Stromprophet on 27 March 2007
mrstickball said:
Mind telling me how its a different enough market?
He has a very valid point. Launches don't make systems. The PS1, PS2, N64 and Dreamcast all proved that a good or bad launch means nothing if you can't back it up.
That goes for any system in any market.
It is a different market. For one Playstation sold more in Europe than they did to North America.
The PS2 launch was widely known to have limited supplies. But if you actually go back and check the Japan launch in respective terms the PS2 launched with almost 800k in the first week and sold thru 2.2 million in the first 16 weeks (more than Wii BTW 1.9 million thru 16 weeks).
Also, how is it impossible that perhaps Wii will fall off the face of the map too? Just like GC.
I'd also wait for data. But I think it's obvious that until the games come, blu-ray stamps out HD-DVD, and the price comes down Sony is going to be playing from behind.
