| Seece said: Why does it matter if people import? It still counts towards the UK market 0_o bit of a weak retort. |
Because it makes no sense to compare per capita values between UK and Japan when a substantial part of UK game sales go to mainland Europe. If you're trying to compare absolute numbers then that's alright, but throwing population sizes into the mix, is when it gets iffy.
I was actually wondering what part of the UK vg market is export for a while now, since I import roughly 50% of my game puchases from the UK. For most of my friends the quota is even higher, because they have credit cards (still unusual in Germany) to get better deals. I'm looking into getting a CC myself right now - just to buy games.
I know that my personal experience holds no real value when looking at the whole market. I doubt that casual gamers import games at all and I have no clue how the situation is in other EU countries, but given the discrepancy in price between the UK and any other EU country I highly doubt it's much different. That's why I would be interested in some real numbers - so if anybody has solid data, please share.
