can ioi or other tell if Sony software sales are really improving?

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scottie said:

Icyedge said:

scottie said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/amonthly.php?month=3&year=2010&console=&maker=&boxartz=1#

2 possibilites

1) Your source is completely and utterly wrong

2) The average price of a PS3 game sale was higher this month, which seems likely being as the PS3 game sales were mostly big name new release blockbuster titles whereas the 360 sales were more from older or smaller ames

I'm leaning towards 2

If you look at worlwide software chart youll see that nearly all multiplatform are selling better on PS3 nowadays. So no matter how you try to spin it, PS3 is selling more software than 360 with or without the recent big name.

 

P.S.: The numbers he posted are for worlwide not just america, but hes confusing the 2 after that.

 

I am trying to spin nothing.

 

As for the claim that the PS3 is selling more software without the recent big names.

 

I challenge that.

 

Now, of course, in addition to the big name software selling themselves, they also sold some hardware, which in turn sold more games. However, I shall be generous and ignore this completely.

 

Now, worldwide March sales comparison for software ignoring titles released that month

 

360 software sales with new releases = 9.25 million

minus 3.479 million (I only included games that made the top 50 for the month, feel free to add in the other 150 if you care

Total from old games 5.771 million

 

PS3 Software sales with new releases = 13.146

minus 6.055

Total from old games 7.091

 

Hey would you look at that, even with the massive hardware sales spike due to Sony concentrating a lot of big games into a small and usually quiet period, the PS3 is not far ahead of the 360 in terms of selling old titles.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not disparaging the PS3. But if you think that the PS3 is going to be selling more software than the 360 for any noticeable length of time then you are going to be dissapointed

 

 

@ P.S. You're right, I was responding only to "1) does your data confirms that PS3 is leading in software sales significantly to XBOX in NA?"

I think u confirm my point.. thanks.. 7.091 to 5.77 is around 23% more than XBOX.. and PS3 is mainly leading in Japan & Europe.. and Japan is not such a strong software mover for PS3 atleast.. i think Japan has lowest attach rate for PS3.. so if u keep NA & Europe PS3 is ahead but not a lot.. and still 23% more software i think is quite a good result