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Next Gen

Page 1 is an overview of likely results, projections and headlines for major 3rd parties:

It's a snapshot of the state of the U.S. publishing scene that, broadly, shows the bigger companies in a strong position for the coming of new consoles. The likes of Midway and Atari are still grappling with the self-inflicted problems of the last few years, while Majesco is clearly struggling.

Page 2 has a list of key stats:

The U.S. hardware installed base currently stands at 85 million current generation consoles (including handhelds) as of the end of September 2005 (up from 75 million at year end 2004).

Sony’s PS2 shipment forecast of 13 million units worldwide does not incorporate a price cut this year. A price-cut could mean 2 – 3 million extra units.

Industry year-to-date sales through September 2005 (U.S. videogame console software) are $3.36 billion compared with 2004 same period sales of $3.22 billion. This is an increase of 4%.

Average prices are up 3% ($31.09 compared with 2004’s $30.22) for the year so far.

Unit sales are up 1% (108 million compared to 2004’s 107 million).

PC game software sales are $583 million year-to-date through September, trailing last year’s figure by $113 million (-16%).

For 2005, WMS anticipates that console and handheld ASPs will increase by 1.8% (to $31.31.

The analyst says unit sales for the year will be up 6.6%.

WMS believes October sales will be down approximately 15% (YoY), while November and December will grow in the high single digits.