| zhao3gold said: To Kowen: You don't need to quesiton my love on 360. I expect 360 to be the best selling console as well in Europe, but it just doesn't happen. If you compare 360 with first gen XBOX, yes, it is a big progress. Nobody will deny it. But comparing to PS3, I think it is not enough. MS Europe didn't find a good way to convince most of gamers in Mainland Europe to choose 360 as their preferred home console. I know it is not easy because Playstation brand is so popular and so dominant here. But MS Europe must overcome this issue, otherwise, XBOX brand will never have chance to beat Playstation in the near future. |
I disagree. MS directly cut into Sony's marketshare this gen, since the wii catered to an almost entirely different market.
They really brought the fight to Sony in all regions. People seem to think Sony is extremely strong in non US/UK regions but they don't seem to realise the inroads MS has made into those markets.
I look at my own region (South Africa) one of the PAL regions might I add. And XBO360 shares equal shelf space as PS3. Not only that but the whole 360/PS3 fanboy war was rife here as well. Previous generations was complete dominance for Sony and Playstation. Complete dominance. The xbox brand was non existant i dont think it even came to SA. But they are massive here now.
Don't get me wrong though, PS3 is still seen as the market leader here between the HD consoles....but I would imagine the same thing happend in other regions all over the world.
So in reply to your post I would say MS is on the right track. Who knows what will happen next gen? They might even steal more of that marketshare.
