PS3 game sales disappoint EA
The low number of PS3 games sold per console in the run-up to Christmas has left videogame publisher Electronic Arts “disappointed,” says EA executive VP Frank Gibeau.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Gibeau attributed the poor PS3 tie-ratio to “the eBay effect”, where early adopters bought PS3s just so they can sell them at higher prices on eBay. While the PS3’s attach numbers were a bit low during the December period, Gibeau also stated that the ratio did improve over the month of January.
Numbers from GamesIndustry.biz say that during the third quarter ending December 31, EA took orders for more than 900,000 PS3 games from retailers worth a total of US$ 41 million. For the same period in 2005, which saw the launch of Microsoft‘s next-gen console, orders for Xbox 360 software totalled more than 1.69 million units – worth US$ 76 million.
EA is currently the number one publisher for both Sony and Microsoft consoles, and has promised increased Wii support in terms of the number of titles available. During the last quarter, the company sold nearly 800,000 Wii titles for revenues of US$ 29 million.
Via Games Industry
The low number of PS3 games sold per console in the run-up to Christmas has left videogame publisher Electronic Arts “disappointed,” says EA executive VP Frank Gibeau.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Gibeau attributed the poor PS3 tie-ratio to “the eBay effect”, where early adopters bought PS3s just so they can sell them at higher prices on eBay. While the PS3’s attach numbers were a bit low during the December period, Gibeau also stated that the ratio did improve over the month of January.
Numbers from GamesIndustry.biz say that during the third quarter ending December 31, EA took orders for more than 900,000 PS3 games from retailers worth a total of US$ 41 million. For the same period in 2005, which saw the launch of Microsoft‘s next-gen console, orders for Xbox 360 software totalled more than 1.69 million units – worth US$ 76 million.
EA is currently the number one publisher for both Sony and Microsoft consoles, and has promised increased Wii support in terms of the number of titles available. During the last quarter, the company sold nearly 800,000 Wii titles for revenues of US$ 29 million.
Via Games Industry
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