CEX won't factor in GfK figures becuase it's all secondhand. But with so few space on shelves for new physical games even etailors like Amazon aren't stopping the shift to digital.
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Originally posted by Superman Falls View PostBeing reported on Era that digital revenue for XBO far exceeds the other two systems
A few points though:
- It's not clear if that's worldwide or US-only data.
- Probably includes Microsoft Store revenue from Windows 10 given MS has been including those figures in their Gaming numbers.
Given that Sony only converts about a third of it's PSN MAU's into paying consumers that (34.8m) Microsoft probably only has a third to a half of paying Xbox Live Gold Subscribers as Sony (one of the reasons it hasn't published these numbers for 3/4 years). PlayStation Network digital revenue probably is still probably much, much higher than Xbox Live. But Xbox has services like EA Access and Game Pass that encourage users spending more on digital.
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If you mean 'includes Windows PC games revenue' - then I agree. Also given ZhugeEX rarely talks detail (understandable) it could simply be that be a figure like 20, 30 or 50%. And that's what's meant by 'I really need to stress how large the digital shares are on Xbox compared to other platforms'.
Also it's clear that MS is doing very badly outside of UK/US. And by comparison just how well it did in those territories with its previous generation console.Last edited by Digfox; 25-01-2019, 08:51.
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Nintendo bossed the Christmas sales season with an impressive set of hardware and software sales - but this still wasn'…
Big success for Nintendo on nearly every front over Xmas
-Hardware sales up 20% year on year
-Software sales up 100% year on year
-Super Mario Party hit 5.3m units sold
-Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Evee hit 10m units sold
-Super Smash Bros Ultimate hit 12.08m units sold in just one month
The one dark spot though is that Nintendo has had to finally admit defeat on its 20m sales target for hardware sales. They have now revised their full year projection down to 17m units, the system having sold 15m units in the current year so far.
Elsewhere, the 3DS is clearly winding down. 2m units sold over Xmas with that being a 60% drop on last year.
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Yup, apparently the main takeaway from the data for Nintendo is that their first quarter for the Switch was very weak which helped evidence that without high profile first party releases coming out every quarter (the WiiU ports didn't drive hardware) the system tails off quick. Given the release schedule ahead it will presumably stumble again in this last quarter and the first quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year as Switch is very dry on that front looking forward.
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