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gamasutra.com - 4/22/2009

News - Exclusive Analysis: Console Tie Ratios Reveal Market Dynamics

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[In his Gamasutra-exclusive analysis, Matt Matthews uses new NPD data to reveal the U.S. tie ratios for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii as of March 2009, with the PS3's tie ratio sneaking above the Wii's into second place overall.] It has been several months since we looked at tie ratios for the three ...

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Kotaku — ... has improved. There are all kinds of reasons for this. Big Wii sales means new customers are affecting the average by owning only a handful of games. Slowing PS3 sales mean the opposite; that an established install base is just adding to their collection. But still! Point is, if somebody pulls you up in the street, sticks a microphone in your face and asks - for $100 IN CASH - which console has a higher attach rate out of the PS3 and Wii, well, you'll be sorted. Exclusive Analysis: Console Tie Ratios Reveal Market Dynamics [Gamasutra] ...

PS3 Tie Ratio Overtakes Wii Tie Ratio [Wii]
Kotaku — ... has improved. There are all kinds of reasons for this. Big Wii sales means new customers are affecting the average by owning only a handful of games. Slowing PS3 sales mean the opposite; that an established install base is just adding to their collection. But still! Point is, if somebody pulls you up in the street, sticks a microphone in your face and asks - for $100 IN CASH - which console has a higher attach rate out of the PS3 and Wii, well, you'll be sorted. Exclusive Analysis: Console Tie Ratios Reveal Market Dynamics [Gamasutra] ...

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Dubious Quality — Matt Matthews, who does outstanding data analysis, has two new articles up at Gamastura. Console Tie Ratios Reveal Market Dynamics On The Wii And DS, Game Ratings Matter I can't recommend Matt's work highly enough. He is absolutely money when it comes to data analysis, and in an industry where so much analysis is so sloppily done, he is tremendously important to raising the standard. ...

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Joystiq — ... Gamasutra's new piece on tie ratios is the most dangerous kind of analysis: The kind that requires some modicum of thought to really understand. Let us try to help. So, the PS3's tie ratio is just slightly above the Wii's now. Though Sony fans may want to ...

PS3 Tie Ratio Trumps Wii’s
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... As of March 2009 PS3’s tie ratio - average number of units of software per console owner – was 6.5, ahead of Wii’s 6.2 tie ratio, according to Gamasutra. ...

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