| TheSource said: I stickied this thread so that we can explain why 'Americas' != USA or even USA+Canada. Keep the articles coming. But the main point is this: Latin America is tiny compared to Japan/USA/Europe for videogame sales, and most software is pirated. So while hw is taken into account for places like Mexico & Argentina...sw is largely negligible compared to other regions. |
so very true, piracy is the main reason xbox is selling, ps3 and wii are not been pireted so people have little interest in them.
here is a sorprise, the wii is for rich people and most have only heard about the ps3. The price of the ps3 is the same as a 1 month salary in many latin american countries, and it could take a year of savings to buy one. thnx to local taxes it can range from US$1000 to US$1500 for the ps3, and games are around the US$100 for any console but the ps2, so that is why piracy is the way to go. too bad. i buy all my games hoping that one day companies will take notice of this market and take us into account when they plan the next gen of consoles cus when sony come up with a US$600 console it was an insult.
