Retailers believe PS2 will mop up during holiday season by
Jolex Del Pilar
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Recent survery predicts PS2 hardware superiority as well as a big season for PS2 games.
Independent marketing services firm, PlayDate Inc., has released the results of its annual retailer survey, predicting hot items for the holiday shopping season.
The survey expects this holiday season to be “one of the best ever” for videogame software and hardware, citing the recent price drop on all three major consoles. Here are the results of PlayDate’s survey, broken down into three categories:
Best Selling Videogame Hardware 1. PlayStation 2—SCEA 2. Game Boy Advance—Nintendo 3. PS2 Network Adaptor—SCEA 4. GameCube—Nintendo 5. PS one—SCEA 6. Xbox—Microsoft
Best Selling Videogame Software 1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City—Rockstar Games 2. Bond 007: NightFire—Electronic Arts 3. Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets—Electronic Arts 4. Madden NFL 2003—Electronic Arts 5. Metroid Prime—Nintendo of America 6. Sega Sports NBA 2K3—Sega of America 7. Sega Sports NFL 2K3—Sega of America 8. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs—SCEA 9. Tony Hawk ProSkater 4—Activision 10. WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth—THQ
Best Selling PC Games 1. The Sims Online—Electronic Arts 2. Age of Mythology—Microsoft 3. Backyard Sports—Infogrames 4. Dora the Explorer—Infogrames 5. Everquest: Planes of Power—SOE 6. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2—Infogrames 7. SpongeBob SquarePants Employee of the Month—THQ 8. The Sims: Unleashed—Electronic Arts 9. Unreal II—Infogrames 10. Warcraft III—Blizzard Entertainment
