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Net Sales by Platform
Our worldwide net sales by platform for fiscal2007 and fiscal2006are as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ended March 31,Increase/
Platform 2007 2006 (Decrease) %Change
Consoles
MicrosoftXbox 360..........$134,908 13.1% $14,479 1.8% $120,429 831.7%
Microsoft Xbox .............27,476 2.7 88,181 10.9 (60,705) (68.8)%
Nintendo Wii...............30,0252.9 —— 30,025 —%
Nintendo GameCube ........ 52,338 5.1 59,255 7.3 (6,917)(11.7)%
Sony PlayStation 2........... 304,916 29.7 296,294 36.7 8,6222.9%
549,663 53.5 458,209 56.7 91,454 20.0%
Handheld
Nintendo DualScreen .......114,143 11.1 32,855 4.1 81,288 247.4%
Nintendo Game BoyAdvance.119,869 11.7 171,477 21.3 (51,608) (30.1)%
Sony PlayStation Portable .... 65,402 6.4 29,406 3.6 35,996 122.4%
Wireless....................26,4672.6 36,112 4.5(9,645) (26.7)%
325,881 31.8 269,850 33.5 56,031 20.8%
PC...........................149,546 14.6 77,615 9.6 71,931 92.7%
Other ........................1,766 0.1 886 0.2 88099.3%
Net Sales.....................$1,026,856 100.0% $806,560 100.0% $220,296 27.3%
Console Platforms
Net sales for console platforms increasedby 20% in fiscal 2007 to $549.7million from $458.2 million in
fiscal 2006. In fiscal 2007, sales of games for the Sony PlayStation 2 constituted 55% of oursales for
console platforms, down from 65% of totalconsole sales in fiscal 2006, while sales of games on the
Microsoft Xbox360 climbed from approximately3%oftotal consolesales in fiscal 2006to almost 25% in
fiscal 2007. We released 31 new SKUs for console platforms in fiscal2007 and2006. A SKU is aversion of
a title designed for play on aparticular platform.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Net Sales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31, 2007 % of net sales
Year Ended
March 31, 2006 %of net sales % change
$134,90813.1% $14,4791.8%831.7%
In fiscal2007, net salesofvideogames for Xbox 360wereprimarily driven by the release of our owned and
internally developedproperty Saints Rowand by WWESmackDown vs. Raw 2007. In fiscal 2006, The Outfit
was theonly game released for the Xbox 360, whilewe released five new SKUs in fiscal 2007. The
$120.4 million increase in netsales in fiscal 2007 is due to our release of four more SKUs as comparedto
fiscal 2006. As the installed base of Xbox 360 hardware hasgrown since its launch in November 2005, we
have brought more titles to theplatform, including Disney"Pixar’s Cars.Weexpect to continueto bring
newtitles to this platform as theinstalled base of Xbox360 continues to grow.
Microsoft Xbox NetSales (in thousands)
Year Ended
March 31, 2007 % of net sales
Year Ended
March 31, 2006 %of netsales %change
$27,476 2.7% $88,18110.9% (68.8)%