Hus on 01 April 2007
PS360N64PSXBOX said:
The size of the population doesn't matter, it's the size of the market or how many people are looking to buy a product. If you look at past numbers it shows European buy less consoles than the Japanese do.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1684952,00.html
As of 2005 or the tailend of last gen only 1 in 10 German households had a console.
http://www.france-game.org/video_game_market/050215_panorama_video_game_market.htm
Like in france it's growing, but history has shown Europe minus the UK in general buys less consoles than the USA(Largest Market) and Japan(2nd Largest).
Ps2
Japan 23.99
North 44.86
....Pal 42.40
PS1
Japan 21.59
North 40.78
....Pal 40.12
japan is only 20% of the market.
