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allblue said:
theprof00 said:

They'll need all the hopeful wishing they can get. UK is xbox country. You know for a country that has so much in common with Japan (primary diet of fish and tubers, rainy island country, expensive tiny housing, weird fetishes, bad teeth) it's strange how totally opposite they are when it comes to the consoles. Good luck Sony!


As a Brit I've got to say what you've just said was a load of bullshit. Except for occasional fish and chips on a day out during the summer, our diet is far from "fish and tubers", in fact seafood is so expensive and difficult to prepare that most of us don't bother. We have occasional salmon but that's considered luxury and is imported from abroad. 

Yes the weather is wet and windy but we rarely have heavy rains like I would imagine Japan having. It just occasional light showers but because the weather tends to be grey and gloomy 6-7 months a year it gives the impression of raining all the time while it is not. Our houses aren't tiny, it depends on where you live, places like london are of course very expensive but its no where near crumped up like in Tokyo.

Bad teeth? Maybe in some remote of the england where the majorities are like farmers and well, I doubt they visit dentist even once a year. Our NHS health care might be not entirely efficient but most of us aren't that ignorant of our health, my teeth are very even, healthy and pristine, thank you.

Weird fetishes? I'll leave it to you to elaborate on that one. 

Oh, uh thanks. I'll update my post. Sorry I wasn't very accurate.



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I think Sony letting Microsoft take Brazil is a huge loss. It'll probably make up for the loss of the U.K.



theprof00 said:
allblue said:
theprof00 said:

They'll need all the hopeful wishing they can get. UK is xbox country. You know for a country that has so much in common with Japan (primary diet of fish and tubers, rainy island country, expensive tiny housing, weird fetishes, bad teeth) it's strange how totally opposite they are when it comes to the consoles. Good luck Sony!


As a Brit I've got to say what you've just said was a load of bullshit. Except for occasional fish and chips on a day out during the summer, our diet is far from "fish and tubers", in fact seafood is so expensive and difficult to prepare that most of us don't bother. We have occasional salmon but that's considered luxury and is imported from abroad. 

Yes the weather is wet and windy but we rarely have heavy rains like I would imagine Japan having. It just occasional light showers but because the weather tends to be grey and gloomy 6-7 months a year it gives the impression of raining all the time while it is not. Our houses aren't tiny, it depends on where you live, places like london are of course very expensive but its no where near crumped up like in Tokyo.

Bad teeth? Maybe in some remote of the england where the majorities are like farmers and well, I doubt they visit dentist even once a year. Our NHS health care might be not entirely efficient but most of us aren't that ignorant of our health, my teeth are very even, healthy and pristine, thank you.

Weird fetishes? I'll leave it to you to elaborate on that one. 

Oh, uh thanks. I'll update my post. Sorry I wasn't very accurate.

Yeah ok, sorry if I came across angry. Nothing personal, just felt that it incorrectly described us as a population. :)



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foodfather said:
Somini said:

Very good, but expected!

If you search up the most sold items under "Video Games" on Amazon.co.uk for the whole year of 2013, you'll notice that the PS4 comes in at a much higher third place compared to the Xbox One's 37th.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/2013/videogames/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsar#1


hmmmm Amazon seem to have got rid of the ''days in top'' list. That did explain why PS4 is so high up compared to Xbox, PS4 has been availabale on amazon for a whole 2 months more than Xbox One. 

That doesn't change the numbers or the results. So it doesn't influence the numbers there are right now!



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Figgycal said:
I think Sony letting Microsoft take Brazil is a huge loss. It'll probably make up for the loss of the U.K.

They had to give them something. So it's all good :)



BTW the thread needs to added UK because PS4 is already the biggest launch in the Amazon.com history.



allblue said:
theprof00 said:

They'll need all the hopeful wishing they can get. UK is xbox country. You know for a country that has so much in common with Japan (primary diet of fish and tubers, rainy island country, expensive tiny housing, weird fetishes, bad teeth) it's strange how totally opposite they are when it comes to the consoles. Good luck Sony!


As a Brit I've got to say what you've just said was a load of bullshit. Except for occasional fish and chips on a day out during the summer, our diet is far from "fish and tubers", in fact seafood is so expensive and difficult to prepare that most of us don't bother. We have occasional salmon but that's considered luxury and is imported from abroad. 

Yes the weather is wet and windy but we rarely have heavy rains like I would imagine Japan having. It just occasional light showers but because the weather tends to be grey and gloomy 6-7 months a year it gives the impression of raining all the time while it is not. Our houses aren't tiny, it depends on where you live, places like london are of course very expensive but its no where near crumped up like in Tokyo.

Bad teeth? Maybe in some remote of the country where the majorities are farmers and.... well, I doubt they visit dentist even once a year. Our NHS health care might be not entirely efficient but most of us aren't that ignorant of our health, my teeth are very even, healthy and pristine, thank you.

Weird fetishes? I'll leave it to you to elaborate on that one. 

So are you trying to say that Sony has a chance?

 

Oh and as a "bloody yank," I'm looking forward to the 50th on 23.11.13.



Seece said:
Well yes, given PS4 releases the week after it makes sense for it to be #1 that week.

thats not whats really being said though. Amazon is saying X1 will be the best selling system.... until ps4 comes out and tops it the next week



shikamaru317 said:

This is good news for the Xbox One actually, not sure why some people think it's bad news. If Amazon UK is expecting the Xbox One to be the fastest selling xonsole in the country, that puts it ahead of the previous fastest selling console, the 3DS, which sold 113,000 units in the UK on it's opening weekend. It's already looking like the Xbox One will sell almost a million on opening weekend here in the US, add on 113,000+ sales in the UK, plus sales from the other 11 launch countries, and the Xbox One is going to have an amazing launch. Microsoft doesn't need to beat Sony, they just need to stay a close 2nd.

They kind of need to beat Sony though. Other than the U.S. and U.K., Microsoft is behind Sony in every other territory. Losing UK and US, even by a close second is a bad look.