EMEAA July 31st UP!

[binary solo]

Squilliam said:

binary solo said:

Thats a very impressive drop from 360. I was expecting closer to 30% and at least 25% so to only be 20% down is a great momentum.

Excellent hold for all other systems to. Coincidental that all systems are down 2% and 360 is down 2% x 10.

I'm very befuddled by 360 SW vs PS3 SW. That gap is as large or larger than the sort of gap we typically see even when PS3 HW is > 360HW for the week. But we see a game like Bioshock 2 reappear in the top 50, top 30 even, with a ~ doubling of weekly sales for 3 weeks in a row from what it sold the week before 360s launched. I know there are upgraders among those 360HW numbers, but that many?

I always liked the long drops when i went on camping trips as a child. I was disapointed when they all started to flush...

As for software, well its really hard to say. I remember the PS3 slim didn't show much movement on software initially and people were using that as the basis for saying that PS3 owners were re-buying the systems en-masse.

P.S. The 2nd hand market might come into it as well. Whenever the new graphics cards come out the high end cards from the last generation tend to dip on the Steam surveys. However as time goes by they start to increase again. The assumption here is that the systems are sold/given away and it takes a few weeks before they get back into action.

They flush now? When did this happen?

Didn't think Bioshock 2 would be in the bargain bin just yet. But I guess 6 months has passed since launch; damn the year is going by so phreakin' fast.