Analyst: Hot Pursuit To Benefit From Gran Tursimo 5 Delay, 4.2 Million Hot Pursuit Sales This Holiday

Gaming analyst Mike Hickey of Janco Partners’ predicts that EA’s Criterion-developed NFS: Hot Pursuit could sell 4.2 million units and rake up $185 million in sales this holiday.

He believes that “the delay of Gran Turismo 5 will likely benefit the holiday sales performance of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.”

NFS: Hot Pursuit releases on November 16 2010 in the US and November 19 2010 Europe on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.