Sony Dominates EA Q4 Fiscal
Sony’s systems are on fire. No not literally, but sales wise. Sony platforms dominated across the 3 month Q4 fiscal for EA, with PlayStation 2 snatching 166 million units, followed by the PlayStation 3 on 152 million. PSP title sales grew by 77%, knocking out the DS hard on 33% sales and mobile titles selling 14%. 14?! Not bad mobile fanboys.
The Xbox 360 managed 128 million units by comparison, with the Wii trudging behind at 75 million units. What does it all mean? Both of Sony’s console platforms combined accounted for 61% of all EA console titles sold. Talk about double teaming.
Iwata: No Plans To Cut Wii
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata states that Nintendo won’t be cutting prices of the DS or the Wii. Why? Due to the high amount of sales still outselling other consoles, that’s why.
Our earnings projection for the year is not based on hardware price cuts, and I don’t think we are going to need them.
Looks like they have enough money in their pockets. Yum.
Microsoft’s Entertainment Revenue Up 68%
Microsoft hit a high today, reaching 68% for their revenue. No not the regular sector, but the entertainment sector. Revenue from the Entertainment and Devices division grew 68% and Microsoft attributes this to the demand for Xbox 360 consoles.
Cumulative Xbox 360 console sales surpassed 19 million, 74% more than the prior year. That’s what we like to see Microsoft.
Nintendo Makes Love To NPD Sales
There is no denying that Nintendo managed to sell a lot of consoles last month. How many? Try on over a million for size, and they aren’t the only ones flaunting with please. Wii Play continues to profoundly effect Wii remote numbers and manage big bucks. Many companies saw a lot of DS and Wii sales, and we can imagine this is a huge plus for Nintendo.
Overall—everyone was busy at their own shopping centres picking up games which totaled to 3.5-3.6 million Nintendo DS games and nearly 3 million Wii games last month. Along with it were a rounded figure sales of 2 million accessories for the Wii, with ~1 1/4 million for the DS. What if the irony of the NPD sales reflect that Nintendo accessories outsell console sales? It wouldn’t exactly matter either way, would it?
