done that before)

ShortFuse @ Nov 27th 2007 6:42PM

Bastian! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
Great, now that'll be in my head the whole day.

Sailor1 @ Nov 27th 2007 6:46PM

"#1 US Publisher"?

..Please. Fix my dam GH3 Wii Version's 'Mono-Only', then I'll give you that spot. Greedy bastards >_>"

gonk @ Nov 27th 2007 6:51PM

goddamn, the horse scene gave me nightmares for years

Ethan @ Nov 27th 2007 7:27PM

That's all I remember from the movie! Apparently the horse was 'depressed.'

Rein @ Nov 27th 2007 7:03PM

SAY MY NAME BASTIAN! SAY MY NAAAAAAAAAME!!!

MOOOOOOOOOOONCHIIIIIILDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!

Best. Movie. Ever.

labrats5 @ Nov 27th 2007 7:09PM

You win 2 internet points.

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Iron Maiden rules!

343 Guilty Fart @ Nov 27th 2007 7:51PM

Woah, is that what he's saying? I always thought we weren't supposed to know?

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Nov 28th 2007 9:27AM

Thats not what he's saying. Its gibberish. And I think originally we were supposed to know, but it didn't come out on film, and they decided to make that a big deal.

Rein @ Nov 28th 2007 5:28PM

According to the script, he does. I could check the DVD with subtitles, but I thought it was pretty well known that he says Moonchild...

I'm glad to see a lot of people liked this movie. All of my friends hate it. D:

Shagittarius @ Nov 27th 2007 7:15PM

EA is the nothing.

Tom @ Nov 27th 2007 9:05PM

...and Peter Moore is the Gmork

PolyTicks22 @ Nov 27th 2007 7:38PM

LMAO!...brilliant!..simply brilliant analogy Alexander!...lol

DiddlyKong @ Nov 27th 2007 8:02PM

And where is the Goblin King pic to go with the David Bowie DLC.

Erratics @ Nov 27th 2007 8:25PM

Still not as good as Guitar Hero II

BIGGEN @ Nov 28th 2007 5:58AM

this should be the new norm. using pics from awesome (or not so much) 80s movies to deliver a 1-2 punch of gaming news. next up should be bill and ted's excellent adventure, used for rock band or GH news of course. but, we won't discuss the sequels to these movies, no no no.........