Tretton: "We expect strong growth in the next fiscal year"

[Chrizum]

TheNoobHolocaust said:

Chrizum said:

TheNoobHolocaust said:

Bail said:

Is he talking about UK sales or WW sales ?

He was actually talking about active units. PS3 has 43.4 million whereas 360 has 42.9 million.

Meaning that worldwide PS3 is being played more but in total sales 360 has 52.8 million and PS3 has 49.1 million

Which, ofcourse everyone knows, is total bullshit.

Lmao sure... I don't see why its so impossible to believe that PS3 has more active units, considering RROD and console bans which is rare for PS3 because its not as heavily moderated. I think its definitely possible for there to be more active PS3s than 360s.

So there are 52.8 million 360's sold,  and they say 42.9 are active right? That means that 9.9 million either succumed to RROD, were banned, or are even just collecting dust. Maybe its just me but that doesn't seem too unusual. Same goes for PS3, 49.1 million sold and 43.4 active. Meaning 5.7 million succumed to YLOD, were banned, or are collecting dust.

Those numbers seem pretty fair to me.

It doesn't matter if the numbers seem fair to you or me. What those "analysts" have done is just slap a random numbe on it and call it "active" while there is no way of telling. Moreover, it would be a total irrelevant statistic, as you can just look at software sales to look at the true "most active" system and that is still the 360.

In short, "active userbase" is a bullshit term without any methodological backup.