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According to figures produced by Sony, The PS3 is more than holding its own against the Xbox 360 in terms of software sales, even when going up against a console with a larger installed base.
“If you factor in Xbox 360’s longer time in the marketplace and larger install base, Xbox 360 should be selling twice as many software units as PS3 if attach rates were equal – and that is just not what we are seeing at retail with many multiplatform titles,” Sony told Gamasutra.
Sony pointed to the sales figures of a number of high profile titles to prove its point. According to Sony…
– As of the beginning of March 2009, the Xbox 360 version of Street Fighter IV has only outsold the PS3 version by about 44,000. This equates to a PS3 attach rate of 5.5 per cent, compared to an Xbox 360 attach rate of only 3.1 per cent.
– Tomb Raider: Underworld has actually sold more units on PS3 than Xbox 360 thus far in the US: 136,245 units vs 108,784 units.
– The install base advatage of the Xbox 360 also doesn’t help Prince of Persia either, with only 36,000 units separating the two versions: Xbox 360 304,851, PS3 268,935.
– GTA 4 has a PS3 attach rate of 26.9 per cent, compared to 23 per cent on Xbox 360. That said the game has sold 3.36 million units on the Xbox 360 in the US compared to 1.96 million units on PS3.
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