Last weekwe posted a storywhere Nintendo refuted claims that its third party games weren’t selling by producing acolorful little chartthat was apparent proof of its dominance in software sales. Microsoft, however, has somefancy figures of its ownwhich fly in the face of Nintendo’s claims.
Here are the sparkling NPD figures, as taken from Microsoft:
MS’ David Dennis went as far as to say: “No matter how you slice it, the Wii third party game story is not a pretty one.” Certainly a far cry from Nintendo’s claims that its third parties were selling “better than our competitors.” If these figures are to be believed, then that’s just a blatant falsehood.
Let’s face it, PR departments are going to dredge up whatever facts and figures they can to portray their companies as the victors, so we can’t be sure of the truth either way. I’m certainly more inclined to believe solid figures over a colorful little graph though. That’s just me.
