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Germany:Demand for PS4 is x6 higher than for the second most popular console the WiiU
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It's because there's literally no reason to buy one unless you really, really like the four or five 'true' exclusives on the platform or MKV support is a deal breaker. It is trying to fill exactly the same market niche as PS4 but it simply is not as good a product.
That was a french market as far as I renember.
This was Germany :
Just search for PS4 Media Markt on youtube, there are plenty of videos.
That first person was so smooth in their grabbing motion. Probably already at the checkout while that cardboard display is going down.
Germany got pretty peaceful in the recent years, but when it comes to gaming the blood of the germanic tribes starts to boil again.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
If this said article was titled" USA: Demand for PS4 is x6 higher than the second most popular console the WiiU"
THEN it would be very bad news for MS.
THEN it would be very bad news for MS.
Goodacre0081
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Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Oh I don't doubt it.
I love Germans in any case. They're like us English but better in every way:
Better organized, higher punctuality, better industry, better sausages, can handle bigger glasses of beer, higher average height, bigger population, and the real clincher: prefer Playstation over Xbox clearly....
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Especially when there are a lot of great games on the 360. It has a huge library.
source: http://de.statista.com/statistik/da...ielekonsolen-in-deutschland-nach-plattformen/
I stand corrected. Xbox 360 and PS3 weren't really toe to toe.
their source: ********
BruceWayneIII
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I think Europe will be quite the challenge for Microsoft. It's also going to be very interesting to see what happens between the platformholders when Nintendo launches new hardware.
Newest Germany numbers are :
PS4 - 540.000
Wii U - 350.000
XBO - 170.000
= 1.06 million units sold
PS4 = 51%
Wii U = 33%
XB1 = 16%
Oh I don't doubt it.
I love Germans in any case. They're like us English but better in every way:
Better organized, higher punctuality, better industry, better sausages, can handle bigger glasses of beer, higher average height, bigger population, and the real clincher: prefer Playstation over Xbox clearly....
I still renember the WoW BC launch where one entrance door broke under the pressure of people pressing in.
Heh, interesting with the Wii U, how are the numbers for other bigger Europe markets?
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Yep and it's only going to get smaller the further we get away from launch.
Wii U is doing a bit better in France then it does in Germany i think.
Germany is home of the PC Master Race....why do we care about console sales there?
Are people still that big on PC? I think the majority switched over to consoles these days. Only some Hardcore crowd is still on PC from my anecdotal evidence. Isn't that also what weekly sales show?
HawksWinStanley
Member
Easily my favorite gif from launch. It cracks me up every time seeing the pathetic look on Mattrick's face while everybody whizzes by. I'm so glad he's gone.
It beat PS4 in December when both were supply constrained. So that's at least a single npd.
we people in Germany have been reporting this for a while now, some thought was hyperbole but that's how it has always looked. Always
this was my local Saturn in Bremen a couple of weeks after Titanfall launched
it has sold some since but not that much.
Yeah, I went to the mediamarkt in Bremen too and it's ridiculous how many people are interested in the PS4 and the Wii U and Xone don't grap any attention.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Lol at the scenes with the walking wounded. Could almost be a scene out of WW2 but set in a retail store...
Germany has a lot of pc gamers (many households have a pc) but people like their dedicated Fifa consoles (mainly ps3/ps4).
theprodigy
Member
it's actually not surprisingly, last known total is 360k as of the end of June (which is weird because previous consoles and 3DS DID do better in France)
Yep. What Xbox One truly fucked (pardon) in Germany was the timing. NSA + an american product that tracks all your movement and talks in your household. Killed all the momentum.
Farming Simulator 15 has already been announced for PS4 and Xbox One.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Wii U finally gets a win!
I suppose those are cherry-picked videos, and that the vast majority of retailers in Germany have proper line-ups where customers are given numbers in order to keep things civil/safe, right? First come, first served and all that.
I've been to Germany several times on business and have never, ever witnessed anything like that. It's usually quite the contrary actually.
I think that it wouldn't be so bad for the Xbox One if it would be just that. Not everyone really cares so much to not buy a console. What really killed it, was the general view of the PS4 as the cheaper and at the same time superior console, plus the general pitch to Sony, when I look at the numbers. The NSA case didn't help, of course.
There was little that could've gone wrong more for the Xbox One sales in germany. Well, aside from Don Mattrick sacrificing a puppy on live stage, smearing it's blood as Swastika on his forehead yelling: "Hello Nazis!" and then proceeding to sing the french national anthem.
Glad they dodged that.
Of course it wasn't every where like that, but at a lot of places. Few expected how many fans would come at that time to fight for a PS4
Bxbombers3
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Didn't the wii outsell ps3 and 360 combined last gen?
PS4 thirst was REAL in Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYxQtOCdizw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqKeUbsUejA
i was at a saturn store in cologne 2 weeks ago and microsoft obviously paid some money to get a very large area just for their consoles and there were advertisements everywhere.
but i didnt look like there were a lot of people interested. and thats confirms everything i've seen here so far.
but i didnt look like there were a lot of people interested. and thats confirms everything i've seen here so far.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
500m line of people waiting for PS4 in Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8NsubEMFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8NsubEMFY
Haha i remember a friend of mine went there from Hamburg and at the time he was there all PS4 were sold out.
Yes, we (people living in Germany) have been saying this for months now. Always the same story, no matter whom you asked.
No PS4 available to buy for months.
Retailers were/are desperately trying to sell off Xbox Ones (bundling in a second controller plus games) but people would rather get on a waiting list for the PS4.
Wii U was pretty dead until MK8 launched, I personally know at least 5 people who got the MK8 bundle.
Talking about the infamous "mindshare": PS4 all the way. No question.
No PS4 available to buy for months.
Retailers were/are desperately trying to sell off Xbox Ones (bundling in a second controller plus games) but people would rather get on a waiting list for the PS4.
Wii U was pretty dead until MK8 launched, I personally know at least 5 people who got the MK8 bundle.
Talking about the infamous "mindshare": PS4 all the way. No question.
theprodigy
Member
haha, France+Germany vs UK once you take out PS4 (i.e. the console that's not being compared) looks very different, also you might want to watch your back on those "other PAL countries" because some of them definitely didn't have Wii U>Xbox One in the first half of 2014
Aces&Eights
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That was a french market as far as I renember.
This was Germany :
Just search for PS4 Media Markt on youtube, there are plenty of videos.
I just love how that first guy was all "Snag! Time to get the fuck out!"
OT: Are there still shortages one in Europe?
Well its not like they tried real hard outside UK/US.
The same Sony did a bit after the PS3 launch wasn't what they expected: keep calm, stay humble and giving their best to regain trust. Its a matter of time and effort, they can't just buy their fans back.
No, not really. You can easily find PS4s in retail and online, there are some neat offers here and there online, 350, 315 or even 300 (which was the best deal so far on eBay wow).
Mario Kart increased Wii U's appeal, things got changed from then.
PodcastFips
Member
Hahahahahahahaha.
No.
Still the best one and I grabbed my PS4 there before people went crazy on the pile:
