Japan second biggest console market again

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DonFerrari said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

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...

 

As market matures, and it being rich enough and having a lot more people in it, it's expected that the trend for Europe as a whole to be a bigger market for VG than USA will happen.

Well, what's holding up Europe from overtaking the US for so long is that PC gaming (or computer gaming in general during the 80's and early 90's) has always been big there. Otherwise Europe surely had surpassed the US a long time ago already. It's also the reason why handhelds edges out US - can't take a PC as easily with you