Xbox360, Wii, PS3, and software

[naznatips]

Legend11 said:

naznatips said:
What Bod is doing to make up for that extra year Legend is to compare the 2 most recent months on the basis that those months represent a more relevant data sample.

Also, eugene, the point of him also comparing October was to show that there is a similar relative hardware to software attach rate for the Wii in that month as well BEFORE SMG was released. The ratios of software to hardware remained the same between both months.

Where is Bod getting his percentages from? NPD only released a list of sales for the top 10 games so how is it possible to get a percentage of the total amount of software sold by console? The numbers I presented are also from NPD and are calculated using the total amount of software sold for each console.

Bod is deducing that Microsoft had less than 50% of total software because for the first time in 4 months Microsoft said that they "sold the most software" instead of "outsold the PS3 and Wii combined in software." His deduction is a very reasonable one. There is a chance that Microsoft simply forgot to tack on their usual boast, but it's very unlikely.