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thismeintiel on 23 February 2013
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pezus said:
DraconianAC said:
As a business model, it would make sense to release the product first where it is more popular. That way it appear to reward loyalty and possibly get a good return on your investment.

Yes, that's why it makes sense for Sony to always leave Europe out in the cold. Europe is Sony land!

Yea, but Sony knows you guys are loyal.  Look what you did for the PS3, even though it came out at such a high price and 1 1/2 years after the 360.  It's currently 5.6M ahead of the 360 and that gap will only grow.  May end up being ~8M-10M when all is said and done.  And it also has the potential to pass the Wii.  So, they reward you with better Plus releases (not complaining about the NA releases like many do, though). 

This also allows them to focus on the harder markets, like Japan and NA.  For Japan, early release is not only because it is their home turf, but they also have to compete with handhelds, which have become the go to gaming devices there.  In NA, they know it's important to make it on time for the spending frenzy that is the holiday season, and also have to compete against MS's NA centric 360.