http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175755&page=1#

already posted

I know it's even funnier, didn't think that one up though. But seriously, an Xbox stronghold?

Well given "console war" has been around as a phrase for a few console generations I'd say stronghold is the perfect word to use for a country where sales of the console concerned has been higher than the competition, particularly where the competition has won out in nearly every other market. Or in the case of Europe in absolutely every other market.

And "war" has been used in retail competition terminology for decades. Ever heard of a "price war"?

Also the first time since VGC started tracking UK software that CoD isn't the top selling game. GTAV is, and also Fifa beat CoD this year.

Stronghold is a defensive construction. So unless Microsoft pilled up thousands of Xbox consoles to prevent ships from delivering any PS4's to the UK, using the term ''stronghold'' is just plain silly.

Good lord you really don't know how metaphors work. If you can only conceptualise stronghold in a literal sense then the use of this term in the context of console sales dominance in a market is beyond your comprehension. You really don't see that in the metaphorical sense MS had appeared to build up a market (a metaphorical fortification) in the UK which was capable of defending against (i.e. getting more hardware sales, hence a strong wall, i.e. a loyal consumer base) PS4?

If one is going to borrow terms from war to describe competition in the console market then what do you think is a better description for an apparently secure market for a console?