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Sardauk on 06 November 2008

All right, I know that Europe was a Sony stronghold in the past with the PS2.

Now it is more of a 50/50, which is not bad..

BUT !

I don't feel like Microsoft is making too much local efforts here :

- The Sony marketing remains very strong (soccer event, gift for radio shows, publicity ...)

- No Netflix for Europe

- No pre-order with codes for Europe

- No special launch event for any games

 

I'm pretty sure it as an impact (well It does on me), because European players are asking for it.

It just feels like the EU market is not their priority ... they are more busy on the US and even in JP !

What is the impressions of my fellow European 360 players on this forum ?



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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EaglesEye379 on 06 November 2008

I dont think thats true for UK - e.g. Gears 2 midnight events/bundle, pre-order codes. But if you mean mainland EU then maybe - but they are going to up these events/pre-order codes and EU-centric games next year with the new EU marketing boss (ex-Nintendo).



Sardauk on 06 November 2008
EaglesEye379 said:
I dont think thats true for UK - e.g. Gears 2 midnight events/bundle, pre-order codes. But if you mean mainland EU then maybe - but they are going to up these events/pre-order codes and EU-centric games next year with the new EU marketing boss (ex-Nintendo).

 

Really ? New marketing boss ?

Technically, UK is not Europe , so what about netflix ?



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

Tremble on 06 November 2008

LOL UK is in the european union, why do you say that? BTW, now xbox360 arcade costs 130euros in france, it's the same price than a ps2...

And they're advertising it a lot, with their boring ads.



Sardauk on 06 November 2008
Tremble said:
LOL UK is in the european union, why do you say that? BTW, now xbox360 arcade costs 130euros in france, it's the same price than a ps2...

And they're advertising it a lot, with their boring ads.

 

... from a market stand point I meant ... Uk is an english country so it is easy to bind it to the US market .. I suppose...

Indeed the ads are boring.. is is only about pricing ...

I'm still mad about NETFLIX and no pre-ordering ..



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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Va1entinoZ on 06 November 2008

We do have game relise events and pre-order with codes here in Russia.




 

scottie on 06 November 2008

MS puts a fair bit of effort into Australia - but then again our buying habits are more like the US, even if our release dates are pretty similar to Europe



heruamon on 06 November 2008

107k to 92k this week in 360's favor...lol!



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EaglesEye379 on 06 November 2008

I believe the new guys name is Gosen.

Also, the head of MGS is now British.

I received alot of pre-order gifts from Amazon/HMV. I believe there is a new deal in France now with a €40 rebate for 360 consoles now. Im sure pre-order gifts are happening. Where do you live?

In terms of Netflix, the TV/VoD distributors are still deciding whether they think video game consoles are a good venture (which will be helped by the news that in UK, games will outsell music and film this year).



EaglesEye379 on 06 November 2008

I think Sony is ahead in the VoD department with PlayTV. But its bound to show up on the 360. I reckon next year something will come up.