PS4 and ONE. The wisdom of 33 countries versus 13.

[Zanten]

DonFerrari said:

Zanten said:

Aye, which is a shame for them. xP Given how their previously dominant markets are shaping up so far, the last thing they'd probably have wanted is to actively surrender the other markets; again, even though they're small, they do add up, and even being in those markets might have kept them from being quite so stomped in global sales, even though Sony'd have won them anyway. Better to have middling sales in fifty countries your competitor is beating you in than almost zilch. =P

Given Microsoft's decision to focus all their stock- which turned out to be considerable overkill- in those 13 markets, (assuming it was true that they just couldn't BEAR to release in any other markets without proper Kinect localization,) wonder if Microsoft hadn't been expecting, even just before or just after launch, it to be this bloody difficult to so much as win an NPD in 2014. xD After that quote from Sony admitting they're surprised at how many people are jumping on board so early, stands to reason Microsoft wasn't expecting to see it happen either. =P

Will X2 them release in no markets because X1 is losing in all markets?

....not sure where you're going with this. o.o I'm just mentioning that, in retrospect (hindsight 20/20, etc,) given the dropping of the mandatory Kinect and their tier 1 markets apparently having plenty of excess inventory, they might be regretting not having, at the very least, lessened the global butt kicking a little by trying to be a bit more competitive in terms of the scale of their global launch.