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I was looking over the sales chartz for Europe and for the life time of Wii, sales have been poor in Italy and Spain, but Strong sales in most of the other countries.

Why are sales poor in just Italy and Spain ?



Consoles LTD, end 2009, end 2010 - prediction

Wii -  68 million, 90 million - Wii HD in late 2011 - $249

360 - 38 million, 47 million - 720 in late 2010 - $299

PS3 - 31 million, 43 million - slim PS3 in mid 2009 - $299 

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People in those countries are split, the casual base is almost none existant. People who buy games are usually hardcore.



I don't think they are poor, just not as good as PS3's haha. I mean you can't literally win them all, unless you were PS2 of course. I mean PS2 left a huge playstation brandname, and it's ungodly amazing enough that Wii has been able to dominate after that so far anyways, but because of PS2's dominance beforehand, you are going to see some split countries like that. Or you'll see the playstation brand still dominating like in New Zealand.



also those countries are sony land



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Nintendo's distribution system and retailer network is still weak in these markets, especially compared to larger European countries like Britain, France, etc. As the generation progresses, Nintendo will continue to gain ground in these regions, which have traditionally been completely dominated by Sony. When faced with limited supply, Nintendo is also more likely to lean towards its larger, more profitable markets. Makes sense...



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End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)

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lots of PS loyalty there



I've also heard it suggested that gamers in Italy and Spain are Manly Men who won't buy a console unless it offers sufficient testosterone dosage to satisfy their insecure manliness.



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in that case they should be buying the 360 famousringo
that's the shooter console for the tough guys amongst us.. lol



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Consoles LTD, end 2009, end 2010 - prediction

Wii -  68 million, 90 million - Wii HD in late 2011 - $249

360 - 38 million, 47 million - 720 in late 2010 - $299

PS3 - 31 million, 43 million - slim PS3 in mid 2009 - $299 

They're Sony land.

The Wii usually outsells the 360 weekly in those two countries, but mainly, the casual craze hasn't hit either of those two countries.