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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii finally loses its lead in the UK.

Fireforgey on 07 April 2013
thranx said:
Mnementh said:
kowenicki said:
VGKing said:
Didn't know the UK market was that small.....that's about the same amount of PS3s sold in Japan which is not many.
What's the second largest EU market? Is UK seriously the biggest?


Small? Lol

In the UK 62m people buy approx 23m home consoles.

in Japan 127m people buy approx 23m home consoles.

And yes... It's by far the biggest console market in Europe.  France is second with approx 13m, some 10m behind.

The UK is essentially the joint second largest home console market on the planet with Japan this gen.

It's sad that germany is even behind France. germany has the biggest population and the biggest economy in europe, so it should be the biggest market. But somehow videogaming has a bad reputation over here, so it ends up on the third place.

I think Germans game more on PC than on consoles or handhelds.

Well, they are the PC master race

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budum tishhhh,



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vfguy on 07 April 2013

BluGamer23:

If it's a relay race, wouldn't we just have to wait a couple of weeks for the 360 to pass the Wii + the Wii U in the UK?



Adinnieken on 08 April 2013
Azzanation said:
Do Sales really matter? Nintendo made a huge Profit on Wii where as Xbox and PS3 not so much. In business terms its the smart companys that make money. Any company can copy another companys ideas and make it better over time. Any company can make a super powerful system and sell it at a loss. What Nintendo do is amazing, they can make profits in console manufacturing which is no easy feet for any company. Wii doesnt have to sell anymore, its done its job. It made Nintendo Millions, Wii = Success.

Every Xbox 360 purchase represents a potential Xbox LIVE subscriber.  Every household that subscribes to Xbox LIVE and maintains that subscription is a potential future console purchase.  Xbox LIVE is more of a draw than Nintendo's online service because Microsoft has made an effort to secure the media services of several companies services in the UK and Europe as well as bring services across the pond to them that otherwise may not have been available.



ChristianSoldier on 08 April 2013

Good for Microsoft and xbox



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Osc89 on 08 April 2013
BluGamer23 said:

lol its like celebrating a race where the winner has already crossed their finish line and the competition still running.. and eventually passes the resting wii.. coz its next racer wiiu is already running the next race lol

Another way to see it.. think of it as a relay race .. the wii is done and have already passed on the baton to wiiU.

Enjoy ms fans!.. but yeh nobody cares about the wii amymore


So the Wii U can still win 8th-gen! All Nintendo have to do is release the successor a couple of days after the PS4 and 720 are out. We can can all laugh at silly Microsoft and Sony, fighting a battle Nintendo has already won.

But anyway, good for 360 and Microsoft.



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NobleTeam360 on 08 April 2013

Nice, 360 continues it's march of taking No. 1 in NA.



BluGamer23 on 08 April 2013
Osc89 said:
BluGamer23 said:

lol its like celebrating a race where the winner has already crossed their finish line and the competition still running.. and eventually passes the resting wii.. coz its next racer wiiu is already running the next race lol

Another way to see it.. think of it as a relay race .. the wii is done and have already passed on the baton to wiiU.

Enjoy ms fans!.. but yeh nobody cares about the wii amymore


So the Wii U can still win 8th-gen! All Nintendo have to do is release the successor a couple of days after the PS4 and 720 are out. We can can all laugh at silly Microsoft and Sony, fighting a battle Nintendo has already won.

But anyway, good for 360 and Microsoft.

uhm no clearly you dont understand.. its a new race dropping out early means forfeiting ...  " crossed their finish line "  Typically Nintendo's finish line is 5-6 years.. they dont try anymore after that..  

If they released a new console after the wiiU.. within the first 2 years.. then clearly they forfeit the race..  and lose! 

hard logic to follow for you?



 

 

BluGamer23 on 08 April 2013
vfguy said:
BluGamer23:

If it's a relay race, wouldn't we just have to wait a couple of weeks for the 360 to pass the Wii + the Wii U in the UK?


ugh.. then the 360 would have broken the relay rule since they didnt pass on the baton to their nextBox racer... duhhhhh! 



 

 

ironmanDX on 08 April 2013
BluGamer23 said:
vfguy said:
BluGamer23:

If it's a relay race, wouldn't we just have to wait a couple of weeks for the 360 to pass the Wii + the Wii U in the UK?


ugh.. then the 360 would have broken the relay rule since they didnt pass on the baton to their nextBox racer... duhhhhh! 

Ughh..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Go downplay somewhere else. With all the negative 720 rumors you couldn't even let us have this.

Some of the people on this site are fucking jokes. I know the possibility for my first ever ban is fairly large by saying that but someone had to say it.

If you don't like seeing Microsoft succeed (this past gen included because of you know actually turning a profit), then hold tight mate, it's going to be a long, long ride for you and all the other down-players and people who continually bring up the always online shit even though it hasn't been confirmed or denied. M$ aren't that dumb, if we can see it would be a dumb move, they're a multi billion dollar company, whom are more than likely already many steps ahead. Steps going forward, unlike what your beloved company has been doing for the last what? 7-9 years? The money Bill Gates wipes his ass with is worth more than Sony. Especially considering that you'd call paper with shit on it Junk? Sony is Junk too, remember? Go away and please, don't come back.



BluGamer23 on 08 April 2013
ironmanDX said:
Ughh..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................


Go downplay somewhere else. With all the negative 720 rumors you couldn't even let us have this.

Some of the people on this site are fucking jokes. I know the possibility for my first ever ban is fairly large by saying that but someone had to say it.

If you don't like seeing Microsoft succeed (this past gen included because of you know actually turning a profit), then hold tight mate, it's going to be a long, long ride for you and all the other down-players and people who continually bring up the always online shit even though it hasn't been confirmed or denied. M$ aren't that dumb, if we can see it would be a dumb move, they're a multi billion dollar company, whom are more than likely already many steps ahead. Steps going forward, unlike what your beloved company has been doing for the last what? 7-9 years? The money Bill Gates wipes his ass with is worth more than Sony. Especially considering that you'd call paper with shit on it Junk? Sony is Junk too, remember? Go away and please, don't come back.

hahaha! oh gawd.. dont be so emotionally attached to MS.. you really shouldnt be on the net if you cant handle the truth..  and also scared to get banned.. lol.. and way to go drag sony into this Im not a sony fan.. so thats flaming.. lol..    but seriously relax! you will live longer in real life.