14 DAY TRIAL // An analyst watching the video game industry has stated that video game sales for the month of October in the United States will actually see an increase over the same period of 2009, mainly powered by the release of Medal of Honor, the first person shooter from DICE, Danger Close and Electronic Arts, and Fallout: New Vegas, the action and role playing game hybrid created by Obsidian and Bethesda.
Evan Wilson, who is an analyst working for Pacific Crest, says overall sales will increase by 15 percent to reach 660 million dollars.
The biggest seller in North America will be Medal of Honor, the revival of the first person shooting series which takes place in Afghanistan, which is predicted to have sold 1.25 million copies on the North American market and is closer to 3 million worldwide.
Second place will go to Fallout: New Vegas, which Bethesda has reported has shipped 5 million copies all over the world and is predicted to sell better than its predecessor Fallout 3.
Fable III, created by Lionhead and published by Microsoft exclusively on the Xbox 360, is set to sell 700,000 units while Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II sold close to half a million units.
Another big seller will be NBA 2K11, the basketball simulator from Take Two, which is predicted to have moved 800,000 units to players just as EA Sports decided to first delay and then cancel NBA Elite 11 and replace it with the more casual minded NBA Jam.
Sales in October 2009 were powered by Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which was a PlayStation 3 exclusive, and by Wii Fit from Nintendo.
Evan Wilson says that the comparison will be tougher for November, with the new Call of Duty: Black Ops and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood set to sell pretty much the same number of video games as their predecessors that arrived in 2009.