It was a recordbreaking year, and with profits like this gaming is just going to become a larger focus... Meaning more quality titles for the gamer and more potential for current systems on the market. I'm personally glad to see that gaming is taking off ( Well for the most part, if anyone ever read my Jiggabox 360 thread ) because it means that we're in for more quality ( And some worthless quantity ) titles as the years go by.
Any predictions for next year? Do you see sales continuing to increase all across the board or will it be a slower year as far as profits due to 2 new systems being out on the market? I think profits in the game industry will continue to skyrocket the way things have been going for the industry.
Gamespot Article: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164101.html
Source: http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/01/12/1413245.shtml
Slashdot article ( If you want the full information check out the Gamespot article, it goes a little more in depth )
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Gamespot is reporting that, with the NPD numbers in, we can finally put the debate about last year's winners and losers to rest. Overall, the industry was the winner, with a record-breaking $12.5 Billion in sales last year. December accounted for almost $4 Billion all by itself. In software, the usual suspects prevailed. Madden topped the chart with 2.8 Million in sales for the PS2 version of Madden 07. Right behind was New Super Mario Bros. on the DS, with some 2 Million in sales of its own. On the console side of things ... well, as Kotaku points out 'everyone is a winner' this year. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have all put out press releases declaring themselves the winner of the Holiday console wars. The sad reality, though, is there can be only one. According to the NPD numbers, between the launch of the new consoles and the end of the year, some 1.1 Million Nintendo Wiis were sold with 687,300 PS3s following closely behind. Microsoft trails with its numbers from 2005; it sold 607,000 consoles in its launch year. Don't feel too bad for Microsoft, though. They sold 1.1 Million 360s in December. The article points out this means Microsoft met its '10 Million in sales' goal for the end of 2006.