Nintendo: We Are Responsible For 99% Of Game Industry Growth In 2008

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NJ5 said:
This statistic looks misleading to me... There could actually be two companies "responsible for 99% of the industry growth" if they're calculating the way I think they are.

Company A, B and C. In 2007 they sell 200, 100, 100. In 2008 company A goes out of business and they sell 0, 400, 400 (industry growth was 400).

Woah, both company B and C are responsible for 75% of the industry growth!

I think they have the revenue for products non related to Nintendo systems and the revenue tied to Nintendo systems for both 2007 and 2008.

The YoY revenue ( or like MS would say "consumer spent dollars" )  for products non related to Nintendo systems is basically flat while the YoY revenue for products tied to Ninendo systems has seen a growth of about 19%.

Then we can check the profits for the major gaming company and see who is making the big bucks