In more what-the-analysts-said news, notable industry figure Michael Pachter has noted that the games industry will be recession resistant, considering how tumultuous the stock markets are right now.
"Notwithstanding this month’s anticipated decline, we believe that the videogame software sector remains highly recession-resistant," he wrote in an investors note. "This month’s anticipated decline" is the [...]

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World of Warcraft’s popularity knows no bounds, and if an analyst is to go by, it’s going to go beyond bounds, however lame that may sound.
Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian expects the MMORPG titan to add another 1 million subscribers in the next year to its significantly large 10.9 subscriber base.
"We expect a [...]

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Microsoft has been very aggressive with the pricing for Xbox 360, keeping it well below that of its “direct” competitor – the PS3. While Sony has stated that it does not plan on reducing the price of its Blu-ray playing console this year, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich believes that letting its lower-priced competitors stay [...]

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The cancelation of Tiberium came as a shock to many, seeing as how far the game was in development and how promising it looked. Keeping that theme intact, however, industry analysts have offered differing opinions on what it means for Electronic Arts, the publisher.
Janco Partners analyst Mick Hickey believes that [...]

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EA is positioning Spore to be a big-seller this year, but just how successful will the game be? Colin Sebastian, analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, is the first to try to give it a number: 2 million.
Sebastian’s guess is in tune with EA’s own expectations that the game will be a blockbuster. [...]

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Sony and Microsoft are each doing well with there consoles. Nintendo isn’t doing so bad either. In fact, they are the only console manufacturer that sells their console at a profit. Combined with the fact that, even a year and half, or so, into the Wii’s lifespan, they continue to sell every unit shipped, Nintendo [...]

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