January US game software sales down 4%, predicts Pachter

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Originally posted on Gamespot

January US game software sales down 4%, predicts Pachter

Wedbush analyst foresees holiday holdovers and newcomers Darksiders and Mass Effect 2 as top games; hardware sales pegged as dropping 1%, Wii on top…again. This Thursday, the NPD Group is expected to issue its report for US game sales for the month of January. As usual, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter has preempted the industry-research firm’s date with his company’s predictions about last month’s performance. Commander Shepard would like to be paid now. On the hardware front, the ubiquitous analyst is prognosticating that sales will dip by 1 percent, with 1.975 million consoles and handhelds sold domestically during January. Despite possible post-holiday shortages, the Wii is pegged as the top platform with an estimated 555,000 units sold, followed by the DS with 525,000 units. Pachter predicts that 340,000 360s were sold, just beating out the PS3’s 330,000-unit total. The PSP is slotted for fifth place with 150,000 units, followed by the aging PS2 with …

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