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richardhutnik said:
askel50 said:

Why are people assuming that if there isn't a bump in software sales then there aren't new console owners? If I'm a new owner why should I purchase a new full priced game when I have a whole library of AAA games in the bargain bin which I haven't played? I fail to see the logic...

So, used games aren't tracked, and that explains the lack of sales spike for software, because people buy used?

Also you have to consider online purchases as well. Say for instance $700M in online sales for the last financial year. 4/7ths of that game content. @ $42 average sale price for retail games, essentially thats another 10M sales per year give or take... which averages out at about 200,000 retail purchases per week. Thats just a rough example, but thats another area which isn't tracked either. Not everything which isn't counted doesn't count.