Ozymandias

Industry Sales Estimates Up for this Year

At least according to Michael Pachter, in this interview on Gamesindustry.biz. Pretty interesting if true - there was a lot of angst about this year being the trough of the console cycle, and to end the year +5-10% year-over-year (versus predictions of...

Thoughts on PS3 Launch Quantities Being Cut

Few folks wrote to ask what I thought about the news that Sony had cut launch volumes from 4 million units to 2 million, and delayed the European launch until March of 2007. In addition, Sony also announced that they would have just 500k units for launch...

NPD: Game Software sales up 15% in June

Don't know how closely you watch the market, but this AP article highlights the news out of NPD that game sales were up 15% in June, and game stocks are reacting appropriately. The industry has been in a bit of a slump overall this past year due to the...