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man-bear-pig on 28 October 2012

Tie-ratio, in my opinion, is the most valuable indicator of success. It shows which consoles people are actually buying games for and therefore helps distinguish between consoles poeple buy and seldomly use, and consoles people buy and continually use and enjoy. For those who don't know, tie-ratio is the average number of games each owner of the different consoles owns (hardware sales divided by software sales).

Here's the tie-ratios of all of the home consoles this gen...

X360: 9.77

PS3: 8.75

Wii: 8.34

And here's the tie-ratios for the portables of this gen...

DS: 5.03

PSP: 3.70

So, there you have it. The X360 is the most successful console of the gen, as consumers got more games and therefore satisfaction from it than they did any other console. Due to this, I think the 720 will be the highest selling console next gen because the people who bought X360 this gen will continue to support the Xbox brand, and consumers who bought the other consoles with lower tie-ratios will switch to the X720 next gen. Discuss.


My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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miz1q2w3e on 28 October 2012

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Jaywood2010 on 28 October 2012

Oh my, the comments are going to blow up soon.aa

 

For the record I do agree though.  It was profitable, Xbox live, Kinect, achievements, avatars have all been a success.  Games sold well and it gained a lot of market this generation.  Its biggest down fall was the RRoD which most people don't care about anymore because it was fixed.

Still we can't argue about Nintendo success either.




       

BenVTrigger on 28 October 2012

In terms of tie ratio you are correct. On average 360 owners buy more games for their console than anyone else.

But pretty much in every other area Wii is the clear winner



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CChaos on 28 October 2012
RolStoppable said:
Now this is an OP that can generate a lot of responses.

The one thing I'd like to add is that I believe the 360's advantage in tie ratio and thus higher satisfaction among console owners can be credited to the superiority of the Forza series over the Gran Turismo games.

Or this thread, BY ITSELF, will set VGC's server's aflame in a blaze of anger and friction.

But onto the topic, I'm surprised at how low the DS and PSP's tie-ratios are. I expected higher.

For the main consoles, good for the 360 to have such a high number. It's fun console with some great games. However, considering how bloody chaotic the gaming industry actually is now, Sony and Microsoft could tank next gen, replaced by the Apple iGamestation and the Samsung...Thingy. You just can't predict anything anymore.



Proclus on 28 October 2012

Now finally a semi-decent thread on console "succes", haven't had one recent.

Anyways, as you rightly pointed out, it is one measure of success, there are other measures though so it's not necesarrily accurate enough to proclaim the X360 as the "real" gen winner.



Jaywood2010 on 28 October 2012
pezus said:

This also tells us that PS3 got second place! Wii a sore loser behind the big boys


Disagree with you as usual




       

Jaywood2010 on 28 October 2012
BenVTrigger said:
In terms of tie ratio you are correct. On average 360 owners buy more games for their console than anyone else.

But pretty much in every other area Wii is the clear winner


I believe what the OP is trying to say is xbox got the most brand recognition this gen from its fans.  Not neccessarily the numbers, it was just the most preferred console. I think anyways.  It makes sense that the Nextbox will sale better because of this but you are right about nintendo selling more consoles and 1st party software as well as controler hardware.




       

Carl on 28 October 2012

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