Red Dead Redemption 2 will now debut on October 26.
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Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man raise game industry sales forecast for the rest of 2018

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Market researcher DFC Intelligence raised its forecast for video game hardware and software sales in 2018 and 2019. The forecast improvement is based on expectations for a stronger-than-expected second half, and much of that is based on anticipation for sales of Red Dead Redemption 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Rockstar Games’ 2010 epic Western.

Overall, DFC is forecasting that for the home console systems (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch), 2018 global packaged software sales will be up 11 percent. Digital sales could be up 32 percent. PC game sales are also expected to see growth, but at a more modest 6 percent.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.