Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that software sales across Sony’s PlayStation family of consoles will account for approximately 31 percent of all global videogame sales during 2009.
The outspoken analyst indicated in Wedbush’s annual Interactive Industry Report that although sales of PlayStation 2 software have dwindled in recent months, PS3 worldwide game sales have more than doubled since last year.
2008 saw a total of 62.4 million PS3 games shifted, marking a substantial rise over 2007’s total, which clocked in at 29.6 million. This spike looks set to continue for the remainder of this year, with Pachter believing that both PS3 and PSP will make up for the decline in PS2’s retail performance.
PS3 looks set to come out on top, despite Pachter’s belief that Sony won’t "secure significant third party exclusivity" as it attempts to "to focus its internal development efforts on blockbuster games.”
2009 sees the release of a number of heavy hitters for Sony’s black box, including Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Massive Action Game.