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Just by reading this headline, you're probably thinking, "Oh, what a boring topic. Who do these people think I am, some stuffy marketing suit? Who cares about market conditions?" But there's actually something interesting about the game markets when you compare Japan to the rest of the world. Generally speaking, worldwide, the PlayStation 2 is crushing the competition, having sold millions and millions more consoles than the Xbox or GameCube. Sony's lead has become so enormous that it is kind of embarrassing for the other big publishers, although Nintendo's unique advantage of having effectively cornered the portables market is impressive too.
In the following chart, I've compiled hardware sales data from press releases, news reports, and financial reports from the big three console makers. Notice how the Xbox seems to be more popular in both North America and Europe, but what is going on over there in Japan? The GBA SP hasn't even been out for a year and it has sold almost as well!

Treffen wollen wir uns noch. Achja da fällt mir ein eigentlich habe ich sie schon gesehen, aber da war es ziemlich dunkel. Ich hatte die tolle Idee sie zu besuchen, aber angeblich war es schon zu spät und sie wollte mir ja schon aufmachen aber ihre Oma war schon sehr aufgebracht ...