Mario Kart 8 in Europe pass the sales Japan

[QuintonMcLeod]

KLXVER said:

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.

Well, how could you see it? Many publications either say, "Europe" or they say, "UK". Notice how they never say both. You see very few places that actually write about the numbers in the UK separately from the numbers for the rest of Europe. Its either one or the other.