You really wouldn't imagine it, but according to financial reports, it would appear that several huge publishers are making more money from the PlayStation 3 than they are with the Xbox 360. One writer, who uses the term "bread-winner" far too much, has been checking out some numbers which indicate that the PS3 is now capable of outperforming the 360 in terms of software sales.
The writer claims that EA's financial statement shows that the PS3 accounts for 17% of its total revenue while the 360 only manages 10%. Ubisoft has a similar story, with the PS3 netting 20% of software sales with the 360 lagging behind at with 14%. In the case of Namco Bandai, not even Tales of Vesperia could stop the PS3 netting the company 57% more sales than the 360.
It is Konami's report, however, which is the most telling. Doubtlessly helped by Metal Gear Solid 4, the PS3 accounts for a massive 57% of Konami's sales, while the 360 only manages a pitiful 2.6%.
This would all seem to suggest that Microsoft's company line of being THE place for software sales is a lot of horsesh*t. Of course, these examples by no means define the industry as a whole, but they show that the PS3 is putting up a Hell of a fight on some very important battlegrounds. When you consider that the 360 has the larger install base, it only serves to make the PlayStation 3's software successes all the more impressive. Fair play to Sony on this one. Fair play indeed.
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1:42 PM on 10.27.2008
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I went there.
Bring on the holidays. Those numbers will probably shift to 360 pretty quickly.
Still... numbers are numbers and they'll be skewed by anyone to show the data they want you to see. I could care less.
There isn't quite enough info here for my liking, to really draw a conclusion.
2006
Bomberman: Act Zero (Japan, North America & Europe)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Europe & Australia)
Rumble Roses XX (Japan, North America & Europe)
2007
Dance Dance Revolution Universe (North America)
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 (North America)
Dancing Stage Universe (Europe)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Japan, North America, Europe & Australia)
2008
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (United States & Europe)
TBA
Pro Yayku Spirits
Silent Hill V
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Xbox Live Arcade
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Coffeetime Crosswords
Contra
Gyruss
Frogger
Frogger 2
Rush'n Attack
Scramble
Super Contra
Time Pilot
Track & Field
Yie Ar Kung Fu
I mean, with a list like that, I'd expect those number to much higher than 3%. Those number must be false! </sarcasm>
Same critisism goes to Namco Bandai. The only games they've published (and brought over) that I'd want to play are Ace Combat and Tales of Vesperia.
I'm gonna stop here, this could go on for much loinger than I'd like in a comment. But know that it'd go on a lot about developers releasing quality games.
And on the topic of Namco, they've released, I believe, 2 Tekken games on the PS3, along with the 360 games.
I dont think the holiday season is going to scew the numbers back towards microsoft at all either. Sadly, PS3's October-January game lineup is superior to 360's (yes its subjective, but at the same time hard to argue against).
Weird.
2) Price drops (greatest hits) just started on PS3. Is it possible that many of the companies are making more per unit because they cost more?
And is it really that shocking to anyone that a great deal of Japanese publishers have had issues selling games on the Xbox? Aren't many of them routinely considered to be on the decline anyways? If there's a larger install base for the Xbox and they're somehow making more sales on the PS3, that just seems like piss poor business decisions on their part to me.
MS Paint is the best thing MS has ever done.
It could also be said that the only developers releasing games for a predominantly western audience there is EA and Ubisoft, which would explain the higher rate on PS3, compared with the other western publishers releasing on 360.
Is it just me, or does everyone on the internet try to much to act like a journalist?
I'm just trying to get through farcry 2, thats all.
Might as well bend over and let them bread-winner the bread-winner out of you.
Thats a huge difference in sales.....I love my PS3 but I'm still iffy or the huge difference...bread-winner
ZING!
http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/gallery_files/site/270/1042/1827.pdf?PHPSESSID=a7e7dd6437825b39444ac12d9e61f3ee
http://www.konami.co.jp/zaimu/0806/english/supplemental.pdf
http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/ir/result/pdf/20080806_2.pdf
Who's in denial now?
Plus, everyone knows Jim hates the PS3 so when he has something positive to say about it, IT MUST BE TRUE! Jim, We'll make a PS3 fanboy out of you yet.
Piracy an issue on Xbox maybe?
Probably....
My friend (well, not really friend) has a 360 that he uses to play burned games. He has had Fallout3 and Gears 2 for a few weeks now, which rock the casbah as well.
Apparently the xbox is not really modded it's all on how the disc is burned.....
however.. then again, over 90% of stats are made up. ;)
Unfortunately, I would imagine that means more publishers will switch over to PS3 exclusive, until the cycle repeats.
As for the other companies, here's the important statistic:
Ubisoft sold 31% of its games in North America over the same time reported.
Konami sold 37% of its games in North America over the same time reported.
And I can't read moonspeak, but I'm willing to bet Namco/Bandai has a similar story.
To sum up: the EA numbers are false, and otherwise, sales fall in line with geographic proportions of console ownership.
And I know a lot of folks driven to buy the PS3 because they got tired of the 360 breaking so they sold it. I know it sounds fanboyish to say that, but its true - I was one of them. It was ok back when sony wasn't enticing, but I think the shoddy craftsmanship might bight ms in the ass now that sony has built up its library. That plus free online and throw in games like LBP and Resistance 2 and i think your gonna continue to see numbers like this.
I don't think that's the case at all. All of my Wii-hating "core" friends have and play 360s and buy a shitload of games for them. How many have PS3s? One. One of my friends has a PS3, and he bought it used for $150 because it'd be a cheap BluRay player. He doesn't even have any games for it.
Also, Konami's seems to be too big of a difference.
I have all 3 consoles but this just seems wrong....