Wyrdness said:
No offence mate but if any of us ran companies we'd probably do the same in favouring the UK, Germany and such, Eastern Europe is a very PC orientated region with many players being into RTS', Counter Strike and such, the total console sales from the usual EU countries like UK, France, Germany and so on may very well be more then all the smaller EU contries combined which is why Nintendo often has a third party company deal with the smaller countries instead of directly. I highly doubt Sony does well because of the effort put in but more because of the diverse taste the entire EU has. Nintendo tends to have a slow start in EU because our launches are always erratic but they eventually go on to become strong in the bigger EU countries because the first party library are sort after like gold in them, the main reason Wii U at the moment is doing as well here is because we hardly have any stock to begin with. 125k at launch across the whole EU? |
Favouring is obvious, you earn more money there. Still Sony and MS somehow think it's good business to care about us, to translate games, advertise a lot, etc. And remember that we're not talking about a small country right now. Poland is 6th in EU with 40 mil people - that's more than in Canada and consoles really aren't something people can't afford over here, especially those made by Nintendo. It is a smaller market, but it's growing really fast. And... I mean just look at their webpage. There really is no excuse for Nintendo. They get what they deserve. If you want to EARN money, you have to EARN it. Not just ignore people and hope they'll send you their money.
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.