Japan second biggest console market again

[StarDoor]

palou said:

StarDoor said:

The term "markets" generally refers to individual countries. VGChartz tracks the five biggest ones: USA, Japan, UK, Germany, and France. Then it also tracks the regions of North America and Europe, which are combinations of markets.

Considering the strong economic ties, common currecy, free trade, open borders, shared regulations, it would make sense to consider the core EU states as 1 market. It is fully possible for someone in Belgium to regularly frequent stores in France or the Netherlands.

There are significant differences in language and purchasing habits between the countries. In what sense are the UK and France the same market when they use a different currency, a different language, and have wildly different taste? Just look at the relative performances of Nintendo and Microsoft in the UK and France.