The UK nearly as big as Japan? NOPE

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kowenicki said:

siphillis said:

kowenicki said:

Turkish said:
Japan is twice as big as UK, just becoz the Japanese have moved to portable handhelds doesnt mean UK is much bigger. I dont get this "UK will be bigger in home consoles then Japan", who cares about home consoles? Just say gaming market, the Japanese have replaced home consoles with handhelds.

No it's 50% bigger which if you actually read the article you'd know.  The population is twice the size.

So.

It is a fact that per capita the uk is much much bigger.

It is also a fact that taking into account prices the total Japan market is probably only 20% bigger.

It is also a fact that home consoles will be bigger.

Handhelds?. Japan is bigger, but to use your own argument against you, what about social gaming? phone gaming? PC gaming?.. We will never know the real numbers or details.

the thing you forget is that a lot of europeans import from the uk because you get a 30% discount on everything you buy there compared to our countries.

Still?  Doubt it, the Euro is on it's arse.

 

Anyway, this may have been  be true of dedicated gamers but not for the vast majority.

Nah it's still far cheaper in the UK.

Example:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mass-Effect-3-Xbox-360/dp/B004T8C3NG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325946898&sr=8-1
£39 (47€)
http://www.amazon.de/EA-Mass-Effect-3/dp/B004FPYHBO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1325946846&sr=8-5
69€ (£57)

On the other hand I'm pretty sure that gamers import Japanese games just as much (Vita and RPGs like Tales, Final Fantasy etc.)