Japan second biggest console market again

[Bofferbrauer2]

palou said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Europe has a bigger market for home consoles than the US

Europe has 300k and 400k less of respectively the Switch and the Xbox ONE... but 1.8 Million more PS4 for this year, which more than balances out what's missing in Nintendo or Microsoft sales.

This year, because XBOX is weak. However, more home consoles have been sold in the US than in Europe, this generation. (WiiU + PS4 + XBONE: 42.5 million vs 37 million)

Not just because of Xbox, but especially because of PS4, too

PS4 is flat at best in the US yoy while it is thriving in europe, where record sales are being made. Last year the diffence between US and Europe in PS4 sales was 1.5 million in favor of europe, right now europe is already leading by 1.8 million, and that gap is growing fast

Also, Xbox is weak in the US, but not so much in europe, where it looks like it could be it's best there yet, even without the Xbox ONE X

One reason is that the console market shrank much faster in the US last year. There, the whole market shrank by 2.4 million compared to just half of that in Europe, brining them pretty close together. Now with the PS4 reaching new heights, which benefits Europe more than the US, it's enough to actually surpass the old leader. For how long, that's what we will see...