Ail said:
disolitude said:
Yakuzaice said:
disolitude said:
Diomedes1976 said:
disolitude said:
Sony sells less software then microsoft this gen. Also, they spend more on hardware than microsoft. If Sony is making money off videogames that cover the hardware expenses, Microsoft is laughing to the bank right about now. |
How do you know Sony sells less software ?
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If we go by VG chartz we get the following numbers for the last year -
Microsoft -
1 Halo 3 Microsoft 8.16m
2 Lost Odyssey Microsoft 0.80m
3 Mass Effect Microsoft 1.98m
4 Ninja Gaiden 2 Microsoft 0.67m
5 Forza Motorsport 2 Microsoft 3.99m
6 Project Gotham Racing 4 Microsoft 1.02m
Sony -
1 Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Sony Computer Entertainment 1.73m
2 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Sony Computer Entertainment 1.28m
3 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Sony Computer Entertainment 1.97m
4 Heavenly Sword Sony Computer Entertainment 1.15m
5 Folklore Sony Computer Entertainment 0.19m
6 Lair Sony Computer Entertainment 0.34m
7 MLB 08: The Show Sony Computer Entertainment 0.48m
8 Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Sony Computer Entertainment 0.64m
9 Siren: New Translation Sony Computer Entertainme 0.07m
10 NBA 08 Sony Computer Entertainment 0.07m
Add them up and you will see which has higher numbers. My math comes to 16 + mil for microsoft compared to 8+ mil for Sony.
Also this is not counting the xbox live revenue where games sell by the boat loads and microsoft gets 70% of that revenue. I'm pretty positive Xbox live sells more games than PSN...anyone feel like arguing that?
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Err...what dates are you using? There are some other more recent games like Singstar, Warhawk, and Buzz that you left out.
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Last year. I wasn't sure when nba 08 came out hence why i added it last as you can see...Warhawk and motostorm were early 2007 while resistance was 2006.
Trust me, no matter how far back you go, sony published PS3 titles do not outsell 360 titles published by microsoft. All sony has for PS3 is high development cost. Keep in mind im jsut trying to say that the topic is wrong. Sony does sell more software than microsoft. Sony published PS2 + PSP + PS3 titles...sure.
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Published <> developed by...
Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, NG2 were not developed by MS studios and resulted in much lower profit per copy sold than lets say Uncharted....
And when Microsoft is publishing third party titles as exclusives you really have to wonder if they take the usual publisher cut or agreed to lower it to have the title go exclusives...
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We are getting in to finer details of the videogame business that I don't know much about so I am not going to argue.
All I can say is that I can't imagine Insomniac working for a Sony salary...they obviously take a cut from their games...so does naughty dog I'm pretty sure. So without those Sony doesn't have too many high selling games. Now what bungie takes from Halo 3 and What Epic tages frm Gears of war...your guess is as good as mine.
