DFC: DS Could Be Best Selling Video Game Platform Ever
Think the PS2's over 115
million in worldwide sales is impressive? According to the analysts at
DFC Intelligence, the Nintendo DS is on pace to become the best selling
platform ever. DFC believes the worldwide portable market will exceed
$10 billion in revenue in 2007. More within...
Nintendo's
DS handheld has taken the industry by storm; that's no secret. In Japan
the Nintendo portable has been out-shipping Sony's PSP on a nearly
three-to-one basis. Moreover, in 2006 the DS almost single handedly
elevated
the Japanese video game market out of its previous doldrums. On this
side of the Pacific, not only is the DS consistently outselling the
PSP, but it often outsells all consoles. In February, the DS was once
again No.1 with
485K units sold.
With the above in mind, it's not surprising that DFC Intelligence's
David Cole believes that the DS could very well become the No.1 video
game platform in history. "The DS has the potential to be the
best-selling interactive entertainment platform ever," he said.
This comes from DFC's latest report on the portable gaming market,
which the firm predicts will exceed $10 billion in worldwide revenue
this year, led by the DS. DFC said that the PSP will "establish a solid
position in the marketplace" but that much of the Sony portable's fate
will depend on how much effort Sony Computer Entertainment decides to
put into promoting the platform over the next few years.
DFC is so optimistic about the portable sector that the firm thinks it
will soon lead the market instead of supplementing the console space.
"Under the right scenario, by 2011 the combined installed base of the
DS and PSP could exceed that for the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3
and Microsoft Xbox 360," noted Cole.
Read the full article here...James Brightman
March 21, 2007
Source: GameDaily BIZ