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gebx on 01 July 2009
WereKitten said:
emitcowboys said:
Attachment rates are a big deal but look at the games per console ratios. It isn't even close...

Everyone knows GAMES are we companies make their money. Not Systems. GAMES

The game/console ratio is skewed that way because the 360 has been on the market longer. If you compute the software sales per week of console ownership i.e. how many games are sold per week to each console owner you get Wii>PS3>360 (or at least that's what you got the last time I calculated it, here's a thread by theRepublic with some nice charts). This indicator is actually more significative for the business people than the total tie ratio because it allows to project average sales per week on each console's install base right now.

Of course with the current install bases I can still expect 360 to sell more software in absolute, and you're right that it's what really brings the money.

@Zizzla

me neither, but you'll have to tell Zen. I just pointed out something about his hypothetical scenario.

 

Really?? Let's look at this weeks results  http://vgchartz.com/weekly.php

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your trying to say.. cause Wii is distant third (note that these numbers INCLUDE Wii Sports)

 

Weekly Software Sales                      Total Userbase       % userbase who purchased a game

1,824,631 (-3%) 51,119,113 3.56%
1,306,800 (-10%) 30,866,698 4.23%
956,587 (-7%) 22,857,934 4.18%


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dbot on 01 July 2009
Zizzla_Rachet said:
WereKitten said:

might even have an inversion. What is certain is that the 360 is more focused, as in it sells really well what it sells well.

LOL...You people and attach rates....you almost sound like it that really makes a difference

You may not care, but publishers care and so do people that discuss game sales.  Obviously unit sales are the most important sales figures.  The attach rates are essential when comparing multiple platforms that released 12 - 18 months apart.  



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

WereKitten on 01 July 2009

@gebx

That's not the same parameter I'm talking about, though it's certainly related (mine is an integral average, yours is "instantaneous" for last week only)

Follow the link I gave to the original thread. The results are so surprising that I thought there must have been an error and I replicated the calculations on my own for quite some data, getting the same results.



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Zizzla_Rachet on 01 July 2009
dbot said:
Zizzla_Rachet said:
WereKitten said:

might even have an inversion. What is certain is that the 360 is more focused, as in it sells really well what it sells well.

LOL...You people and attach rates....you almost sound like it that really makes a difference

You may not care, but publishers care and so do people that discuss game sales.  Obviously unit sales are the most important sales figures.  The attach rates are essential when comparing multiple platforms that released 12 - 18 months apart.  

Right..Tell Activision