Analysis of "long-term" US software sales...

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Some quick conclusions / comments - then I have to give up my PC for a while... :P

 - Pokemon is amazingly strong compared to most other things on the list. Should hit 5m by the end of the year without a sweat.

 - a couple of PSP titles, show that even PSP games can sell well - and have legs. GTA especially has done very well.

 - Gears of War has been a huge success, and will slip into the 3m bracket within a couple of weeks.

 - Fight Night has been a great success for EA

 - Guitar Hero has been a revelation for Activision

The titles in the bottom bracket are interesting. They show that the brand is strong, and it has excellent legs - although the overall demand isn't that strong. Of these titles, a couple stick out:

 - Hanna Montana: with almost 700k sold, this has been a huge success. Look out for the sequel coming soon!

 - Tekken (PSP): quite poor sales really - averaging around 4.5k/week.

 - Scarface has done really well (and this is just a single platform).

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(it should also be noted, that I cut the charts at #100 - as there were too many titles to track after the #100 position. Maybe if we limit to 1m+ sold + 30 weeks ... I did notice Halo 2 in there, with 6.6m sold)