SlorgNet on 27 October 2007
China is going to be a huge market, no question. Average per capita income is around $2500, and the cities are three times as rich as the countryside, so city incomes are around $5000. Since China is 43% urbanized, that means a potential market of 560 million people.
The real barrier isn't hardware, it's software. $50 price tags for discs are waaaaaay too high. Nintendo will have to offer discount software prices - most of those modded Wiis, incidentally, are modded to include free copies of games. Think about it: if you earn $450 every month, after paying the bills you won't have more than $45 to spend anyway. So the cost of a videogame shouldn't be more than $4 or $5.
