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more international appeal, (iii) growth of the installed base for current generation console and
handheld platforms, and (iv) the strengthening of foreign exchange rates.
•The continued success of the fiscal 2004 releases of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and SpongeBob
SquarePants:Battle for Bikini Bottom which shipped two million and one millionunits, respectively,
in fiscal 2005.
North America
Year-over-year net sales growth in North America was primarily due to sales of The SpongeBob
SquarePants Movie game, which was released in conjunction with the holiday movie; sales of Full Spectrum
Warrior and The Punisher; and strong sales of our catalog titles in fiscal 2005. These items were partially
offset by the release of a significantly fewer number of SKUs in fiscal 2005 than in fiscal 2004.
International
Year-over-year international net sales growth was primarily due to increased sales of each of our three
products targeted at the mass-market in fiscal 2005 as compared to sales of titles from the same brands in
fiscal 2004; and stronger sales of our three key original products targeted at the core gamer in fiscal 2005
than our two key titles in fiscal 2004.
In addition to sales of our products, the strengthening of foreign exchange rates, primarily the Great
British Pound (“GBP”) and the European Currency Unit (“Euro”), increased reported international net
sales by $19.5 million in fiscal 2005. Excluding the impacts of foreign exchange rates, international net sales
increased by 42%.
Net Sales by Platform
Our worldwide net sales by platform for fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004 are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, Increase/
Platform 2005 2004 (Decrease) % Change
Consoles
Sony PlayStation2 ....... $ 275,85036.5% $ 247,60338.6% $28,247 11.4%
MicrosoftXbox.......... 80,623 10.7 71,132 11.1 9,49113.3
Nintendo GameCube..... 73,157 9.7 61,356 9.6 11,801 19.2
429,630 56.9 380,091 59.3 49,539 13.0
Handheld
Nintendo Game Boy
Advance.............. 204,348 27.0 162,109 25.3 42,239 26.1
Nintendo Dual Screen .... 3,110 0.4-- 3,110100.0
Wireless................ 24,613 3.3 6,860 1.1 17,753 258.8
232,071 30.7 168,969 26.4 63,102 37.3
PC ....................... 86,667 11.5 74,934 11.7 11,733 15.7
Other..................... 8,363 0.9 16,852 2.6 (8,489 ) (50.4)
Net Sales.................. $ 756,731 100.0% $ 640,846 100.0% $ 115,885 18.1%
Consoles
Net sales for console platforms increased by $49.5 million, or 13%, for fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004.
Duringfiscal 2005 we released 30 console titles, compared to 44 console titles released during fiscal 2004.