tombi123 said:
gergroy said:
tombi123 said:
WereKitten said:
kowenicki said:
@tombi....
the attach rate for lots of genres is won by the 360..... RPG's for one. |
Using the same top 25 sellers sample, and again using the VGChartz categorization, the attach rates are:
PS3 360
FPS 0.64 1.11 360 +0.47
Shooter 0.00 0.35 360 +0.35
Action 0.64 0.23 PS3 +0.41
Racer 0.42 0.13 PS3 +0.28
Adventure 0.26 0.26 Tie
Platformer 0.17 0.09 PS3 +0.08
Sports 0.41 0.16 PS3 +0.25
RPG 0.15 0.30 360 +0.15
Other 0.09 0.40 360 +0.31
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So we can now say that the OP was wrong on two accounts.
1. The 360 user demographic is way more shooter (and RPG) orientated.
2. The PS3 user demographic is more diverse, ie, higher attach rates in more genres.
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are you looking at the same stats? it looks like a tie to me 4 xbox 4 ps3 and 1 tie.
I'm not really saying xbox doesn't do better in shooters mind, but it's not really as much due to xbox's specific demographic as it is due to the American cultural demographic. These stats don't really reflect that though.
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I joined FPS and shooter together because the OP was talking about shooters, not just FPS.
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yes, but technically the other is just a conglomerate of categories as well.
Either way, I think the op is right that neither system really has a radically different demographic. I think the numbers that we need to run are how these games perform in each region. Each region has a different culture and different interests. For example, Americans really like shooter games. So, with the 360 having twice the install base here in generally translates into better sales of shooters on the 360.
I am going to put out the hypothesis that if we compared sales by region, the attach rates would be almost identical. I'm too lazy to actually do this myself mind, but thats what I think would happen.
