Industry NewsMassive Post of NPD 2007 Data Put Into GraphsGamasutra - August 27, 2007
Submitted by Animate (241)
at 10:31PM PST on August 27, 2007
Tons of graphs and text explaining the significance of the data.
1st) A comparison of NCAA Football on consoles. 2nd) Guitar Hero II shows the purchase of RedOctane has already paid for itself. 3rd) Weekly Sales for Wii, PS3, 360 in graph for all of 2007. 4th) Installed base curves for consoles. 5th) PSP vs DS weekly 2007. 6th) Nearly UNPRECEDENTED Videogame Industry Growth this year GRAPHS! it seems likely that revenues may go above $18 billion. In this optimistic scenario, industry revenues during the single month of December 2007 would equal or surpass the total annual revenue from all of 1997.
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"If Wii supply constraints are eased, Halo 3 sells as well as expected, Sony's first-party software attracts more PS3 buyers, and Rock Band and Guitar Hero III are both hits, it seems likely that revenues may go above $18 billion."
It would seem they havent factorred in the 2 big Mario games set for release by the end of this year. Thats quite a big oversight. With those 2 games I see no reason why the industry could not reach $18B.