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setsunatenshi on 12 December 2015

because while in the 90's in the US they were playing Super Mario we were playing Sonic...

the only real change happened with the PS1 when people switched from SEGA to Playstation due to gran turismo, tekken, final fantasy, metal gear solid, etc

since SEGA called quits, Playstation became synonymous with gaming even for people who don't play videogames at all. if you ask a random person on the street what the wii u was, chances are they wouldn't know. If you tell them it plays games, they'll ask (it's a playstation?)



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Curmudgeon on 12 December 2015

As everybody says Nintendo was never as big in Europe as in NA. Keep in mind that the presence of gaming companies differs a lot in each country.

For example, apprently Mega Drive sold better in Europe than SNES did. I never realised this living in the Netherlands as old Nintendo games are much more common over here than old SEGA games, and while I know plenty of people who used to own a Nintendo I know know literally no one who had a SEGA. But in the UK for example I believe Mega Drive was more popular. Also, I don't think Nintendo is very popular in eastern Europe and was introduced quite late over there. (plus there are a lot of pc gamers over there)

More important though is the lack of FIFA and big games like CoD and GTA because this is what the masses are interested in. Sony also advertises Playstation very well. Europe loves football, and therefore loves FIFA. Even many players themselves are always going on about how they love playing FIFA on their Playstation. Playstation is advertised during the Champions League which is the most important football (and sports) event in Europe. This way they reach a huge audience including basically all FIFA fans.



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TheLegendaryWolf on 12 December 2015

Well, for the UK no FIFA so, nuff said...



Curmudgeon on 12 December 2015
Rine said:

That's not how I remember it. I'm from the Netherlands and everyone played Sega and Nintendo in the good old days.

It will differ between countries. I always thought Nintendo was much more popular in the Netherlands. I'm Dutch too and I literally don't know a single person who used to own a Sega, while I know many people who used to have a SNES. I also don't see as much Sega on retro conventions, flea markets etc.





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Goodnightmoon on 12 December 2015
97alexk said:

Im Swedish, and im a preatty hardcore nintendo fan, and im 18 and i bought the Wii U at launch, i had it pre-ordered. I did my fair share here xD but anyway hmm UK seems mostly go to playstation, although germany alot of soccer fans go to ps4 and there soccer games. Alot of germans love mario party and mario kart. Sweden is liek the weird one. they just like League of legends, Counter-striker. and those other boring games :P

Well that's better than a country where Fifa is the GOD of videogames, like mine. Some thinks people here buy Ps because variety and all that jazz. Hahaha. Most of Ps players I know play only Fifa and Cod, but they play them on PS because they were used to play PS when they were kids thanks to the popularity of Ps1. There was a long period here where the name "La play" (the ps), was used as synonim of homeconsole even for consoles that were not ps. Just to give you a look of how heavily ps biased this country is xD





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GamechaserBE on 12 December 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Mr.Playstation said:
Does the Wii U get Fifa?

That answers your question.

This.


And also, Europe has never been very supporting to Nintendo homeconsoles. Even on Nes/Snes era, Sega was actually more popular in a lot of countries. They never conquered this market, then Sony took Sega place as the bad boy of videogames and almost monopolized the market with PS leaving little room for anything else, and that has never really changed until today except for the Wii. Handhelds are another story though.

Well Megadrive did well because it had a lot of games compared to Nintendo's Snes. All of this games did not release in Europe for the Snes:

Edit (to lazy to clean up the list).

3 Ninjas Kick Back 7th Saga ABC Monday Night Football Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends Aero Fighters Aerobiz Aerobiz: Supersonic American Gladiators Andre Agassi Tennis Arcana Ballz 3D Barbie: Super Model Bass Master Classic Bassin's Black Bass Battle Blaze Battle Cars Battle Grand Prix Bazooka Blitzkrieg Bebe's Kids Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball Bill Walsh College Football BlazeOn Bonkers Brain Lord Brandish BreakThru! Brett Hull Hockey 95 Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus Brunswick World Tournament of Champions Cacoma Knight in Bizyland Cannondale Cup Captain Novolin Chavez Boxing Chavez II Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest Chrono Trigger Civilization Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition Clue College Football USA 97 College Slam Combatribes Cyber Spin D-Force Dig & Spike Volleyball Donkey Kong Country: Competition Edition Doom Troopers Doomsday Warriors Dragon View Dream TV E.V.O. EarthBound Emmitt Smith Football ESPN National Hockey Night ESPN Speedworld ESPN Sunday Night NFL Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally / Speed Racer Extra Innings Eye of the Beholder F1 ROC II: Race of Champions Faceball 2000 Family Feud Fighter's History Final Fantasy II Final Fantasy III Final Fight Guy Fire Striker Football Fury Frogger Gemfire Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf GP-1: Part II Gradius III Great Waldo Search Gun Force Hammerlock Wrestling Hardball III Hit the Ice Home Improvement Ignition Factor Imperium Inindo Inspector Gadget Jammit Jeopardy! Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition Jeopardy! Sports Edition Jetsons Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament USA John Madden Football Ka-blooey Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge Ken Griffey Jr. presents Major League Baseball Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run Kendo Rage King Arthur & the Knights of Justice King of the Monsters 2 Kirby's Dream Land 3 Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing Lester the Unlikely Liberty or Death Lufia & the Fortress of Doom Madden NFL 96 Madden NFL 97 Madden NFL 98 Magic Johnson's Super Slam Dunk Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers Mario's Early Years: Pre-School Fun Mark Davis' The Fishing Master Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Math Blaster Episode 1 Mecarobot Golf Mega Man's Soccer Metal Warriors Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge Mickey's Ultimate Challenge Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra The Miracle Piano Teaching System MLBPA Baseball Monopoly Musya MVP Football Natsume Championship Wrestling NBA Live 98 NBA Showdown NCAA Final Four Basketball NCAA Football NHL 98 NHL Stanley Cup Hockey Nickelodeon Guts Ninja Gaiden Trilogy No Escape Nobunaga's Ambition Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness Nolan Ryan's Baseball Nosferatu Obitus Ogre Battle Operation Europe Operation Thunderbolt Pacific Theater of Operations Pacific Theater of Operations II Packy & Marlon Paladin's Quest Peace Keepers Pieces Power Instinct Power Moves Pro Quarterback Pro Sport Hockey Q*bert 3 Raiden Trad Rampart RapJam Volume One Relief Pitcher Ren & Stimpy: Buckaroos Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon Riddick Bowe Boxing Rise of the Phoenix RoboTrek The Rocketeer Rocko's Modern Life Rocky Rodent Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball Romance of the Three Kingdoms II Romance of the Three Kingdoms III Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV RPM Racing Scooby-Doo Mystery Shien's Revenge Sim Ant Sim Earth Skuljagger Snow White Sonic Blast Man 2 SOS Space Football Speed Racer Speedy Gonzales Sporting News Baseball Steel Talons Sterling Sharpe's End 2 End Stone Protectors Street Combat Street Hockey 95 Super Baseball 2020 Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 Super Bases Loaded 2 Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal Super Bases Loaded (Ryne Sandburg Plays…) Super Batter Up Super Black Bass Super Bowling Super Caesar's Palace Super Goal! 2 Super Godzilla Super High Impact Super Mario RPG Super Ninja Boy Super Noah's Ark 3D Super Nova Super Off Road: The Baja Super Play Action Football Super RBI Baseball Super Slap Shot Super Solitaire Super Valis IV Suzuka 8 Hours SWAT Kats Tecmo Secret of the Stars Tecmo Super Baseball Tecmo Super Bowl Tecmo Super Bowl II Tecmo Super Bowl III Thunder Spirits The Tick Tin Star TNN Bass Tournament of Champions Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer / Super Copa (Latin America) True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club Twisted Tales of Spike McFang Ultima VI Ultima VII Ultima: Runes of Virtue II Ultimate Fighter Uncharted Waters Uncharted Waters: New Horizons The Untouchables War 2410 War 3010 Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars WCW Super Brawl Wrestling Wheel of Fortune Wheel of Fortune: Deluxe Edition Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego Wicked 18 Golf WildCATS Wild Snake The Wizard of Oz Wizardry V Wolfchild Wordtris World Heroes 2 World League Soccer Xardion Y's III





97alexk on 12 December 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
97alexk said:

Im Swedish, and im a preatty hardcore nintendo fan, and im 18 and i bought the Wii U at launch, i had it pre-ordered. I did my fair share here xD but anyway hmm UK seems mostly go to playstation, although germany alot of soccer fans go to ps4 and there soccer games. Alot of germans love mario party and mario kart. Sweden is liek the weird one. they just like League of legends, Counter-striker. and those other boring games :P

Well that's better than a country where Fifa is the GOD of videogames, like mine. People thinks people here buys Ps because variety. Hahaha. Most of Ps players I know play only Fifa and Cod, but they play ot on PS because they were used to play PS when they were kids thanks to the popularity of Ps1.

I hope they will experience the fun, nostalgia and the epicness that comes from some other games, especially Nintendo games Like xenoblade chronicles, Zelda, metroid, splatoon and so on.





c03n3nj0 on 12 December 2015
Fei-Hung said:

I actually bought a WiiU at the beginning of this year specifically because I was craving 3D platformers. I missed my time with the N64, spending countless hours playing mario64, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooi and playing Lylat Wars 64 over and over again.

I played Mario 3D world, I loved it and then I realised there were no other 3D platformers. I dislike the 2D mario's and the constant remastering of them. I came for what I fell in love with in my teens and was left wanting. In the end I ended up trading my WiiU in as even Star Fox seemed miles away and different to what I wanted it to be.

I know I can download some of the 3D Mario games from the Wii, but in the end I want to play my Mario games with a controller and as much as I was dying to play Mario Galaxy, I couldn't bring myself to play a Mario game with motion controls.

Honestly man, you're missing out on one of the great 3D paltformers out there. 

OT: 

Most of my college-aged Dutch friends have never heard of a Wii U. It really is PlayStation Land over here. 



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OneKartVita on 12 December 2015
97alexk said:
Goodnightmoon said:

Well that's better than a country where Fifa is the GOD of videogames, like mine. People thinks people here buys Ps because variety. Hahaha. Most of Ps players I know play only Fifa and Cod, but they play ot on PS because they were used to play PS when they were kids thanks to the popularity of Ps1.

I hope they will experience the fun, nostalgia and the epicness that comes from some other games, especially Nintendo games Like xenoblade chronicles, Zelda, metroid, splatoon and so on.

 

Don't worry the Europeans get more fun games to play than any other console by our tastes.  And I don't just mean fifa and cod.  Rocket league was a monster on Playstation in europe and that's as fun as any other game that's released this year.  

 

We get a ton of indie and digital titles like brothers: a tale of two sons,  journey,  rocket league and a ton more.  These games are similar to the Nintendo type fun and experiences except for far cheaper.  Playstation has it all and Europeans have a great variety of taste.  It's why PC / PS dominates Europe. 



Goodnightmoon on 12 December 2015
OneKartVita said:
97alexk said:

I hope they will experience the fun, nostalgia and the epicness that comes from some other games, especially Nintendo games Like xenoblade chronicles, Zelda, metroid, splatoon and so on.

 

Don't worry the Europeans get more fun games to play than any other console by our tastes.  And I don't just mean fifa and cod.  Rocket league was a monster on Playstation in europe and that's as fun as any other game that's released this year.  

 

We get a ton of indie and digital titles like brothers: a tale of two sons,  journey,  rocket league and a ton more.  These games are similar to the Nintendo type fun and experiences except for far cheaper.  Playstation has it all and Europeans have a great variety of taste.  It's why PC / PS dominates Europe. 

OMG, you know absolutely nothing about Nintendo xD I was suspecting that already but now I totally know it.