In advance of the NPD Group’s February sales data (expected this Thursday), Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has issued his own sales preview, which forecasts software sales to be down yet again. Software sales were down 12 percent in January and Pachter believes they’ll be down 10 percent to $665 million for February despite new releases like “BioShock 2,” “Heavy Rain,” and “Dante’s Inferno.”
From a hardware perspective, although the Wii continues to be the top seller, it’s still suffering from shortages, and Pachter expects February sales declined 40 percent to 455,000 units. He also thinks Xbox 360’s sales declined 10 percent to 350,000 units. PS3 meanwhile likely grew 9 percent to 300,000 units sold, he said. By GameDaily
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