America sales up, Big numbers

[Aiemond]

fastyxx said:
I said on the comments for the chart that if you divide out games per console, the software sales for both 360 and PS3 are pretty equal. The ratio of install base to the ratio of weekly software totals are both a little over 2:1

The PS3 is moving software ok. It may not be the titles people WANT to sell more, but they are doing fine. They just look bad because of the install base discrepancies between the PS3 and 360 or Wii. There are the rare ttiles like COD:WaW that are more like 3:1 360 sales, but that says more about the FPS crowd and online gaming on Live than a 3rd party purchase leaning toward 360's favor. Other games like Tomb Raider more than cover the 2+:1 install base ratio.

 

How does the tie ratio come into this? Developers want raw sales and proifit. Those are the two most important things (one which leads to the other :P). The fact is, as long as the same title is selling double on one console as it is on the other, which one do you think is going to get developers attention? Which one are the investors going to want to develop for? The fact is, with the Xbox starting to outsell the PS3 by a hefty margin now this means an increase in the discrepency in sales numbers. Even if the tie ratios are the same.