Mario Kart 8 in Europe pass the sales Japan

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QuintonMcLeod said:

You know what. I was wrong about France + Germany = UK. That information was from 2011. France + Germany have already grown much bigger markets than the UK.

The UK used to be the 3rd largest video game market. That isn't the case anymore. France appears to be #3 now.

In regards to total market revenue:
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1) North America - #1
2) Japan                #2
3) France              #3
4) Germany           #4
5) UK                     #5

A lot of the misconception on the UK being the 3rd largest in the world and the _largest_ market in Europe comes from this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_gaming_in_the_United_Kingdom

However, according to more reliable sources, that's really not the case, as seen here:
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_industry

However, with that said, a lot of publications like to interchange the UK with Europe, even though the market isn't really viewed that way.

Ive never seen anyone referring to european sales as UK sales.