kars on 04 March 2007
Bonafide732 said:
i dont know which one of you said the 360 is dominating the european market but in all fairness its not.. they are good but not great numbers.. playstation products have always dominated europe.
You can't really predict who the biggest seller will be. Especially in the Next Gen Market. Most European households don't even own a HDTV. Add to it the bigger prices (400 Euro for a premium Xbox 360 was the standard) and the prvious dominance of the Playstation. but in fact especially since last christmas there was a shift.People who were determined to get the Playstation now have a Xbox 360. Another hit, the drop of hardware compability. And especially the price. 600 Euro for a console is insane, either you buy it as a bluray player or you won't buy it! The accepted price range for a console starts more or less between 250 and 200 Euro.
The first console that breaks this border has a good chance to win the market. Don't forget, most games reach the european market via the US. Since the USA will be probably dominated by the Xbox 360 this plattforms has a very good chance to win especially due the higher likelihood of multi plattform games due to higher development costs and the easier portability, which would end the dominance of certain game genres on the Xbox.
