Activision Predict 2009 Console Sales

Step aside, analysts and amateur crystal ball-gazers! Continuing a trend set by Microsoft, Activision have decided to start throwing console guesstimates around, taking a swing this morning at guessing console sales for 2009.

https://kotaku.com/microsoft-dates-playstation-3-price-drop-for-springtime-5125706

So just what does Activision boss Bobby Kotick see when he gazes into his crystal ball? All was revealed as part of the company’s earnings [[link]] conference call earlier today.

https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-shrugs-off-recession-reports-5-bi-5151500

He sees 8 million Xbox 360’s being sold in North America and Europe combined. He sees…8 million PlayStation 3’s being sold. Convenient! And towering over both is the [[link]] Wii, which the company thinks will sell a further 16 million for the year.

Combined with a forecast 21 million handheld sales – which they declined to divide between DS and PSP – that’s a lot of consoles. A [[link]] lot of consoles to release Guitar Hero and Call of Duty on.