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Avinash_Tyagi on 03 April 2007
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HappySqurriel said:
Shane said:
Europe's not like Japan where there's some slim possibility of an upset. If Sony bombs in Europe, someone's going to have to take its place. Don't see a viable alternative. Even at its peak, Nintendo only managed 8.58 million units, and Microsoft's not much better off than Nintendo is currently.

The European market as a whole was pretty much ignored by Atari, Sega and Nintendo because of how small it was compared to the North American and Japaneese markets. Sony's smartest move with the Playstation was to actively market to the European market and they (basically) created the market.

This (of course) doesn't mean that Europeans would be all that more loyal to Sony than Japaneese gamers were to Nintendo ...


 Most consumers have little brand loyalty, instead they go for what they believe is the best value



 

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