| TheSource said: I reckon VGC is high on almost everything for hardware. The US economy is slowing down, all the consoles are very old - the 3DS / Vita are tiny yet, and with a 40 / 35 / 21 split between Wii / X360 / PS3 in the US having one big game a month just isn't going to push big hardware numbers anymore. There is a chance Microsoft's numbers will be up I suppose because NPD will have found a way to include that "$100 downpayment plus future $20 payments" thing into the numbers at Microsoft's stores (I've never seen one though?), but that proposition is still pretty expensive long term for a seven year old console. |
I think you may be right. I think the European economy is probably in worst situation atm. A good example not just for games would be for movies.
Look at The Avengers as an example. The biggest opening weekend in the US, yet in Europe it is doing very poorly. You would think the hype of that fact alone would show some interest. Most european countries for avengers gross is about 10%-20% of what Avatar achieved. Outside of europe other places are around the 50% mark of what avatar achieved.
