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Dgc1808 on 25 February 2009

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Star Scream on 25 February 2009
TWRoO said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
TWRoO said:
toastboy44562 said:
Star Scream said:
Some useful software figures from Sony:

UMD software sales/ breakdown by territories (sell-in as of Dec 2008)

* WW: approx 200 million (197 million)
* SCEJ: approx 36 million
* SCEA: approx 81 million
* SCEE: approx 76 million
* SCEAsia: approx 4 million

 

 end of story...

It is worth noting they include UMD movie discs in those figures... although they probably don't account for more than a few million.

 

 

In addition that is shipped, not sold. 

As a note I'd say a good bit of UMD movies are sold, most of the business workers I see buying the thing especially wanting something to do on a flight will buy a few UMD movies, and it's a pretty common request so maybe that could carry on nationwide.

Well we can use Japan as a rough estimator... because Japan has a accurate portrayal of total software (ie it is close to Famitsu and Media-Create)

Japan actual game sales = 24 million (lowered slightly to account for the age of Sony's shipment data)
Sony UMD disc shipments = 36 million
difference = 12 million

I suppose we could assume about 8 million of the difference being UMD movies... and the rest unsold games on shelves.

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Applying that ratio to Americas doesn't seem to work as well... I guess Japan lkes UMD movies more than the West?

VGC americas = 61-62 million
Sony UMD shipments = 81 million
difference = 20 million

I guess first of all that VGC isn't quite as accurate in Americas as for Japan (it isn't for DS anw Wii totals) so we could bump up game sales to maybe 65 million..... then the remaining 16 million made up of 8 million UMD sales and 8 million unsold stock (Americas needs more stock, but buys fewer PSP movies?)

And take ratios roughly in the middle of that to make PAL sales, so of the 76 million about 55-60 million game sales.. the rest being unsold stock and movies.

 

 

24 million? According to Dengeki/Ascii, there are >29 million PSP games sold in Japan.

Software LTD's*:

PSP: 29.389.125

 

 



TWRoO on 26 February 2009
Star Scream said:
TWRoO said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
TWRoO said:
toastboy44562 said:
Star Scream said:
Some useful software figures from Sony:

UMD software sales/ breakdown by territories (sell-in as of Dec 2008)

* WW: approx 200 million (197 million)
* SCEJ: approx 36 million
* SCEA: approx 81 million
* SCEE: approx 76 million
* SCEAsia: approx 4 million

 

 end of story...

It is worth noting they include UMD movie discs in those figures... although they probably don't account for more than a few million.

 

 

In addition that is shipped, not sold. 

As a note I'd say a good bit of UMD movies are sold, most of the business workers I see buying the thing especially wanting something to do on a flight will buy a few UMD movies, and it's a pretty common request so maybe that could carry on nationwide.

Well we can use Japan as a rough estimator... because Japan has a accurate portrayal of total software (ie it is close to Famitsu and Media-Create)

Japan actual game sales = 24 million (lowered slightly to account for the age of Sony's shipment data)
Sony UMD disc shipments = 36 million
difference = 12 million

I suppose we could assume about 8 million of the difference being UMD movies... and the rest unsold games on shelves.

-------

Applying that ratio to Americas doesn't seem to work as well... I guess Japan lkes UMD movies more than the West?

VGC americas = 61-62 million
Sony UMD shipments = 81 million
difference = 20 million

I guess first of all that VGC isn't quite as accurate in Americas as for Japan (it isn't for DS anw Wii totals) so we could bump up game sales to maybe 65 million..... then the remaining 16 million made up of 8 million UMD sales and 8 million unsold stock (Americas needs more stock, but buys fewer PSP movies?)

And take ratios roughly in the middle of that to make PAL sales, so of the 76 million about 55-60 million game sales.. the rest being unsold stock and movies.

 

 

24 million? According to Dengeki/Ascii, there are >29 million PSP games sold in Japan.

Software LTD's*:

PSP: 29.389.125

 

 

Ok then that does make a bit more sense, I assume Famitsu and MC totals are nearer Dengeki too.

either way we can be certain there are not 7 million games on store shelves in Japan, that's too huge a number even if the PSP is selling well there, so UMD movies must be included in Sony's figures.