| toastboy44562 said:
In the western world I bet as much as 15% are interested in gaming so china could be huge |
For reference
Europe - 740 million - 34 million Wiis, 33 million PS3s, 25 million 360s - 92 million consoles or 12%
North America - 528 million - 46 million 360s, 45 million Wiis, 28 million PS3s - 119 million or 22%
Japan - 127 million - 13 million Wiis, 10 million PS3s, 2 million 360s - 25 million or 19%
Rest of the World - 5,605 million - 11 million PS3s, 9 million Wiis, 8 million 360s - 28 million or .004%
Now, we know why this is largely due to socio-economic factors in many countries. China is definitely the sleeping giant of the industry by sheer scale alone if a few percent are able to buy it that is 300 million with the financial means. Of those if 10% follow through that is a huge leap and accomplihment. I actually think Microsoft is smart here to make games less to try to break in the market as plenty of potential. Of course there is risk as no one as far as I can tell has had significant success in that market.
