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SpookyXJ on 20 November 2007
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rocketpig said:
bdbdbd said:
As long as the most innovation comes from Japan, UK doesn't really compete Japan. Better question would be, that "could USA become more important to gaming market than Japan?". By sales it is, but look where the industrys driving force comes from.
Anyway, back to UK. If we look at only the console SW/HW sales numbers, it may be possible in a decade or two, but i still see it unlikely, unless recession of century (which could be coming) or China strikes Japan.

North America is already considerably more important than Japan. Sales are multiple times larger and close to half the games sold originate out of the US or Canada. EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Take Two, Activision, etc. are all NA companies.

Japan has two of the hardware companies but that still doesn't compare to what North America has done in the games industry over the past decade. In the software world, the Japanese monolithic game companies are seeing their power slowly dwindle while NA, and to a lesser extent Europe, pick up the slack. Even MS is making headway in the hardware department.


 You hit the nail on the head. Combine that with sales form Europe which buys simular titles and you see how important Western influnce has become to alll developers no matter their county of origin. Simular demographics in both regions and together they dwarf Japan.

@ Mrstickball "I'd love to see Eastern Europe grow, prosper and sell more consoles. It'd be neat to see what the Polish and Russians could do for gaming."

I'm excited about this as well. CDProdjecktRed is now one of my favorite studios after The Witcher. Timeshift while I have not given it a play still looks appealing to me despite the lackluster reviews. I belive Eastern Europe has a lot to offer the Gaming world.

@John Lucas Software is the driving force in this industry. Software trumps hardware hands down. The size of the westen market makes it much more important to gaming than Japan. The publics desire for games ensures that there will be some form of game system be it consoles, handhelds, or on pc. Country of a consoles origin matters little what matters is the Demographic they have to cater to to be succesful in the industry.