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megaman79 on 21 July 2008
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siriguillo said:
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.

Those prices are shocking, though in oz we pay 110$ per game. PS3 aint much cheaper 700$, though its related to EU pricing.  How many developers exist in Latin America?

 



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.