| kowenicki said: @reasonable... I dont agree. Japan IS unrepresentative. The much larger markets of the US and Others are much more in line with the worldwide trend. Japan is utterly different than the global market and to say it isnt is kind of ridiculous. |
Clearly the current WW trends seem to show:
- 360 showing steady growth
- Wii still dominant but slowing a little
- PS3 dipping YoY
And I see where you're coming from in this trend is clearest in US/Others but this has been driven by changes in each market rather than anything consistent, and could easily be impact by each market going forward (Japan included so far as I can see, just looking at the impact of the FF demo) therefore I hesitate to simply remove Japanese market from consideration or see it as of minimal import anymore.
For example, with FF still exclusive in Japan and GT still to hit I could see Japan (slowing sales notwithstanding) give the PS3 a huge boost globally and make up for a lot of the 360 advantage in US.
I still see Others going either way - could start to favour PS3 as the old favourites start to get released, or 360 lower price and fairly similar catalogue could hold the PS3 off.
US seems all about 360 for HD with PS3 struggling on price, which is the root of much of the PS3 dip
So again, I'm saying I don't think there is a clearly representative market - and so long as any one market can make a difference it is not irrelevant either.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
