Readykilowatt
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Imagine what a $199 Wii will do.
Wii nearly UK's best seller
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Imagine what a $199 Wii will do.
Not much more considering the Wii is mostly supply-constrained about everywhere in the world.
thatdude90210
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That was because the EU launch was more recent, and it was still selling due to pent up demand. Once that demand is met, it naturally settled at what the price and software lineup dictated, which is third place. I don't know why some thought the PS3 was going do that much better there... as if people EU are so much richer than people in the US and Japan.
Everything I read was that the 360 was doing bad in Europe EXCEPT in the U.K. That, however, says little about whether or not the PS3 is doing well.
Really ? Look a software sales from UK, germany and even spain lately. It seems that Wii sales >>>>> 360 sales >>PS3 sales. Could you provide some hardware numbers showing that PS3 is outselling 360 ? I read often people posting that mantra: "Europe IS Sonyland" while it WAS only.
I'm not saying it can be backed up with numbers. It's just what industry folks are saying.
Everything I read was that the 360 was doing bad in Europe EXCEPT in the U.K. That, however, says little about whether or not the PS3 is doing well.
From what I've read the 360 does well in Northern European territories, must be our shared Celtic/Saxonic ancestry leading us to the same console
Southern Europe is where the 360 has not done well, I think MS admitted as much recently saying that they faced an uphill battle in Spain for example. Although I suppose that with an absense on any concrete data for the region were left to our own imaginations on what "not done well" really means.
Even though Chart-Track themselves have released this information people on the internet forums are still crying foul over these numbers. I'm not sure why, the last Chart-Track info I got my hands on suggest that these numbers were quite real.
tongue_of_colicab
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No proof, but I came back from Spain 1 week ago and all the stores there almost have no x360 stuff. Only things like the remote. Not that the ps3 did alot better with not more than 10 games to chose from.
That wernt games stores though.
That wernt games stores though.
From what I've read the 360 does well in Northern European territories, must be our shared Celtic/Saxonic ancestry leading us to the same console
Southern Europe is where the 360 has not done well, I think MS admitted as much recently saying that they faced an uphill battle in Spain for example.
+1
The UK accounts for a huge part of the total European video games sales by the way.
Yeah I think the UK accounts for 35% of the European market.
Thank god for fat, lazy kids who do nothing but play the Xbox all weekend
Play, Amazon UK, and GAME online have them in stock too.
This is the case in Holland too (for at least two / three months now).
tongue_of_colicab
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It depens on where you go I think. Where I live in Holland you still cant find a wii (randstad).
Me too.
MM Alphen and Zoetermeer are no prob (and last time I've checked Den Haag)...
tongue_of_colicab
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Than it probably depends from city to city. The local intertoys hasnt had a Wii in stock since launch for example.
