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MARCUSDJACKSON on 30 October 2012
man-bear-pig said:

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.

@bold isn't that what was said about thePS2-PS3. it's not always that simple.

Wii: shove ware

PS3: great games (exlucsives mainly) with low sales

360: stronge start games wise, with not much diversity in the end. 

and ther you have it. my opinion.



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phenom08 on 30 October 2012
d21lewis said:
phenom08 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
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. 

This also shows that people enjoyed Wii games the most, as less games were needed to satisfy the needs of the Wii gamer. 

Very qestionable measure of success, especially when the ratios are so close.

good post

What I wouldn't give to hear you say that about me.  :(

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fedfed on 05 November 2012
man-bear-pig said:

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.

I am not sure about the logic of this: high ratio higher sales next generation? So the gamecube ratio was higher that PS2 in the past generation?

I agree with you that most people have received a Wii as a gift and they may only have 1/2 games whilst XB360 and PS3 are less casual ( in order to justify the ratio; if I have 35 Wii games 4 more people must have only 2 games) but the point is to see (and we are able to tell) how many people (that owns a Wii) have more than 9.77 games (XB360 ratio).

 



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