[Reverend Blu]

Originally Posted by Onslaught X

Revenue does not equal amount of consoles. Point #1. Nintendo is talking about amount of consoles in homes, MS is talking about money spent on consoles. There is a big difference. Obviously, Microsoft is also talking about the 360 in general, not just the hardware. Software, accessories, hardware. Everything, which is 10.8 billion dollars. Obviously, since the 360 sells the most software, this would cause them to have 49% marketshare in addition to selling almost as much units as the Wii, at a much higher price, again, inflating revenue. Is it spin? Yes, but it's probably true.

I'd also like to note that there's no way the Wii actually has 49% marketshare since inception. Nintendo is saying that 49% of all living room consoles sold in July were the Wii. Games Industry kind of made the meaning fuzzy. But since the 360 is at 10 million consoles and the Wii is somewhere at 11 million according to the NPD from launch to date, there's no way the Wii has 49% marketshare with the PS3 at some 5 million. So Nintendo's 49% figure is for the month.

Now does this all make sense now, or no?

Nope.

Since spending for the wii plus spending for the ps3 combined exceeds 10.8 billion dollars making MS out to be lying about that 49 percent be it hardware or software.