Europe has become an equal in console sales to the US!

[Mummelmann]

Jpcc86 said:

Qwark said:

since the market is in decline.

Is it, tho?

Console market is for sure. Handheld market might end up around 1/3 of the 7th gen and Wii U, One and PS4 between them are very unlikely to come close to the combined total of the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube, not to mention PS3, 360 and Wii.

There's a market contraction for sure, but gaming overall is growing steadily and attach rates seem to be up so overall revenue stream is quite secure, with the added bonus that software is usually better business for console manufacturers than actual hardware, which often has only small profits or even small losses.