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Swordmasterman on 25 August 2016
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Nautilus said:
Swordmasterman said:

Do you consider UK(3+countries) a big Market? It have months were software sales are pretty sad. Here, consoles sell more software than PC, A lot of games sold more than 30-50K in a year. A country where  people purchase more imported products than national produced ones, the best selling national produced console sold more than 5 Millions units. After nearly 3 years in the generation, there isn't any country, with exception of the USA, where the Xbox One or the PS4 sold more than 5 Millions, majority is under 4.

So, is a market small when the "official" best selling console, on that market, wasn't outsold after 3 years of generation by other "big" countries ? I'm sure that atleast the Xbox 360 and PS2 sold on par, or even more, on the country, than that. 

Of course UK is a big market.Its not as big as US or Japan, but it is a big market.Its the se ond biggest market for Xbox if im not mistaken.And those examples you give are horrible, if not totally irrelevant to the point.Selling 30-50 k a year is alot?In a day and age that games like FF XV needs to sell 10 millions?In a day and age that duch games can do that number in a week in the bigger markets, and it dosent even need to be the launch week or launch month?Just accept it:all facts points to the fact that Brazil, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, etc etc are not big markets, they are small markets, BUT are not small enough to be ignored and more than justifies invesent in them, as long as its not high.

And I wont even comment how out of place is to compared a console that has already lived through its whole life(Im assuming those 5 million units sold come from the PS2) with one that probably didnt even pass half its life and use it as a defining argument.

Being the 2 biggest market for the Xbox One don't means nothing when Mexico or Brazil is the 3 biggest market for the console, Microsoft stated that, i forgot which one.

5 Million is from one of the only consoles that got a fair price on Brazil and, as i said before, people purchase more imported consoles than nationally produced ones, this is the best selling national produced console, Master System. PS2 and Xbox 360 sold on par or even more than that.

I also stated that Console gaming is bigger than PC Gaming here on Brazil, PC is more for MMO or Moba. And it sells 50K+ in a year. We have a few One Million Sellers +. Look at the USA, several months  where games don't sell close to a Millions, some months even half. Microsoft and Sony's biggest tittles selling 150-200K First week and being a "big success". Why something a little smaller can't be the same ? Last month was a very bad month for the UK, Game sales were very low, but this don't mean that isn't a big or important market.

 

Ahead of the UK(3+Countries), which have over 3.7 Billions on Gaming Revenue, is Germany over 4 Billions; and Korea, a little more than  4 Billions, then you have a very big jump to 14, 22 and 24 Billions from the 3 biggest gaming markets, Japan, USA and China.

Brazil+Mexico's revenue is something close to 2.6-3 Billions of US$, pretty much the same as France. There are only 7 countries(more or less) who have more than 2 Billions of Revenue.

Brazil and Mexico are on the top 10-14 of Biggest countries for gaming, wich, each one on its own,  have the same,or even bigger, gaming marker than Australia. You is comparing a 2 countries,  each with over 1.5 Billions of US$ of revenue and on a region with other 2-5 countries that have 200 Millions+ Revenue on gaming, with a region where the biggest country, South Africa, has only over 114 Millions of US$ revenue on gaming per year, the other countries of South Africa  is = to 50 Millions or less.

It isn't the same thing, Brazil and Mexico are a dozen of times, and something more, bigger than the biggest south african country and the  other countries of South America have a good ammount of revenue per year. Argentina + Colombia + Venezuela = over  900-1 Billion US$ in revenue.