Global Weekly, 29th April 2017 - Hardware

[Louie]

UltimateGamer1982 said:
Wow Nintendo taking Sony land??!! Holy shit. Christmas is gonna be insane!!

Well, Sony Land has only been Sony Land for the last 5 years. The 5 years before that it was Nintendo Land.

And it's not like Nintendo's handhelds sold bad in Europe before the DS. The Gameboy Advance and Gameboy Color were a big success. Europe being Sony Land that only Sony can dominate is a myth: In fact, Europe just follows the worldwide market trends. Since the PS1 era there has never been a generation in which any manufacturer lagged in sales in Japan or the US while being the market leader in Europe or vice versa. If Sony is successful in the US it succeeds in Europe. If Sony "fails" in the US (they never failed except the Vita but you get the idea) they "fail" in Europe.