For EA, PC > PS3?

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Kresnik on 01 August 2012

wfz said:

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Just gonna shamelessly rip a comment from reddit as to why EA made more revenue on PC than it did on PS3:

"Just one note on the PC/PS3 comparison. While it does appear that the PC earned more revenue for EA than the PS3 it is surely because EA gets a far bigger cut of the sale when selling the game via Origin than out of a big box retailer. It could still be that the PS3 is the larger market, but that game sales on PC are the larger revenue generator (which is really what's important)"

(http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/xi0qu/ea_announces_financial_results_pc_beating_ps3_the/)

This reddit post is a terrible argument. EA cares about profits. If the PS3 isn't pulling in as much revenue per sale as the PC, and the PC is giving them overall stronger revenue, then the PC market is simply the better market for them.

It's not really an argument, did you read it? It's just explaining why the revenue is larger on PC.

The "which is really what's important" part at the end kind of echoed what you just put, pretty much.

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wfz on 01 August 2012

Kresnik said:

wfz said:

Kresnik said:
Just gonna shamelessly rip a comment from reddit as to why EA made more revenue on PC than it did on PS3:

"Just one note on the PC/PS3 comparison. While it does appear that the PC earned more revenue for EA than the PS3 it is surely because EA gets a far bigger cut of the sale when selling the game via Origin than out of a big box retailer. It could still be that the PS3 is the larger market, but that game sales on PC are the larger revenue generator (which is really what's important)"

(http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/xi0qu/ea_announces_financial_results_pc_beating_ps3_the/)

This reddit post is a terrible argument. EA cares about profits. If the PS3 isn't pulling in as much revenue per sale as the PC, and the PC is giving them overall stronger revenue, then the PC market is simply the better market for them.

It's not really an argument, did you read it? It's just explaining why the revenue is larger on PC.

The "which is really what's important" part at the end kind of echoed what you just put, pretty much.

I read it in a PS3-apologist tone. Perhaps I was taking his angle the wrong way if he was just trying to explain to confused people why the PC was stronger. My bad. =)