those aren't comments....

and what site were you on then?

Vooks, its an Australian based site. Its good to recieve news thats relevant to my country

Brazil can be number 3.

UK is around third or fourth, but it does make up a very small portion of the total sales. US is far larger than everywhere else, and then each country remaining makes up a small piece. So any one country outside of the US (or maybe Japan) is almost a non-factor, but added together and they are significant.

UK, USA, Japan. Others don't really compare to those 3

1. US
2. JAPAN


i wonder when will UK release their own console????

Virgin Gaming Console??? anyone????

You're joking right? Consoles cost a fortune in Brazil.

I'm not kidding. It has been reported that the Brazilian market is the world's fourth (use a translator): http://oglobo.globo.com/tecnologia/brasil-ja-tem-mercado-de-games-maior-do-que-reino-unido-alemanha-espanha-10529533

The information is not as accurate as it puts France above the United Kingdom, but it is a reference to the colossal size of the Brazilian market.

Not only video game we paid a fortune, everything here is much more expensive. We are not accustomed to paying only the most expensive video games, but cars, clothes, perfumes, any technology product, etc.. The average Brazilian income has risen and we live in an absurd consumerism. In fact, Brazil inflates the numbers, especially  of the U.S., Mexico and other countries, because our consoles and games are in big part imported illegally from there. Remember the Master System and Mega Drive? So they were selling on average (combined) 150 000 per year (http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2012/07/30/vinte-anos-depois-master-system-e-mega-drive-vendem-150-mil-unidades-por-ano-no-brasil.htm). And they do not sell anywhere close to the new generation consoles.

I believe right now it's like this:

Handhelds:

Japan
USA
UK
No idea, probably Germany ;)

Home consoles:

USA
UK
Japan
Brazil

Brazil can't be on top of UK right now. They may have been buying more consoles recently, but that is because the gen is ending, so consoles are cheap and the UK market is already saturated with them. When new expensive consoles hit the market, UK will skyrocket again, while the sales of next gen consoles in Brazil will be rather low, probably won't be able to compete with Germany, France,maybe even Italy. Though they probably will get ahead in the future, as they are the only sensible country out of the BRICs with a real chance of becoming a truely civilised country. Though a hell lot has still to be done there.

It's a bit like the size of the economy. For a while there California had the 3rd largest economy in the world, behind USA and Japan. Of course now it's USA, China, Japan, not sure if California is 4th or if Germany or the UK has gone ahead, but still the fact that one state of the USA is in the top 5 or 6 economies of the world shows how huge the US economy is.