| Squilliam said: Its because the British are nationalistic. Thats why the PS3 never stands a chance there. |
Are we fook!
Sometimes I think there isn't a patriotic bone left in this country, the UK is an odd place, we don't generally support nationalism and yet have an abundance in patriotism, still people fail to realise that they are patriotic and think that it is a bad thing to love their country, to show patriotism is frowned upon and you can even get called racist for things like flying the St George Cross.
But natioanlism and patriotism sometimes go hand in hand, especially as far as consumerism is concerned, now I think that people are more likely to be biased towards Sony in the UK because they do a lot of business with us, they have the London, Liverpool and Newcastle studios over here as well as Media Molecule etc.
MS only has Lionhead as a UK developer, but the price of the 360 in a recession and the fact that is is the product of an English speaking nation is what drives people towards the 360, as much as people may admire the PS3, being able to talk to Americans (who are in abundance on the 360) is a preferable choice to talking to Europeans (who generally tend towards the PS3) with the whole language barrier, add in the cheap factor and you are onto a winner!
360 has a niche, but when recession ends, I think there will be a different story to tell, PlayStation is doing well to say they are even selling PS3's over here!
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