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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (10151)	3/4/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: Andrew C.R. Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14266

With all this talk about playstation, I went back and looked at 98's PC Data figures for the top publishers for playstation. THQ was # 11( in terms of Units), # 4 for N64, and # 6 overall. Here is the info: >>PC Data 1998 Video Game Software Top Video Game Software Publishers 1998 Publisher Unit Share Revenue Share 1 Nintendo 22.6% 23.6% 2 Sony 14.0% 11.4% 3 Electronic Arts 12.3% 13.3% 4 Acclaim 6.1% 7.1% 5 Midway 5.8% 6.7% 6 THQ Inc. 4.7% 5.5% 7 Namco 3.7% 3.2% 8 Capcom 3.3% 3.5% 9 989 Studios 3.3% 3.5% 10 Eidos 2.9% 2.8% 11 Konami 2.6% 2.9% 12 Activision 2.0% 1.9% 13 Hasbro Interactive 1.5% 1.4% 14 GT Interactive 1.4% 1.4% 15 SquareEA 1.1% 1.5% 16 Psygnosis 1.0% 0.8% 17 Accolade 1.0% 1.0% 18 Interplay 0.9% 0.7% 19 Infogrames 0.9% 1.1% 20 Fox Interactive 0.9% 0.6% 21 Sega 0.7% 0.4% 22 Majesco 0.7% 0.3% 23 Jaleco 0.6% 0.3% 24 Virgin 0.6% 0.4% 25 American Softworks 0.5% 0.3% 26 Ubisoft 0.4% 0.3% 27 Take 2 Interactive 0.3% 0.4% 28 LucasArts 0.3% 0.3% 29 Crystal Dynamics 0.3% 0.3% 30 Sunsoft 0.3% 0.2% Total 96.8% 97.2% PC Data 1998 Video Game Software Top Sony Playstation Software Publishers 1998 Publisher Unit Share Revenue Share 1 Sony 24.1% 20.7% 2 Electronic Arts 17.4% 19.5% 3 989 Studios 5.7% 6.4% 4 Namco 5.6% 5.5% 5 Capcom 5.4% 6.1% 6 Eidos 4.9% 5.0% 7 Acclaim 4.3% 4.1% 8 Midway 4.1% 4.2% 9 Activision 3.2% 3.4% 10 Konami 3.1% 3.8% 11 THQ Inc. 3.1% 3.3% 12 Hasbro Interactive 2.1% 2.1% 13 SquareEA 2.0% 2.6% 14 GT Interactive 1.9% 2.0% 15 Psygnosis 1.8% 1.5% 16 Accolade 1.7% 1.8% 17 Fox Interactive 1.3% 0.9% 18 Interplay 1.3% 1.0% 19 Jaleco 1.0% 0.6% 20 American Softworks 0.8% 0.5% 21 LucasArts 0.6% 0.5% 22 Crystal Dynamics 0.5% 0.5% 23 Ubisoft 0.5% 0.3% 24 Virgin 0.5% 0.5% 25 Take 2 Interactive 0.5% 0.6% 26 Working Designs 0.3% 0.4% 27 Learning Co. 0.3% 0.2% 28 Atlus 0.3% 0.4% 29 Tecmo 0.3% 0.3% 30 Natsume 0.2% 0.3% Total 98.7% 98.9% PC Data 1998 Video Game Software Top Nintendo 64 Software Publishers 1998 Publisher Unit Share Revenue Share 1 Nintendo 53.8% 51.3% 2 Acclaim 11.4% 12.6% 3 Midway 10.9% 11.2% 4 THQ Inc. 7.6% 8.7% 5 Electronic Arts 6.8% 6.5% 6 Infogrames 2.8% 2.8% 7 Konami 1.7% 1.9% 8 GT Interactive 0.8% 0.8% 9 Video Systems 0.7% 0.7% 10 Hasbro Interactive 0.6% 0.6% 11 Kemco 0.4% 0.5% 12 Gametek 0.4% 0.4% 13 Ubisoft 0.3% 0.3% 14 Titus 0.3% 0.3% 15 Fox Interactive 0.3% 0.3% 16 Crave Entertainment 0.3% 0.2% 17 Atlus 0.2% 0.2% 18 Activision 0.2% 0.2% 19 Interplay 0.1% 0.1% 20 Take 2 Interactive 0.1% 0.2% Total 99.7% 99.7%<< Edit- Anybody think we will see some short covering going into the close; because of tomorrow's employment figure release? Andrew