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Analyst: Wedbush Anticipates PS3 & Wii Lineups

An analyst has predicted the launch lineups of both the PS3 and Wii through the beginning of 2007, and included his sales predictions for selected titles - full info inside.

Brandon Boyer, Blogger

October 10, 2006

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The same report predicting specific holiday numbers for next-gen consoles issued by Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has also detailed the entirety of what the firm believes will make up the software launch line up for both the Wii and PlayStation 3 platforms in November. The list of titles, which was compiled based of WMS's estimates, represents healthy launch day offerings for both consoles. However, at this time neither Nintendo nor Sony have confirmed which first and third party titles will definitely be available day and date with each console's release. The list of launch titles predicted by the firm are listed below, along with the anticipated sales figures where available. Nintendo Wii Official Software Release Schedule (from launch to March 31, 2007) 1 Wii Sports (bundled with hardware) - Nintendo 2 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo 3 Excite Truck - Nintendo 4 WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Nintendo 5 Battalion Wars II - Nintendo 6 Big Brain Academy (temporary name) - Nintendo 7 Mario Strikers Charged - Nintendo 8 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Nintendo 9 Super Mario Galaxy (temporary name) - Nintendo 1 Call of Duty 3 - Activision (200,000) 2 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision (200,000) 3 Rapala Tournament Fishing - Activision (<50,000) 4 Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Activision (300,000) 5 World Series of Poker - Activision (<50,000) 6 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Atari (200,000) 7 Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus 8 Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action - Buena Vista Games 9 Disney's Meet the Robinsons - Buena Vista Games 10 Dance Factory - Codemasters 11 Sidewinder - Codemasters 12 The Godfather - Electronic Arts 13 Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000) 14 Need for Speed: Carbon - Electronic Arts (500,000) 15 SSX - Electronic Arts 16 Tiger Woods PGA Tour - Electronic Arts 17 Elebits - Konami 18 Bust a Move Revolution - Majesco 19 The Ant Bully - Midway (100,000) 20 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Midway (50,000) 21 Happy Feet - Midway (100,000) 22 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - Midway 23 Rampage: Total Destruction - Midway (50,000) 24 Sonic and the Secret Rings - Sega 25 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz - Sega 26 Metal Slug Anthology - SNK 27 Avatar: The Last Airbender - THQ (200,000) 28 The Barnyard - THQ (200,000) 29 Disney's/Pixar's Cars - THQ (300,000) 30 SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab - THQ (300,000) 31 Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Ubisoft 32 Far Cry: Vengeance - Ubisoft 33 GT Pro Series - Ubisoft 34 Monster 4x4: World Circuit - Ubisoft 35 Open Season - Ubisoft 36 Prince of Persia - Ubisoft 37 Rayman Raving Rabbids - Ubisoft 38 Red Steel - Ubisoft 39 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Ubisoft 40 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft 41 Ice Age 2 - Vivendi WMS Anticipated Sony PS3 Software Release Schedule (from launch to December 31, 2006) 1 Call of Duty 3 - Activision (600,000) 2 Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Activision (300,000) 3 Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Activision (300,000) 4 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks 5 Fight Night 3 - Electronic Arts (400,000) 6 Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (700,000) 7 NBA Live 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000) 8 Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts (800,000) 9 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Electronic Arts (400,000) 10 Mobile Suit Gundam: Target In Sight - Namco Bandai 11 Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Namco Bandai 12 Ridge Racer 7 - Namco Bandai 13 Full Auto 2: Battlelines - Sega 14 Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega 15 Gran Turismo HD - Sony 16 NBA 07 - Sony 17 Resistance: Fall of Man - Sony 18 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Sony 19 Genji: Days of the Blade - Sony 20 NBA 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (400,000) 21 NHL 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (200,000) 22 Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Ubisoft 23 Rainbow Six: Vegas - Ubisoft 24 F.E.A.R. - Vivendi

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