Deductive reasoning alone disproves such a argument. While this time frame may be more conducive to game sales. It is not conducive to better sales for all. Which is why new games are released year round, and why big games will come out in off peak months. If a game wouldn't qualify to be in the top ten of sales, or it would be genre overkill. Then there is a strong financial incentive to not release in this period.
To put it another way if a game looks like it is going to be the twelfth most popular title of the season, and that may mean it will sell two million copies. It may be better for it to be the most popular game in a off season where it may sell three or four million copies. This is probably why we see a lot of games getting delayed every year to early in the next year. I think developers have run the numbers.
September through December may account for well over half the spending, but that means it can only bare so many games, and it can only reward so many big games.
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