Pachter: PlayStation software sales will account for 31% of all games sold worldwide in 2009

by Majed Athab { Jul 1st 2009 at 1:30AM }

Although Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter, predicts PS2 will become somewhat irrelevant in 2009, he doesn't discount the combined strength of the PlayStation brand. He remains optimistic for the entire PlayStation family as he expects "software sales for Sony consoles to account for 31% of all game software sold worldwide."

Pachter indicated in Wedbush's annual Interactive Industry Report that, while the numbers have been dwindling for PS2, overall worldwide software sales for PS3 titles have more than doubled within the last year. In 2008, 62.4 million units of PS3 software titles have been sold -- a huge step up from the 29.6 million units sold in 2007. The momentum of this growth will carry into 2009, according to Pachter, who believes PS3 and PSP titles (the latter of which only saw a 15% increase in worldwide sales last year) will pick up PS2's slack.

PS3 titles will be the top sellers, despite the fact that Pachter predicts Sony won't "secure significant third party exclusivity" as it continues "to focus its internal development efforts on blockbuster games." It's interesting to note, in light of another report, this strategy hasn't really worked out for Sony.

What a precise claim from Pachter.

ANOTHER one?

you have 210pages of it so expect a barrage of them...

He is right. Sony has 2 Gran Turismos coming out next year

He is talking about this year.

PSP is dead software-wise. Last week, there was not one single PSP game that crossed 10.000 in NA. PSP-Go with its $250 (€) price-tag won't help either.

PS2 won't have huge software sales either, some titles here and there in the top50, but nothing big

The PS3 has the problem with its userbase. It is just way too small to compete against Wii/X360/DS combined. And without GT5, there is no game that could compete against a Wii Sports Resort / Wii Fit Plus or a new Halo.

So in a word: Pachter fails.... AGAIN!

i was talking about next year. and userbase wasnt the problem for PS2 to sell a lot software when it was under 30 million

You are full of BS my friend, and have absolutly NO idea what you are talking about ;)

Despite heaving no game to sell over 10k in the US the PSP still moved over 212k software in the region and that number is after a downfall... also its obvious that some games are simply undertracked in the US like Rock Band Unplugged. Except this there is Japan where PSP software sales are ususally #1 or #2, depending if either the PSP or the DS gets a bigger release . Then there is Others where sales are probably just as good as in the US, tough there the tracking is pretty much impossible... add the DL games from the PSN and you have a system that even in a slow week can move 600k games at least ww... if thats dead then Im whitout words ;)

No sistem that can manage to push ~ 50 million games/year is dead... regardless the installbase...

^WIN

PSP and PS2 barely sell any software. I hope he isn't expecting PS3 software to account for that much.