Analyst group DFC Intelligence released a sales forecast for the video game market today, predicting that the industry would reach $57 billion in revenue by 2009. They also state that despite the condidtion of the economy, sales of software products haven’t been affected in the slightest.
“Consumer spending on software is at record levels and the game business seems to actually benefit from a recession because games are a relatively cheap form of home entertainment,” said DFC analyst David Cole.
Regarding the hardware sales of each platform, DFC expects the Wii to be the number one selling console this generation, with the PlayStation 3 expecting to catch up to in in software sales by 2012. The Xbox 360, as they say, will remain a “leading player in some of the top markets, most notably the U.S. and U.K”.
They also dubbed the PC as the best platform for games in 2007, and predicted that its game revenue would reach $19 billion by 2013.
In addition, another new report by the group entitled “Video Game Genre Forecasting”, predicts that the while the Wii remains hardware leader, many third parties will have to go to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to have sell more games.
“The Wii not only has unique features and a broad demographic appeal, but Nintendo is dominant as a software publisher. 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.”
So, aside from the PS3 and PC software numbers, let’s get this straight. The Wii’s the best selling system, third-party games aren’t selling on it, Xbox 360 sells the most in the U.S. and U.K, and despite the economy games are still selling. Nope, didn’t know that at all…..
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