Analyst predictions for US hardware/software sales - April
May 14th, 2007
Everyone’s favorite analyst Michael Pachter has released his predictions for the month of May. Check out the bulletpoints below.
- Software sales are expected to be around $345 million (next-gen), $95 million of which should be from Wii and PS3 releases
- Expected hardware sales
DS: 450,000
Wii: 300,000
PS2: 250,000
PSP: 200,000
Xbox 360: 175,000
PS3: 100,000
GBA: 100,000
- Expected software top sellers: Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (800,000), Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, God of War II, Guitar Hero II
Mr. Pachter comments on the future - “Most of the major U.S. publishers have already announced solid March quarter results, and we expect sales strength to continue in April. Share prices of the major U.S. publishers may pull back later in 2007, when software sales growth comparisons become more difficult, hardware sales remain flat, and investors attempt to lock-in any gains. Now that supply and demand of the PS3 and Wii are near balance (expected for the Wii in May), we think that hardware unit sales will be more modest than they were in the analogous period of 2002, when console prices averaged under $200. We continue to expect higher average console prices to be an impediment to rapid sell-through of hardware, and we expect cycle-to-cycle declines of 10% or more for hardware sales to persist through the end of summer 2007.”
More specific predictions here
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