Overall September NPD video game software sales were down 8% year-over-year despite launches of strong franchises, Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson tells investors in a research note. The top title for Sept. was Sony's (SNE) Spiderman followed by Take-Two's (TTWO) NBA 2K19, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and Electronic Arts' (EA) FIFA 19, the analyst points out. Olson views the Sept. NPD data as less relevant for Activision Blizzard (ATVI) given his expectation for greater than 75% of its revenue coming from digital sources. He maintains Overweight ratings on Activision, Electronic Arts and Take-Two.

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