drkohler said:
Again. it is not Sony or Microsoft that sell the consoles, it's shops. In Europe, shops like the Metro Group (MediaMarkt, Saturn, etc). Roughly 1000 shops all over mainland Europe. We have seen pictures in the web of XBox Ones in shops in Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, and I am sure the Mediamarkts in other parts of Europe got their share of XBox Ones as well. Curiously, the last PS4s shipped to Switzerland early February, while X1s are readily available since mid-January. So will you give up that silly "50 vs 13" argument. it is simply nonsense. Any "official launch" in most European countries will come and go largely unnoticed, since those countries already have the consoles in shops. |
Does MS market the console there?
Do they have billboards at public places, subway, bus stops?
Does MS advertise on major sport events?
Do they have deals with retailers to co-marketing and distribution?
Is the price not inflated?
Oh boy, a official launch is way, way beyond this grey market thing.
I can give you the PS3 case in Brazil. Since 2007 you could buy a PS3 anywere here, but it wasn´t officialy launced. It had no failure suport or ensurance, it costed almost twice the current PS4 price.
It wasn´t until 2012 that Sony launch the PS3 in Brazil. In those 5 years the Playstation that was almost a sinonimous for vide game in Brazil was almost wipe out by the Xbox 360.
However, since 2012 the PS3 had a huge resurgence enventhough is still more expencive than the 360.
