PS4 to sell 1 Billion confirmed

[DonFerrari]

DirtyP2002 said:

kowenicki said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
I don't think China would add that much to the console market TBH. Every extra unit sold is good news though I guess.

Well if you mean a billion yes, but realistically why do you think it wouldnt add much?

Because its starting from zero and its a different culture.  Why do you think it would add much?

There are not many (civilised) cultures that are not interested in gaming at all. They are into PC gaming already and when the ban is lifted and consoles released, they will be into console gaming as well. Sure it will take some time, but you can sell a lot of machines over there.

China became sooo important for a lot of industries in the past year - not only as a producer, but as a consumer. I think they will be the 4th major market in the next 5 years. Look at the automotive industry for example. Every fifth (!!!) BMW sold is sold in China and this rise happened in such a short period of time.

So there is a lot of purchasing power and there is a big demand. Piracy is the only issue now. If I were MS, I would release the Xbox One there as soon as they are able to ship enough units in the West. The "chinese Xbox One" would be a special one with the DRM still in place. It would make piracy difficult and open a new market.

Actually, Being "hack proof" could make it adoption slower. But just a dumb company would totally ignore china...It would be best to sell X360 that is possible to hack, but for Live they would need unhacked consoles...