One Billion Sold?

[z64dan]

Blue3 said:

Vengi said:

On the subject of China's Middle class

Large Middle Class
http://english.people.com.cn/200509/03/eng20050903_206346.html


Only 100,000,000?
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/editors/2007/02/14/market-myths/

290 million people by 2011 & 520 million by 2025
http://www.chinalawblog.com/chinalawblog/2006/05/url_for_dont_ig.html

Sony's PS2 sells well in China but no numbers given.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/007447ec-329d-11db-87ac-0000779e2340.html

Based on these figures we could possibly see UK like wii sales in China by 2010 and US type sales by 2025 (for the best selling console) , taking into account that the Wii would sell quite a bit cheaper then in the west and it is made there, also by 2010 we can assume a price cut for the wii.

I also predict that by 2015 - 2020 they will have there own development houses in china, i can see lots of tie-in games for chinese films ;)

This leads me to believe that yes, china will have a real impact on sales in the long term future and maybe up to a 10% WW increase in sales by 2011.

 problem is china is the capital of the world for piracy, and they dont seems to interested in fighting it all that much.

Hah, that reminds me of how China copied Disney World, and claims it is not related to Disney characters: ]

"With its slogan “Disneyland is too far,” Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park features a replica of Cinderella’s Castle, with staff dressed like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney characters.

None of this is authorized by Disney - but that has not stopped the state-owned park from creating its own counterfeit version of the Magic Kingdom in a brazen example of the sort of open and widespread copyright piracy that has Washington fuming.

The United States announced Monday it would file a case at the World Trade Organization over rampant copyright piracy in China, a practice which US companies say deprives them of billions of dollars each year.

But 31-year-old housewife Zhang Li betrays a typical Chinese attitude on the issue while chasing her young son around the park.

“I don’t understand why that is such a big problem. Shouldn’t others be able to use those characters besides [Disney]?” she asks."

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1678