| kowenicki said: Stats. How many of the population in Brazil, that have no connection, could EVER afford a ONE? or any video gaming system? The target audience, the ones that can afford it, is likely to be much higher interms of internet availability. This stat basically confirms that "only" 100m people in Brazil have internet access... How is this a problem? That is 1.5 times the population of the UK. |
That's not really the point.
Looking at USA which is only 75%, it's really not about money. It's the fact that some people just happen to live in very rural areas.
I'm not saying there isn't room for growth, or that sales will be greatly impeded. Rather, I'm saying that one cannot simply say "in this day and age", because it's not about luxuries people should have adopted as standard, it's about geography. Have you noticed that the top 5 best selling consoles in the world do not have internet experience tie-ins?
Ps2, ds, gameboy, ps1, wii..
Yes things are changing, but the point of all this is that access to internet is a legitimate concern. Perhaps it will only result in 10% fewer sales in the end, and business wise that means fuck all.
But you're still forgetting about that 10% who would've liked to buy one. Just because it doesn't adversely affect business doesn't mean it hasn't adversely affected customers. I think that's the big point you're missing.
It's like that whole military thing that is now resolved. So what the military couldn't use the one? How many do they buy? 500k? A drop in the bucket. But look how far that spun out of control. Major headlines everywhere. Lots of bad press, likely bad press that MS will never be able to rectify, because 500k was not a big deal to them. You should take caution before you look at numbers as if there aren't people behind them.
