Rhindle said:
From earlier today:
Platform 2009 2008
PC 24 % 10 %
Wii 19 % 19 %
X360 18 % 21 %
PS3 15 % 8 %
PS2 9 % 25 %
PSP 8 % 13 %
DS+GBA 5 % 3 %
Other 2 % 1 %
GTA IV accounts for most of the X360/PS3 revenues for 2008, so it's pretty close to 50/50.
Other publishers are generally showing a somewhat wider platform gap, but there is some amount of "Playstation franchise" effect going on with GTA.
Eh, that's 'three months to 2009/2008', so you're really looking at just one quarter.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TakeTwo-Interactive-Software-bw-14597597.html
So last year in 1Q 08 for the three months ending Jan 31 2008 the publishing revenues are as displayed.
If I recall correctly, GTAIV was not released till April 29 2008. So... we should be looking at results for 3Q 08 for GTAIV impact.
EDIT: Heh. Karma also catches the obvious. 21% v 8% isn't 50/50, it's 2:1.
EDIT 2: Perhaps using the FY 08 figures will give the argument more impact, but there isn't a 'breakdown' of sales that we all want.
Three months ended October 31, For the Years Ended October 31,
OTHER INFORMATION 2008 2007 2008 2007
Total revenue mix
Publishing 75% 75% 80% 70%
Distribution 25% 25% 20% 30%
Geographic revenue mix
North America 65% 74% 65% 75%
International 35% 26% 35% 25%
Publishing revenue platform mix
Sony PLAYSTATION 3 35% 5% 34% 10%
Microsoft Xbox 360 28% 44% 39% 30%
Nintendo Wii 13% 11% 9% 5%
Sony PlayStation 2 8% 14% 8% 26%
Sony PSP 7% 4% 5% 10%
PC 5% 19% 3% 14%
Nintendo Handhelds 4% 1% 2% 1%
Other 0% 2% 0% 4%
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TakeTwo-Interactive-Software-bw-13859957.html
Somebody might be able to table this better than I would, but I'd look at the FY 08 publishing revenues: X360 39% versus PS3 34%. This does gather more justification of a 50/50 split considering the closeness and that most of Take Two published games in the year to last October 31 are multiplatform PS360. (MC LA, GTA4, NBA2K9).
The only title that skews the data towards PS3's favor is Bioshock (X360 released in Aug 07, in the previous financial year, while PS3 version released on Oct 21 2008, which would make the FY 08 numbers).