The soothsayers at analyst group DFC Intelligence have revised their already rosy outlook for the game industry in 2009, predicting that the market, including consoles, PC and online games, could now reach a mind-blowing $57 billion by next year. DFC foresees that much of this growth will be driven by (surprise!) the Wii, a platform DFC's David Cole feels "has the chance to be one of the best selling systems of all-time."
Looking further ahead, DFC backed off of its previous prediction that annual PS3 game sales would surpass those on the Wii by 2012, now stating that the pair will simply be equals. Still, with the lion's share of top selling titles for the Wii coming from Nintendo itself, fellow analyst Jeremy Miller adds that "for many third party publishers this means they will have much greater success on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, even if Wii sales continue to be strong."
But what of the PC? Oh, there's love there as well, with gaming on the personal computer expected to reach an impressive $19 billion on its own by 2013, no doubt steered by online sales, which exceeded a staggering $7 billion in 2007. If DFC is on point with its prophecy, the future is so bright, we may just have to reach into the drawer for some shades.
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Jun 30th 2008 1:33PM (Unverified) said
I'm not sure but I think they already counted your $60...
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Posted: Jun 30th 2008 1:08PM Shagittarius said
That's a joke right? cause 3rd party sales on Wii are a joke.
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Posted: Jun 30th 2008 2:09PM puerrican85 said
The wii is a joke and as many people have said already, its a system that wows you at first but in the end just sits next to your tv collecting dust.
I bought the wii when it came out and I still play on my 360 and ps3 way more then wii. The only game i visit the wii a few times is smash bros.. thats it
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I bought the wii when it came out and I still play on my 360 and ps3 way more then wii. The only game i visit the wii a few times is smash bros.. thats it
Posted: Jun 30th 2008 3:39PM ScottG13 said
Definitely. With the overwhelming success of exclusive third party titles like No More Heroes, Zack & Wiki, & Boomblox, Nintendo is having a hard time producing enough dev kits to go around. Every time you hear an interview with Pete Hines or Ken Levine, its "Nintendo this..." and "Wii that..." You can't get them to stop blabbering on about the innovations they're working on with waggle and all the ways they're going to blow their phat lewt.
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Posted: Jun 30th 2008 12:58PM (Unverified) said
Suddenly I was tempted to replace the hands in that picture for the goatse man hands.
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Posted: Jun 30th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said
If you don't know what goatse is already, DO NOT LOOK IT UP.
GOT YA! HAHA!
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GOT YA! HAHA!
Posted: Jun 30th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said
Stating the obvious seems fun. Wish I got paid to do that.
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Posted: Jun 30th 2008 3:19PM Korova Pamplona said
"mind-blowing" and "staggering" should be taglines for this post and others like it.
I am a stag and I dont mind being blown.
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I am a stag and I dont mind being blown.
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