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slowmo on 22 May 2010
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MikeB said:
@ slowmo

I think you and others are being childish, XBox fans here destroyed a lot of good discussions, be that technical or sales discussions.

the only valid comparison is total sales LTD


With the 1 year headstart for the XBox 360 in Japan and the US and a 1 year and 4 months headstart in PAL regions (2 extra holidays seasons in the past for the XBox 360) and more in other parts of the world that would a distorted picture.

What matters to software companies is not a headstart a platform in a distant past had on the market but how much software they can expect to sell now on a platform and the data clearly shows the PS3 has siginificantly beaten the XBox 360 on software sales last year despite 4.47 million fewer units on the market.

Even in the XBox 360's best year of software sales PS3 software relatively outsold the XBox 360 despite a very large install base gap. Yet total sales were virtually identical.

At the end of this fiscal year the PS3 install base is anticipated to have overtaken the XBox 360's total install base, so if you were a software company and you would start developing a software project today (which is done at the end of this fiscal year), considering all the data, which platform would be more interesting to you? (try to reason as a businessman when answering this question)

 

Think what you like, your the one calling people out when YOU were wrong. 

If I was a business man I would realise that the biggest market in the world for gaming is the US and the 360 dominates the PS3 in sales over there so I'd definately concentrate on the 360.  Considering all the data after this xmas when the PS3 has been beaten out in sales will you be calling for development to be stopped on it then MikeB?

You've made enough claims about the 360's reliability rate MikeB, I'd argue that there are actually potentially already less 360's out there than PS3's if you want to play the lets spin some bullshit figures game.  You should try practicing your own advice sometime and stop thinking like a fan.