Why US=World argument might actually be legitimate

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Troll_Whisperer said:

brute said:
You guys are attacking him way to quick, he makes some good points in that U.S does spend the most on games. PS3 outsold 360, yet 360 beat it in software sales, and you know why? Because it dominated it in the U.S, also look at the original Xbox's attach rate, it was amazing.

Sure U.S doesn't equal the world, but it is the most important market by far, and people that say the other countries spend just as much as U.S are kidding themselves. Check the other big markets like Germany,France,Italy,Spain,Japan, U.K(not 100% sure on this as it is very similar to U.S) and you'll see that there software sales are much less than U.S in attach rate to consoles sold.

If you were to ask any of the big 3 if they would rather sell 40 million consoles in the U.S, or 40 million in the R.O.W they would choose U.S.

Tie ratios: (US-Europe-Japan-Rotw):

19	PlayStation 4 (PS4)	3.46	3.88	2.77	5.08	3.83
20	Xbox One (XOne)	3.81	4.50	2.50	2.22	3.80

Europe is above US. And that's with $100 games.

I believe it. Last time I went to Italy the exchange rate burned a hole in my wallet.