zarx on 31 May 2012
| mike_intellivision said: The numbers in the PR piece were "* Based on internal company records and reports from key distribution partners. " What that means is open to interpretation. My guess is that the vast difference is with DL vs.retail. Downloading directly is the main way PC software of many types is sold today. So retail sales numbers have limited value/meaning. And console gaming is starting down that path as Sony and Nintendo are making (or planning to make) digital purchases available on Day 1. Mike from Morgantown |
while it is open to interpretation the fact they say "reports from key distribution partners" suggests that it is sellthrough rather than shipped as the shipped numbers would all be available internally, they know how many copies they sold to distributors.
I do agree that retail sales of PC games is only a small peice of the picture these days, and growing less relevent every year.
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