| thranx said: Smartglass is available on iOS and android as well. it covers almost 100% of smart phones and tbalets. MS has done it right with smart glass. Amricans consumers are probably the most price consciuos and least brand loyal. It came down to price and thats about it. that i why MS will most likely loose this coming gen. they are priced too high. Americans dont care about made in the US, that is why so many products are made elsware now.
Alot of people see the ps3 and 360 as very similar, with one being cheaper. Nothing to do with nationalism here. Just price.
The most sold truck is also one of the cheapest for its size. Again price is a huge factor. Dont know why you would compare carollas to trucks, but the best selling cars are usually foriegn.
May 2013 Top 20 - March 2013 Top 20 - April 2012 Top 20
Looks like an all american list to me.
Americans are really about price. They are not nationalistic when it come to purchases. ZThere have many attempts for buy american products in the past and they never really seem to gain traction. |
You might be right, but price isn't everything. N64 and Gamecube were cheaper then PS2 ( think N64 released at $200 compared to PS1's $300 price tag, and I'm not sure about Gamecube, but it did go down to $99 before being discontinued).
However in general price is a big factor for Americans.
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Asfor best selling cars, where did you get that table? Where do trucks fit in? Ford makes a lot of its sales in the trucks department, but it's nice to see that in the USA Japanese cars dominate. In Canada, I think we have a similar pattern for car sales, just put compact sedans like the civic first and switch their places with full size sedans like Accords.
Doing a quick look, actually from the same website (except I got October 2012's figure), I found a top 30 list of best selling vehichles, including trucks.
|
Rank
|
Vehicle
|
October 2012
|
%
Change |
Year
To Date |
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Ford F-Series
|
56,497 | + 7.6% | 520,230 | + 10.9% |
|
#2
|
Chevrolet Silverado
|
38,739 | + 5.7% | 336,939 | + 1.2% |
|
#3
|
Toyota Camry
|
29,926 | + 35.8% | 344,714 | + 37.0% |
|
#4
|
Honda Accord
|
28,349 | + 25.5% | 276,196 | + 35.7% |
|
#5
|
Dodge Ram
|
25,222 | + 19.9% | 238,815 | + 20.0% |
|
#6
|
Nissan Altima
|
24,623 | + 12.8% | 258,663 | + 16.3% |
|
#7
|
Toyota Corolla/Matrix
|
20,949 | + 29.0% | 243,652 | + 19.9% |
|
#8
|
Honda Civic
|
20,687 | + 27.9% | 254,716 | + 38.8% |
|
#9
|
Honda CR-V
|
20,205 | + 4.5% | 233,586 | + 29.5% |
|
#10
|
Ford Escape
|
19,832 | + 4.1% | 219,907 | + 6.3% |
|
#11
|
Chevrolet Cruze
|
19,121 | + 33.8% | 199,721 | - 1.0% |
|
#12
|
Ford Focus
|
18,320 | + 47.9% | 205,006 | + 36.9% |
|
#13
|
Toyota Prius
|
16,774 | + 52.4% | 200,114 | + 92.0% |
|
|
Prius Liftback
|
8788 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
|
|
Prius C
|
3328 | ----- | 29,458 | ----- |
|
|
Prius V
|
2769 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
|
|
Prius Plug-In
|
1889 | ----- | 9609 | ----- |
|
#14
|
Hyundai Sonata
|
16,773 | - 7.8% | 192,119 | - 0.4% |
|
#15
|
Chevrolet Equinox
|
15,387 | + 1.8% | 182,249 | + 13.8% |
|
#16
|
GMC Sierra
|
14,568 | + 9.0% | 126,749 | + 5.0% |
|
#17
|
Hyundai Elantra
|
14,512 | + 11.6% | 167,087 | + 3.8% |
|
#18
|
Ford Explorer
|
14,220 | + 18.6% | 132,023 | + 21.2% |
|
#19
|
Volkswagen Jetta
|
13,476 | + 3.2% | 140,504 | - 6.4% |
|
#20
|
Kia Optima
|
12,948 | + 50.3% | 127,676 | + 98.4% |
|
#21
|
Ford Fusion
|
12,690 | - 29.9% | 206,855 | + 0.2% |
|
#22
|
Toyota Tacoma
|
10,172 | + 19.8% | 115,063 | + 29.5% |
|
#23
|
Jeep Grand Cherokee
|
11,919 | + 7.5% | 123,994 | + 28.0% |
|
#24
|
Jeep Wrangler
|
11,310 | + 14.3% | 119,787 | + 17.6% |
|
#25
|
Toyota RAV4
|
10,936 | + 2.4% | 145,103 | + 35.9% |
|
#26
|
Dodge Grand Caravan
|
10,603 | + 49.3% | 118,730 | + 27.8% |
|
#27
|
Subaru Outback
|
10,153 | + 14.2% | 95,357 | + 14.0% |
|
#28
|
BMW 3-Series
|
9729 | + 25.6% | 78,081 | - 0.3% |
|
#29
|
Honda Odyssey
|
9712 | - 6.7% | 107,536 | + 24.4% |
|
#30
|
Chevrolet Malibu
|
9629 | - 6.0% | 189,094 | + 4.2% |
The top 3 American trucks sold 130,000 trucks, but the Toyota Tacoma came 22 with 10,000 sold, and the Tundra didn't even regiester. Last I checked a Toyota and a Ford were about the same price (at least here in Canada).
Also if you look at this list, about 273,000 vehichles sold were American, and only 45,000 cars sold were Korean. If price were everything this would be more even (since Kia and Hyndai don't sell trucks). Korean cars are cheaper then American cars, by a good margin too, and recently they've become more reliable too, and I would argue better looking, but they still don't compete with American vehicles, regardless of price.
For reference, 182,000 behicles sold were Japanese. So American vehicles still kill Japanese vehicles, despite large differences in quality, and a small difference in price, and American cars cream Korean cars despite being more expensive, and of similar quality. Nationalism makes a pretty noticable impact.
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However I won't take are repect for the 360 when it's not needed. Had Microsoft been a Norwegian company, it may have lost 20 million units sold in North America, but gained 10 million in Europe, maybe even 20, so the 360 did well. Sony and Nintendo have a disadvantage though, with their home makret being so small, and largely focused on portables, but they also have a longer history of making games.
Anyway, next gen, I hope to see PS4 > WiiU > One in terms of sales, but let's see what happens.
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