Reading Between The Numbers
Major Nelson's collected some glowing sales stats for the Xbox, along with comparison points for the PlayStation 2. Among them are the fact that the Xbox increased its market share from 24% in 2003 to 37% in 2004, compared to the PlayStation 2's drop from 51% to 45% over the same period, and that Xbox software sales increased 77% year over year, compared to only 1% for the PlayStation 2. Of course, numbers like these also can prompt one to think.