The July NPD’s were released last week. The one thing we can take away from the results were that software sales saw a slump and the Xbox 360 S helped consoles sales tremendously. As we approach the holiday season, more big name games are scheduled to released. Before the end of the year we will see Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: Reach, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and LittleBigPlanet 2 all released very close to each other. However EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) analyst Jesse Divnich believes it will take more than software sales to recover from the sales slump of the summer.

MSNBC Games Editor Kristin Kalning has a piece about the lack of quality software on the Nintendo Wii. We’re really beginning to see the divide between the hardcore gamer that’s currently disappointed in Nintendo’s offerings and the casual gamer that is just happy to be here.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, one of the go-to voices for game industry commentary, has a quote in the article that’s certain to be controversial. Pachter, quoted by MSNBC, says…

Following recent speculation that Nintendo is currently working on a high definition Wii for release “by 2009,” Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has expressed his support for the idea, revealing that he is “absolutely convinced” a “Wii HD” is in the works.

Pachter explained in a recent AFP news article article that he believes it is essential for Nintendo to overcome the Wii’s lacking hardware if the company truly wishes to fulfil its promise of a console for everybody, including core gamers — many of whom have been disappointed with the company’s…

The Wii has built a huge sales lead over the Xbox 360 and PS3 but it still trails the Xbox 360 in terms of its installed-base – the number of units actually in use. However, the way Wiis are disappearing from store shelves, it will not be long before the Wii installed-base flies past the 360. According to market research firm, iSuppli, the Wii will have the largest installed-base among the current generation consoles by the end of 2008.

iSuppli expects Wii’s installed-base by year-end to be 30.2 million units, up from 18 million in 2007. On the other hand, the installed-base of the Xbox 360 is expected to be…

Videogame analysts have time and again clamored about a possible take over of Take Two. It seemed that Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick’s denial of any such possibility had silenced all those analysts. But that is no longer the case, as Janco Partners’ analyst Mike Hickey has broken the brief silence over the issue with more »