XBox 360 hits 70 Million, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

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Dallinor said:

Although I agree he's formed a biased conclusion by strictly pointing at evidence that confirms his agenda, I'd like to see a breakdown of sales of multiplats compared to the install base per region. I've been thinking for a while now that the 14m lead the 360 has in NA isn't really translating into much higher sales in line with the much higher installbase, but I may well be wrong.

Piracy is obviously a reason, but also the stronger sales of the PS3 at the moment.

225k PS3 new PS3 owners this week want games to play. Even if they also own a 360. Theoretical multiplat distribution for them is now 50:50 instead of the previous 100:0 in favour of the 360.

Now in the USA the marketshare between the HD consoles is 62% for 360 and 38% for PS3.

Some recently released games:

Dishonored: 64% 360; 36% PS3
NBA 2K13: 56% 360; 44%
Resident Evil 6: 61% 360; 39% PS3
XCOM: 62% 360; 38% PS3
Madden: 55% 360; 45% PS3
Borderlands 2: 70% 360; 30% PS3


My conclusion: Sports games do better on PS3 and First Person games better on 360. The rest is pretty much in line with the marketshare.