Wii finally loses its lead in the UK.

[Mnementh]

thranx said:

Mnementh said:

kowenicki said:

VGKing said:
Didn't know the UK market was that small.....that's about the same amount of PS3s sold in Japan which is not many.
What's the second largest EU market? Is UK seriously the biggest?

Small? Lol

In the UK 62m people buy approx 23m home consoles.

in Japan 127m people buy approx 23m home consoles.

And yes... It's by far the biggest console market in Europe.  France is second with approx 13m, some 10m behind.

The UK is essentially the joint second largest home console market on the planet with Japan this gen.

It's sad that germany is even behind France. germany has the biggest population and the biggest economy in europe, so it should be the biggest market. But somehow videogaming has a bad reputation over here, so it ends up on the third place.

I think Germans game more on PC than on consoles or handhelds.

That's true for most of europe, but it may also a reason, because UK seems more console-centric. We don't have good numbers on PC-market (not that I'm aware of), but I'm pretty sure while PC-market may look better in germany, both added it will stay behind the UK.