Weekly hardware/software 23 August 2014

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Dyarwolf said:

elazz said:

Well they mean globally in the US obviously. Which means PS4 in US outselling Xone worldwide I guess. 

Jokes aside I literally read a lot of posts like this:

"Just wait until Madden releases. Xbone will definitely gain a big boost and will be ahead of PS4 in US that particular weak" or "Just wait until Madden gets out on Xbox One"

And they use reasoning that the franchise sold better on 360 or that it is a US game and Xbox One is a US console or some of that bullshit. 

It is a US game (if you mean by easily outselling EU and RoW). And it does sell better on Microsofts consoles.

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Madden NFL 25	X360	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	1.82	0.05	0.00	0.11	1.98
2	Madden NFL 25	PS3	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	1.40	0.03	0.00	0.09	1.52
3	Madden NFL 25	PS4	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.56	0.07	0.00	0.04	0.68
4	Madden NFL 25	XOne	2013	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.51	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.57
5	Madden NFL 25	iOS	N/A	Sports	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total	4.29	0.18	0.00	0.28	4.74

I don't think the XOne version will outsell the PS4, but the margins will be much closer compared to any other multiplat game.

Actually relative to install base Madden sells better on PS3 in North Ammerica by the look of your table. PS3:360 install base ratio is 1:1.6. PS3:360 Madden 25 sales is 1:1.3. therefore the attach rate for Madden is better on PS3. Dunno how it went through the generation with each Madden title but showing Madden 25 is not a good example of what you're trying to say.

So actually with a bigger install base, PS4 Madden sales should be significantly more than Xb one.