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Xbox 360 - $218 million
PlayStation 2 - $73 million
Nintendo Wii - $59 million
Nintendo DS - $47 million
PlayStation Portable - $21 million
PlayStation 3 - $17 million


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Fascinatingly, the company also provided numbers on the distribution of its software sales by platform in the 3 months ending September 30th, comparing it to the previous year.

Obviously, the company's mix depends to a certain extent on what major titles were released in that quarter, but some obvious next-gen trends were evident. Firstly, the revenue total in the 3 months to September 30th for the Xbox 360 was $218 million, up significantly from $166 million the previous year.

In addition, new line items were established for the Wii, which had $59 million of Electronic Arts games sold for it in the quarter to September 2007, and the PlayStation 3, which had just $17 million of revenue booked.

One notable change was for the PlayStation 2, which saw $73 million in game sales this quarter, compared with a massive $269 million in the previous year. Finally, the DS' game sales also surged, up from $14 million in 2006 to $47 million in 2007 - but the PSP's plummeted, down from $64 million in 2006 to $21 million in 2007
 
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i'd expect an upsurge in the Wii sales as well over the coming year as developers realise it's potential as a source of revenue.
 
DanH84 said:
i'd expect an upsurge in the Wii sales as well over the coming year as developers realise it's potential as a source of revenue.
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Why? I thought someone said in another thread that the Wii actually sells comparatively few games compared to how many consoles sold (ie most people only actually own the console and wii Sports - nothing else!)

-RaZ
 
DanH84 said:
i'd expect an upsurge in the Wii sales as well over the coming year as developers realise it's potential as a source of revenue.
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The wii has a crap attach rate, most people seem to play wii sports and then the novelty has worn off.
 
i thought there was something along the lines of an ea president saying that when the wii came out initially we were lazy as we didn't see how big a market it would actually have and that we are now going to devote far more resources towards developing for the system.
 
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