| ramses01 said: Player1x3 - you are confusing strategic importance with financial performance. There are two components to consider for strategic importance. Impact on games and content - i.e. special deals, timed exclusivity, dlc deals and lead SKU status. On this dimension, dominating the english speaking countries means dominating all of the important studios (you have to realize that there aren't any relevant studios in Japan). The second aspect is that the rest of the world, with the exception of japan which isn't relevant in the console space anymore, tends to follol the lead of the US. Next gen, I expect complete domination in the english speaking world by the xbox and a solid win in europe. If MS can sort out the media issues in Europe that win could become domination. |
What? Dominating all of important studios? What are you talking about ? PS3 has an insanely good 3rd party support and with the exception of Activision and COD, most developers have been releasing exclusive or timed exclusive DLC on PS3 these last few years. And there's a pretty big japanese title releasing this october which will without a doubt do insanely well in japan and the west.
None of that even matters tho. PS3 has been able to outsell both Wii and 360 WW while being crushed in US &UK for the whole year now. And PS2 proves that emerging markets DO matter. It still keeps selling few millions each year despite being almost non existent in the developed countries. This allowed sony to build a storng userbase in those countries and once those countries economies grow and they become more developed, Sony will have a humongous advantage
