SCEE president Jim Ryan claims PS4 has a minimum of 70% marketshare in any country in Europe, up to 90% in certain countries

[Athenos]

 

 

“We have market leadership in every country in Europe, and have very significant market leadership in continental Europe. Extremely significant. I don’t think market share’s any less than 70%, and frequently greater than 90% in continental Europe.” source

 

sources:

http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/30/playstation-4-dominates-europe-with-70-90-of-console-market/

http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/30/interview-ps4s-jim-ryan-on-sonys-e3-and-winning-in-europe/

[brownninja97]

so is this in the console market alone. even so a lot of people are still on last gen stuff. i dont think its that high

[You_are_a_cunt]

I call bull

[Humbug]

Obviously this does not include PC gamers. But even if he is only talking about console market share a lot of people still use Xbox 360s and PS3s...

[Nineshadow]

so is this in the console market alone. even so a lot of people are still on last gen stuff. i dont think its that high

It probably only includes the PS4 and the XBone, otherwise it's total bullsh*t.

 

They still are kind of too expensive for Romania, especially the PS4 which has remained at $450 here. Xbone dropped to ~$325. (from like the $800 it was during the first month, wtf)

[Albatross]

I'm pretty sure it only includes the console guys.

[Nineshadow]

Not to mention that Sony doesn't even have PSN in Romania. You literally cannot make an account for your Playstation if you put your address in Romania, so most people here just fill in a US address. The problem after that is that they can't use their credit cards, obviously, so they can't buy any games online.How the heck is this supposed to have 70% market share?

[Humbug]

Not to mention that Sony doesn't even have PSN in Romania. You literally cannot make an account for your Playstation if you put your address in Romania, so most people here just fill in a US address. The problem after that is that they can't use their credit cards, obviously, so they can't buy any games online.How the heck is this supposed to have 70% market share?

Wow that's really lame.

[Techhog]

The fact that some of you thought this included PCs is another sign that this forum needs an IQ test as a requirement before joining. It's obviously current-gen consoles only. Why would it even be anything else?

[Nineshadow]

Wow that's really lame.

It's been this way since they released the Playstation 3, God damn it.

 

I hope they fixed it with the PS4.

[You_are_a_cunt]

It probably only includes the PS4 and the XBone, otherwise it's total bullsh*t.

 

They still are kind of too expensive for Romania, especially the PS4 which has remained at $450 here. Xbone dropped to ~$325. (from like the $800 it was during the first month, wtf)

 

PS3/Xbox360 are still far too expensive aswell. Most people I know get them from other countries just because of the price difference. Not to mention the price gap between console games and PC game we're having. 4 year old game: $10 on PC, $40 on PS3/Xbox360. WTH

 

It's been this way since they released the Playstation 3, God damn it.

 

I hope they fixed it with the PS4.

They won't and that's just sad

[That Norwegian Guy]

In Norway it's 75% in favor of Playstation 4.

 

Which is interesting, as it's the console with the least games as usual.
 

That said, Norwegian game consumers are weird and only really care about FIFA.* Those who do not care about FIFA have gaming PCs. (Gaming PC is very strong in Norway)

 

*Most FIFA sales worldwide per capita

[Mulsanne]

Sony had an early lead with their cheapness but now that MS is embracing cheapness with 350 price tags for a base model (even the 1TB model with a few games is 350-400), Sony is feeling a squeeze.

The real insult was when they raised Canadian prices and MS didn't on the One. The greed was very apparent on that one and quite sad.

Sony may have led the starting but they seem to be making every decision possible to let MS get more sales the easy way.

[Sharkyx1]

Sony had an early lead with their cheapness but now that MS is embracing cheapness with 350 price tags for a base model (even the 1TB model with a few games is 350-400), Sony is feeling a squeeze.

The real insult was when they raised Canadian prices and MS didn't on the One. The greed was very apparent on that one and quite sad.

Sony may have led the starting but they seem to be making every decision possible to let MS get more sales the easy way.

The Canadian dollar is pretty screwed though, so it's not so much greed as Microsoft needing to try harder than Sony

[Curufinwe_wins]

I mean it could always be worse. Look at Xbox in Japan lol. Now that is pathetic.

[Sparviero]

I was kind of hoping for an Xbox one elite/slim to replace my ps 3 since I use the PS3 far more for Netflix, Hulu and friends. However now I kind of want to use a Node 202 to build an htpc.

[thexzenon]

The numbers might be slightly exaggerated, but I do believe that the PS4 has a clear advantage over the Xbone. It's pretty clear that the better console will sell better, given that their prices are similar(depending on the country of course).

[gill2k]

The Canadian dollar is pretty screwed though, so it's not so much greed as Microsoft needing to try harder than Sony

 

IIRC, the PS4 shot up to $449 way before our wonderful Loonie tanked.

 

Stores here do put them back down to $399 (Best Buy just had this price on The Last of Us bundle during E3) but that's like only the second time I've seen it.

 

I really want one despite becoming a full fledge PC gamer.  I've had Sony consoles since PSX.  I got Bloodborne on sale and paid $7 bucks for it (hooray PC Points!).  I just can't justify spending $500+ (after tax) to play ONE game at the moment.