Snoopy said:
The smaller european countries hardly buy games. I can brag about how well Xbox is doing in Latin America (outdoing PS4), but it doesn't mean jack. The reason North America and UK matters a lot more is the software attach ratio is a lot bigger. A lot of those smaller european countries can only afford maybe one game a year. Why do you think Sony released the PS4 first in North America over Japan (their home country). |
Germany, one of the most wealthy european countries, house of the biggest gaming event outside of E3(Gamescom) the one that Microsoft seems to care very much. PS4 sold more there than on the UK(4 european countries), has 70-73+% of Market share while Wii U and Xbox One fight for the other 20-17% (Wii U has atleast 1-3% more total market share than the Xbox One).
France is also a big european country with more than 70% of PS4 market share (I think that the PS4 is close, or already surpassed, 3 millions there).
Isn't Spain a bigger gaming market than Canada or Mexico ? PS4 also has a good share there.
By the goddess, I live in Latin America and I can say that there isn't a way to know how well each console is selling(maybe in Mexico). Microsoft and Sony releases overpriced products in Latin America. Just to make an example. It is more worth for someone to purchase a ticket, go to the USA, purchase a PS4/Xbox One and then come back, than purchasing a 900-1100US$ in Argentina or an 2100-2300US$ at launch on Brazil. They were selling imported ones for 1/7-1/5 of the price.
In Latin America, the imported market is so big that there isn't a way to know exactly the sales of a console, unless it launched at a fair price. But they usually launch multiple times more expensive than the USA's version. But I'm sure that the Xbox One hasn't an advantage in any country like the one that the PS4 has in Europe.
I don't know why people compare the European countries (dozens of countries) against Japan. Or when people compare the UK (4 countries) against a single country. UK and Japan's console numbers, home console, are nearly equal, 1 Country against 4. So, how is one irrelevant and the other is so important ?
