| Bokal said: 80GB with MGS4 would be 500€ in europe, which is roughly 800$ SCEE is not taking care at all of us Europeans, while we are their biggest buyers, and by far. Late hardware release. 1,5 the price. No 80Gb hardware yet. Late PSN releases. Games are also 1.5 the price: 70€ is 110$ I love my PS3, but WTF! Actually... we're still buying so why would they care? Sad... very sad... Sony should (and could) make the PS3 300€ (it would still be more expensive than in the US...) THAT would make huge sales, a lot more than a 500€ 80Gb PS3... (MS and Ninty does the same anyway...) |
Problem is that when the ps3 launched, the disparity between the US$ and the Euro wasnt as bad. Due to extra taxes in the EU region, the pricing didn't seem as unfair. Now that the US economy is crashing, the pricing now seems very disparate. However, if the EU got a price cut, most simple-minded Americans would complain without fully understanding why. Regardless, Europeans may still be better off though because many Americans have not planned for expensive energy prices and other issues that plague them now that Europe has basically gotten over. A fine example is the absolute lack of public transportation in non-metropolitan areas of the US forcing people to drive the only car they have even if it happens to be a hummer.
In other words, if the pricing were relatively equal to the EU now, most gamers would simply be non-gamers in the US and the EU would become the most important market. Gaming is growing in the EU region every year while NA seems to be saturating. Its only a matter of time before the gaming industry becomes eurocentric as opposed to American-centric as it is right now. We'll start seeing more games set in places like London, Berlin, Rome, Frankfurt, etc as opposed to the typical New York, LA... you get my point.
I'll be happy when this change occurs even though I live in the US because the ego of many Americans is unbecoming...they really do believe the world revolves around the US!
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