| tiffac said: I think Sony stretched themselves too thin but we can hardly blame them since their market is strong in the EU. While MS did well with focusing on their stronger markets, that's why they lessen their initial launch countries to 13. Stocks on one location maybe a different story in another location. This stretch will all depend on supply now. |
This will have a positive effect in the long run though. I'm from a European country in which PS3 won, but X360 came close behind (for obvious reasons - piracy, lower price, later because of Kinect) and in which we have PS4 now (sold out till March, preorders won't even be met till the end of the year) and our local MS said we're tier 3 or 4 for XO launch. The result? Everyone, even X360 fans go like "fuck MS for screwing us over and not releasing their console here, Sony at least respects us". This will have a significant effect when combined with a higher price of the XO, so MS is pretty much eliminated in Europe. In my country alone Sony will sell between 1 and 1.5 mil consoles, while XO will be marginal.
Hence Sony doesn't even have to win NA. It gained a hell of a lot of ground there, while MS is losing massive ground in Europe by the minute.
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.
