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ELSPA: UK market is smoking

psycho_snake

I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
When you posted the numbers initially I looked at the table to see if i could figure out how you got those numbers and I managed to work out the numbers you got. I did it the same way you did. The answers look accurate.
 

donny2112

Member
milanbaros said:
(x*p2)+(y*P3) = 143.49

x+y = .4999

Fixed. ;)
Can you figure out how I got those numbers?

Using 95 for PS2 and 425 for PS3 (based off of game.co.uk prices), I got

PS2 - 209.0K
PS3 - 290.9K
 
So the jist of all this is

DS is raping the UK

Wii is selling to everyone who didn't buy a static Nintendo console last year
PS3 isn't selling to the PS2 userbase as quickly as expected
and the 360 is selling to the core XBox1 market?
 

Parl

Member
Oh shit, Maths-Age makes a return.

Done with a little more attention to detail..

PS2 & PS3: 1.29M * 0.39 = 503,100
Total revenue: 304M * 0.47 = 142.88M

PS3 sold 165,000 on launch week. I'd say all but an insignificant amount sold at full price.
So, 165,000 * 425 = 70.125M which leaves 72.755M left.

After launch, prices dropped online and in some shops. More and more shops reduced the price, but the sales for PS3 after launch remained heavily front-heavy, so I'd say after launch. But most probably went to the cheaper shops, which is a possible reason why other shops followed suit and dropped their price. I'd guess PS3 sold for an average of about 408 quid each after launch week.

x = PS3 sales
y = PS2 sales

408x + 95y = 72.755
x + y = 0.5301

y = 0.3601 - x

408x + 95(0.3601 - x) = 72.755
408x + 34.2095 - 95x = 72.755
313x = 38.5455

x = 0.12315

Which is in millions, so it's 123,150.. then add on the 165,000 and it makes 288,150 PS3s...

Edit: At the same ratio as launch, this puts "Other" at ~1.05 million.
 
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