An analyst has given his assessment of what the three biggest game hits for the Christmas season 2019 on PS4, PC, and Xbox One will be. With Borderlands 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare being two online shooters, the third place goes to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Analyst Doug Creutz commits to precise sales figures.
Who is speaking? Analyst Doug Creutz works for Cowen, which is a U.S. investment bank. The bank’s job is to find investments that are truly worthwhile. They analyze various markets – including the video game market – hoping to back the right horse.
Creutz specializes in entertainment, media, and technology and provides assessments of which new games are expected to sell best by the end of 2019.
So many people are buying the games: According to Creutz, the sales figures will look like this by the end of the year:
- Borderlands 3 sells about 9 million units – Release date September 13, 2019
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is projected to sell between 12 and 13 million units – Release date November 15, 2019
- the mega hit will be the ultra-realistic Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 24 million units sold – Release date October 25, 2019
Creutz expects these three titles to be the best-selling games of 2019 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, placing them ahead of games like Death Stranding, Doom Eternal, or Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.
Stock prices rise after analysis
Here is the reaction: Following this analysis, the stock prices of Take-2 (Gearbox), EA (Star War), and Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty) rose on Tuesday. EA’s stock price has remained elevated until today, while the stocks of Take-2 and Activision Blizzard have dipped slightly.
The stock prices of the “shooter companies” had collapsed after U.S. President Donald Trump stated that violent video games were partly responsible for the mass shootings in the U.S.
The big blockbuster is missing in 2019, but people will still buy
What’s behind it: From the industry’s perspective, 2019 is a “transitional year.” Studios are releasing some of their last titles for the current console generation PS4 and Xbox One – they are already preparing for the next generation, PS5 and Xbox Scarlett.
While the big blockbuster is missing as it was with Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018, there seems to be a good offering: people want new games.
While Borderlands 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are well-known names currently in their promotional campaigns, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order does come as a bit of a surprise on the list.
Here, it seems the Star Wars franchise is incredibly strong. The E3 presentation of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order wasn’t groundbreaking, and since then, not much has been heard about the game.
