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let's take a look at hard numbers, and not some nintendo PR ratio/percent numbers:
September NPD Hardware Sales
PS2: 334,000 [+15% over August sales]
Xbox: 172,000 [+18%]
GCN: 165,000 [+64%]
GBA: 410,000 [+11%]
Cumulative Installed Base
PS2: 19,139,000
Xbox: 6,002,000
GCN: 4,695,000
GBA: 15,909,000
Tie Ratios
PS2: 7.19
Xbox: 5.91
GCN: 5.79
GBA: 3.18
US Top 20 Videogame Titles
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 469,977
2 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 178,547
3 PS2 SOUL CALIBUR II 164,325
4 GBA FINAL FANTASY TACTICS 203,088
5 GCN SOUL CALIBUR II 138,902
6 XBX SOUL CALIBUR II 111,061
7 XBX ESPN NFL FOOTBALL 108,512
8 XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 105,499
9 XBX WWE RAW 2: RUTHLESS 97,045
10 PS2 NASCAR THUNDER 2004 87,316
11 PS2 ESPN NFL FOOTBALL 86,078
12 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2004 84,922
13 GCN WWE WRESTLEMANIA XIX 77,391
14 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 114,894
15 XBX TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 66,124
16 GBA POKEMON PINBALL: R&S 97,984
17 PS2 NHL 2004 56,873
18 GCN F-ZERO GX 50,595
19 PS2 SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN 48,451
20 XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC 47,761
21 PS2 DISGAEA:HOUR DARKNESS 43,013
22 XBX HALO 45,845
Source: CSFB estimates based on NPD Funworld data.
nintendo price drop was on sep 25. the data includes from aug 31 up to oct 4. so nintendo had the price drop for 10 days. and remember nintendo said they sold ~60k units in first week of price drop. so point is, nintendo had to jump to reach bottom...
without the price drop nintendo would have probably sold ~110k. some may call the price drop strategic, others would call it necessary...
and notice how well xbox is starting to compete with ps2 in games sold. that's impressive considering the install base discrepancy, and that this is msft's first console.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1170134
let's take a look at hard numbers, and not some nintendo PR ratio/percent numbers:
September NPD Hardware Sales
PS2: 334,000 [+15% over August sales]
Xbox: 172,000 [+18%]
GCN: 165,000 [+64%]
GBA: 410,000 [+11%]
Cumulative Installed Base
PS2: 19,139,000
Xbox: 6,002,000
GCN: 4,695,000
GBA: 15,909,000
Tie Ratios
PS2: 7.19
Xbox: 5.91
GCN: 5.79
GBA: 3.18
US Top 20 Videogame Titles
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 469,977
2 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 178,547
3 PS2 SOUL CALIBUR II 164,325
4 GBA FINAL FANTASY TACTICS 203,088
5 GCN SOUL CALIBUR II 138,902
6 XBX SOUL CALIBUR II 111,061
7 XBX ESPN NFL FOOTBALL 108,512
8 XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 105,499
9 XBX WWE RAW 2: RUTHLESS 97,045
10 PS2 NASCAR THUNDER 2004 87,316
11 PS2 ESPN NFL FOOTBALL 86,078
12 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2004 84,922
13 GCN WWE WRESTLEMANIA XIX 77,391
14 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 114,894
15 XBX TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 66,124
16 GBA POKEMON PINBALL: R&S 97,984
17 PS2 NHL 2004 56,873
18 GCN F-ZERO GX 50,595
19 PS2 SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN 48,451
20 XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC 47,761
21 PS2 DISGAEA:HOUR DARKNESS 43,013
22 XBX HALO 45,845
Source: CSFB estimates based on NPD Funworld data.
nintendo price drop was on sep 25. the data includes from aug 31 up to oct 4. so nintendo had the price drop for 10 days. and remember nintendo said they sold ~60k units in first week of price drop. so point is, nintendo had to jump to reach bottom...
without the price drop nintendo would have probably sold ~110k. some may call the price drop strategic, others would call it necessary...
and notice how well xbox is starting to compete with ps2 in games sold. that's impressive considering the install base discrepancy, and that this is msft's first console.
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