Surprising reversal drama, PS 3 software sales overseas also exceeds Xbox 360

By the earlier settlement of EA (Electronic Arts), the biggest video game production company in the games industry in the US in GIGAZINE,The sales volume of software for PS3 increased by 969% from the first quarter of the previous year, and it exceeded Xbox 360 significantlyI told you that similar phenomena are confirmed by other major game production companies.

Unlike the Japanese market, which has a sense of not being influenced at the moment, there are also cases in the US market and the like that preceded one yearThe number of Xbox 360 units sold far exceeds PS 3Apparently, he seems to be showing a surprising reversal play in software sales.

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Analysis: PS3 selling more games than Xbox 360 with smaller install base - GAMER.BLORGE

According to this article, sales of software for PS3 accounted for approximately 17% of the revenue of the world's largest game production company "Electronic Arts", whereas sales of software for Xbox 360 was about 10% It seems that the same case as that in the major game companies in the world can be seen.

In the case of Japan's BANDAI NAMCO Games, the number of software sold for PS3 is 57% higher than the software for Xbox 360, and KONAMI also said that software for PS3 accounted for 57.3% of software sales by the release of "MGS 4" about. In addition, the software for Xbox 360 accounts for only 2.6%.

And with regard to the major European game production company "UbiSoft", Xbox 360 accounted for about 14% of the number of software sales, while PS 3 accounted for about 20%, so PS 3 was for a third party software production company It is said that efficiency is good.

Nintendo's Wii andReduced Microsoft Xbox 360Although it is PS 3 of Sony which can not deny the feeling of high price of the main body price compared to that of the other platforms, if software can be sold more than other platforms, it seems that third-party quality good software will continue to be supplied in the future ?