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Miyamotoo on 04 April 2017

That really depends, Nintendo consoles are almost always more popular in US than they are in Europe, not to mention MS consoles, actually only consoles that are usually selling better in Europe than in US are Sony consoles.

 

 

zorg1000 said:

im sorry but this is a really dumb analysis, you used a single week of data to come to this conclusion.

Vgchartz numbers

2016
US-13.1m
EU-12.6m

2015
US-15.5m
EU-13.8m

2014
US-16.1
EU-15.6

2013
US-16.9m
EU-15.2m

2012
US-19.7m
EU-17.9m

2011
US-26m
EU-23.5m

2010
US-29.4m
EU-23.7m

2009
US-30.8m
EU-27.1m

2008
US-32.1m
EU-31.7m

Not a single year of EU being over US but its been consistently within 10%.

Yup, and with Switch and Scorpio this year, US will again be over Europe.



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KingofTrolls on 04 April 2017

People here are less interested in gaming in general, I would guess.
Here in PL its hardcore only machine.



Wyrdness on 04 April 2017

You are aware Europe has always been the biggest market for gaming the region just has very diverse taste in gaming right across the board. A large part of Europe are PC gamers especially the likes of Eastern Europe, I hear Scandanavia are quite into PC gaming as well.



JRPGfan on 04 April 2017

In europe PC gameing is much bigger.... while in the US more people use consoles (compaired).

The console market in europe though is mostly playstation.
It used to be a sega market, but when sega stopped makeing them, people seemed to gravitate towards the playstation.



Pyro as Bill on 04 April 2017

Isn't it fairer to compare Europe to North America?

If you compare EU to USA then from now on the EU loses ~1/4 sales thanks to Brexit.

Take that Brussels!



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Alby_da_Wolf on 04 April 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
Isn't it fairer to compare Europe to North America?

If you compare EU to USA then from now on the EU loses ~1/4 sales thanks to Brexit.

Take that Brussels!

They'll learn to offer Marmite sandwiches too, instead of just Vegemite ones!!!

 

About games development, Europe, and in the past particularly UK, has always been relevant, probably in proportion more for PC games and less for console ones than in USA or Japan.



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Wyrdness on 04 April 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
Isn't it fairer to compare Europe to North America?

If you compare EU to USA then from now on the EU loses ~1/4 sales thanks to Brexit.

Take that Brussels!

We're still part of Europe mate.



Pyro as Bill on 04 April 2017
Wyrdness said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Isn't it fairer to compare Europe to North America?

If you compare EU to USA then from now on the EU loses ~1/4 sales thanks to Brexit.

Take that Brussels!

We're still part of Europe mate.

We could set fire to Scotland and move the UK further south like a pop pop boat.

If we're comparing contininents then North America includes Canada and Mexico and Europe includes the UK.

If we're comparing states then the EU no longer includes UK (or won't soon).



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

Alby_da_Wolf on 04 April 2017
Wyrdness said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Isn't it fairer to compare Europe to North America?

If you compare EU to USA then from now on the EU loses ~1/4 sales thanks to Brexit.

Take that Brussels!

We're still part of Europe mate.

A bunch of Brexit-phobic EU enthusiasts must (or at least like to) think Great Britain is kept moored to the rest of Europe by a giant chain and that we'll cut it leaving you adrift in the Ocean.    



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Wyrdness on 04 April 2017
Pyro as Bill said:
Wyrdness said:

We're still part of Europe mate.

We could set fire to Scotland and move the UK further south like a pop pop boat.

If we're comparing contininents then North America includes Canada and Mexico and Europe includes the UK.

If we're comparing states then the EU no longer includes UK (or won't soon).

The thread says Europe not EU so it's the continent Brexit doesn't change that and that event won't happen for 2 years minimum anyway. As for the Scots they're actually the only part of this island to have never been conquered in a conflict so good luck trying to set Scotland on fire I hear the Romans advise against it though.