360 Japan > WiiU UK (first year)

[JWeinCom]

Talal said:

JWeinCom said:

The comparison implies that population should have no impact on the sales of a product which is lol stupid.  Aside from the XBox 360, EVERY current and last gen system has sold more in Japan than in the UK.  That makes sense cause you know, the population is about twice as big. So, to not expect lower sales in the UK is stupid.

The population isn't as important as you make it out to be. Otherwise countries like India, Indonesia, Brazil and Russia etc would be huge. Japan is a bigger market but stats show that it's not by that much.

In terms of socioeconomic status, UK and Japan are similar.  The other countries, not so much.  68.7% of indians live on less than 2 dollars a day.  As for the other countries, I'm not an expert.  Indonesia I'd imagine is pretty poor as well.  Dunno much about Russia or Brazil, but the point is, we're not talking about nations that are dissimilar in terms of wealth, and gaming systems in general (aside from the 360) sell significantly better in Japan.