PS4 Sells 134.000 Units in Spain (4.8:1 PS4:Xbone Ratio)

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DerNebel said:
Did MS allocate the X1 completely wrong? What's the point of having X1s lying in huge quantities in stores around europe if noone's buying them anyway? They either should have allocated more to the US or release the system in more territories this holiday.

Any conjecture about yeilds aside MS constrained itself for launch countries due to language localisation demands for Kinect voice recognition. They took the decision that it's better to release late with some reasonable VR in the local language than release early with English and the other launch languages as the only options. I think that was a mistake on their part, and I think MS probably realises this now but too late to do anything about it. MS would have hoped to be a lot more competetive in these launch markets, but they are only treading water in the english speaking world and drowning everywhere else, more or less. And the yet to launch markets are all but dead for them now I reckon. Ironically the only market yet to launch whers they might perform as well as 360 could be Japan because PS4 hasn't launched there yet. Though it's hardly a great feat to do as well as 360 in Japan.

Unless WiiU has a couple of strong territories I can see PS4 having >50% market share globally for the generation,which means a shorter generation with MS and Ninty both deciding to hit the refresh button on or before the 5year mark.