The Big 3 YTD YOY sales and market share update.

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SamuelRSmith said:

9Chiba said:

SamuelRSmith said:
I think I'm right in saying that the 360 is the only console to gain marketshare over the past year? Which is very interesting.

Also interesting to note that according to UK law, Microsoft is very close to a monopoly position (above 30%)

... do you even know what monopoly means? if youre thinking oligopoly, microsoft already has that position

Yes, I do. A firm technically holds a monopoly if it has greater than 30% of the market (under UK law), however, that usually applies to firms who operate in markets with a large number of competitors (like supermarkets, for example, Tesco is said to have a monopoly position over the market, yet it only has ~31% share of the market).

if thats the law what happens if two firms hold over 30% of the market? is it a  duoship  do they each get penalized for being a monopoly? do they have to prove collusion to penalized?

Im mean hell nintendo is a monopoly there as is apple in certain areas.  

how do your anti trust laws go into effect in relation to monopolies?

or what about if all three player in a market hit 30%+ not saying it will happen but it could.

 

Im sorry for all the questions, it just seems to me that monopoly at 30% is strange ... its not even a simple majority