Xbox 360 & PS3 Software Sales Comparisons

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WereKitten said:

emitcowboys said:
Attachment rates are a big deal but look at the games per console ratios. It isn't even close...

Everyone knows GAMES are we companies make their money. Not Systems. GAMES

The game/console ratio is skewed that way because the 360 has been on the market longer. If you compute the software sales per week of console ownership i.e. how many games are sold per week to each console owner you get Wii>PS3>360 (or at least that's what you got the last time I calculated it, here's a thread by theRepublic with some nice charts). This indicator is actually more significative for the business people than the total tie ratio because it allows to project average sales per week on each console's install base right now.

Of course with the current install bases I can still expect 360 to sell more software in absolute, and you're right that it's what really brings the money.

@Zizzla

me neither, but you'll have to tell Zen. I just pointed out something about his hypothetical scenario.

 

Really?? Let's look at this weeks results  http://vgchartz.com/weekly.php

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your trying to say.. cause Wii is distant third (note that these numbers INCLUDE Wii Sports)

 

Weekly Software Sales                      Total Userbase       % userbase who purchased a game

	1,824,631 (-3%)	51,119,113	3.56%
	1,306,800 (-10%)	30,866,698	4.23%
	956,587 (-7%)	22,857,934	4.18%