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Net Sales by Platform
Our worldwide net sales by platform as a percentage of sales for fiscal 2004 and the twelve months ended
March 31, 2003 (unaudited) are as follows:
Year Ended March 31, Increase/ %
Platform 2004 2003 (Decrease) Change
(Unaudited)
Consoles
Sony PlayStation2 ........ $ 247,60338.6% $ 183,43239.2% $64,171 35.0%
MicrosoftXbox........... 71,132 11.1 18,709 4.0 52,423 280.2%
Nintendo GameCube...... 61,356 9.6 51,468 11.0 9,88819.2%
380,091 59.3 253,609 54.2 126,482 49.9%
Handheld
Nintendo Game Boy
Advance............... 162,109 25.3 108,353 23.2 53,756 49.6%
Wireless................. 6,860 1.1 1,9440.4 4,916 252.9%
168,969 26.4 110,297 23.6 58,672 53.2%
PC ........................ 74,934 11.7 49,333 10.5 25,601 51.9%
Other...................... 16,852 2.6 54,408 11.7 (37,556 ) (69.0)%
Net Sales................... $ 640,846 100.0% $ 467,647 100.0% $ 173,199 37.0%
Net sales for fiscal 2004 increased 37% to $640.8 million from $467.6 million in the twelve months ended
March 31, 2003.
Consoles
Sony PlayStation 2 Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March31, 2004 % of net sales
Year Ended
March 31, 2003% of net sales % change
(Unaudited)
$247,603 38.6 % $ 1 83,432 39.2% 35%
Net sales of video games for PlayStation 2 increased for fiscal 2004 due to the releases of: Disney/Pixar’s
Finding Nemo, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, WWE
SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain and the launch of two new original brands— MX Unleashed and Tak and
the Power of Juju. In the twelve months ended March 31, 2003, net sales for the PlayStation 2 were driven
by one internally developed original title, Red Faction II and WWE SmackDown!: Shut Your Mouth . We
released 17 new SKUs for PlayStation 2 infiscal 2004 compared to 11 SKUs in the twelve monthsended
March31, 2003. The sales increase was also due to the higher installed base of PlayStation 2 hardware in
fiscal 2004.
Microsoft Xbox Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31, 2004% of net sales
Year Ended
March 31, 2003% of net sales % change
(Unaudited)
$71,132 11.1 % $18,709 4.0%280.2%
Net sales of video games for Xbox increased for fiscal 2004 primarily due to the sales of: Disney/Pixar’s
Finding Nemo and WWE Raw 2 and original titles MotoGP2and MX Unleashed. WWE Rawwas the only
significant Xbox title launched in the twelve months ended March 31, 2003. The increase in net sales was