| DirtyP2002 said: Another question, why does the Wii have 29 million sellers 15 (16 if you count Sonic / Mario) published by Big N and the Xbox 360 47 million sellers (11 published by MS). Of course the Wii has a 13.5 million (!!!) larger Userbase. They should have significantly more million sellers shouldn't they? Please poit out, where I am wrong. *edit* 5 of the 29 million seller are bundled with hardware in any form. |
This one should be blatantly obvious honestly =P
But I happen to have the exact data to explain it, so give me one moment...
Ok, software sales are a function of two factors and you, like many others, are ignoring one in favor of the other. The two factors are installed hardware units and length of ownership for those installed units. Simply looking at the installed units is akin to thinking that cooking involved getting the right temperature for the oven but ignoring the amount of time it has been in the oven.
The data reflects this as a quick check of my spreadsheet shows that the average 360 owner has owned his/her console for just shy of 70 weeks. This compared to the Wii where the average owner has had their console for about 46 weeks. In short 360 owners have had their consoles about 50% longer.
If you add into this the fact that the 360 had a much less competitive market for a full year as well it gives them another little boost and an advantage.
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