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Sony PlayStation 2 Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31,2005% of net sales
Year Ended
March 31,2004% of net sales % change
$275,850 36.5% $ 2 47,603 38.6% 11.4%
Net sales of video games for PlayStation 2 increased by $28.2 million for fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal
2004. PlayStation 2 net sales in fiscal 2005 were primarily driven by:
•new releases of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles, TheSpongeBob SquarePants Movie and WWE
SmackDown! vs. Raw;
•sales of titles based on original properties Full Spectrum Warrior, MX v. ATV Unleashed, The
Punisher and Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams;
•catalog sales of WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain, Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, SpongeBob
SquarePants:Battle for Bikini Bottom, Tak and the Power of Juju and MX Unleashed.
PlayStation 2 net sales in fiscal 2004 were primarily driven by:
•sales of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and WWE
SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain; and
•sales of original titles MX Unleashed and Tak and the Power of Juju.
The increase in sales of games for PlayStation 2 in fiscal 2005 was primarily attributable to stronger sales of
our three key products targeted at the mass-market in fiscal 2005 as well as sales of The Punisher and our
catalog titles. These increases were partially offset by the release of fewer games in fiscal 2005;we released
14 new SKUs in fiscal 2005 and 17 new SKUs in the prior fiscal year. A SKU is a version of a title designed
for play on a particular platform.
Microsoft Xbox Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31,2005% of net sales
Year Ended
March 31,2004% of net sales % change
$80,62310.7% $ 7 1,132 11.1%13.3%
Net sales of video games for Xbox increased by $9.5 million for fiscal 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. Net
sales in fiscal 2005 were driven by:
•sales of original properties including Full Spectrum Warrior, MX v. ATV Unleashed and The Punisher;
•sales of Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles andThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie; and
•strong catalog sales.
Net sales in fiscal 2004 were driven by:
•the release of titles based on our three key mass-market brands: Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo,
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and WWE Raw 2 ; and
•sales of MotoGP 2 and MX Unleashed.
The increase in net sales for Xbox in fiscal 2005 from fiscal 2004 was primarilyattributable to sales of Full
Spectrum Warrior, partially offset by the release of more games in fiscal 2004. We released 8 SKUs during
fiscal 2005 compared to 16 SKUs during fiscal 2004.