PS3 starting to take off in Europe/Others

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Mummelmann said:
NA is not enough for the 360 to remain in front, as I've said all along, and the gap in EU/Others and Japan will only increae salewise.
MS has severely misjudged the importance of the north american market in this and it could prove their demise.

I think you could very well be right.

The thing is though.  The Xbox is predominately more popular in NA than Europe and it's a no goer in Japan.  With the 360, the Japanese market has again turned it's nose up at it, but Europe has embrased the 360 more so than not.  With the PS3 now out in the market some 8 months in Europe, this is now starting to take off and 360 numbers are dwindling while PS3 numbers are rising.

I reckon MS will start pulling out all the stops in Europe.  They know that NA love the 360 and they "should be safe" there, so I reckon MS will start putting more effort into Europe.  They can forget Japan though.

But what they need to watch for, is that the PS3 doesn't start getting much better in NA while they dedicate themselves to Europe.  Or they will end up a guaranteed 3rd place.