Analysts predict May sales shrinkage

Not very hard to predict. No holidays around. No big (i.e. really good) titles due out.

Analysts beed to be a little mor eoptimistic then maybe we can get some better sales :)

@ DR. Mcteabag... I agree with you 100%..

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Why did game sales slump? Hmm, I don't know, how about the fact that there were no freaking games last month? I'm sick of developers saying "Holiday this year!" Spread out the flow and your sales will be better and I will be happier.

im guessing wii and ds as top 2 sellers, with 360 psp ps3 then ps2 following

analysts articles on gamespot are about as popular as kramers rants at the laugh factory

I could see how they are not doing so well

everyone who has a ps3 bought infamous because its the only exclusive game ps3 has out that is decent at the moment when god of war comes out then all the ps3 owners will get that its just common sense when halo 3 came out all the xbox 360 owners got that

@Kravyn81 You, my friend, are a genius

Punch-Out!! has been selling really well, which makes me happy. One of the best Nintendo games ever--it deserves great sales.

Despite this apparent slump, the gaming industry as a whole is alive and kicking. There is going to be some year-to-year variation depending on what blockbuster titles were released in the past and current years. In general though, the gaming population seems to be growing and people are spending more and more of their time and money on this hobby.

Infamous, RE5, SF4, and Halo Wars are the only real "good" games that have come out this year so far. Last year we had Mario Kart (crap in my opinion), Smash Bros. Brawl, GTA4 (crap again). Either way those games from last year are wayyyy bigger players so of course we will be down this year. \ \ Remember down just means down from last year.....they still made MILLIONS AND MILLIONS and good for them I love games.

I think the gaming industry will bounce back after all we've seen at E3.

Doesnt matter i still reserved Overlord2 360 and overlord legends wii

The month before E3, besides nothing has come out in May. Not exactly a "big" release month. Last year we didn't have 9.2% unemployment either.

I bought UFC 2009 and am very pleased with my purchase. I have created my own fighters in the different weight classes and have had them compete online against my friends characters. I am very pleased with my fighters as they remain unbeaten!!!

"I was in the pool! I was in the pool!" If you get that reference...kudos :D

If Killzone2 didnt sell as well as expected, I doubt Infamous will But Who Knows really ???

i disagree... everyone that has a ps3 practically bought infamous it seems like around here... its so awesome

Who cares what analysts have to say? They don't include direct download numbers, so they aren't giving the full picture, as usual. Heck, the only people that care about this are the marketing and PR guys.

I've seen some local numbers, and these predictions are not going to hit the mark. Look at this month's titles alone. Red Faction, Infamous, and Prototype are going to change sales numbers. I don't even want to think what Christmas sales are going to look like with all of the triple A titles releasing within three months of each other. We are all hurting this month and last month so far, but just looking at Prototype and Infamous sales in my district, I don't think that is going to be case locally.

UFC Undisputed should easily sell a million copies by the end of this month. That's if they didn't in May and this is just US sales. kkkkknaruto - I don't believe those numbers at all for UFC. I'll wait for the real numbers to come out in the next couple days.

"Analysts predict May sales shrinkage" It was in the pool! It was in the pool!

I think the 15-17% territory is the best estimate, just using my gut and not any fancy charts though.

Not many good games coming out! People don't waste their money foolishly now and buy the best games. Good games are coming this fall so the video game industry should prosper by that time.

also ufc has sold 330,000 units on da ps3 and 360,000 units on the xbox 360 coming to an approximate estimation of about 690,000 units together up to may 30th of sales. This is according to vgchartz. AND also this is worldwide sales not just america the same for infamous.

@JJ Marsh infamous has sold approximately 184,874 units up to may 30th of sales. This is according to vgchartz.

june should be good for wii as well as july

Cod water also predicts significant shrinkage.

I wonder how many units inFamous has sold thus far. Does anyone know?

hah, shrinkage

assassinatur54, Full retail price $60 V.S. $20.00 and under. you'll be surprise that not many people can cough up $60. Not to mention the TON of games coming out this year.

I hate when people don't buy the good games but the crappy ones. I mean old games are out selling new ones! How the hell is that even possible?