[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheFlamingWeazel

Install base often means little, look at infamous, Gt6 sales....Games sell a lot early in a consoles life cycle as there is pent up demand for games. First resistance is also a good example, sold way more then the rest on vastly bigger insall bases.

I don't think it "often" means little. In fact, just the opposite. Usually, the larger install base accounts for the majority of sales.

Obviously this is a simplification...but let's consider a case where the larger install base only accounts for say 40% of sales. If half those sales are lost due to lack of development support. That's a 20% drop in sales! Dire in any business.