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John Lewis schrieb:

>> Here in Germany it's no problem finding the latest games in the local 
>> stores, even in smaller cities. I also can't see PC games being pushed 
>> back in favour of console games, the amount of PC games in shops is 
>> around the same as it has been before...
>>
> 
> Ah, but you are not in the fad-driven environment of the great US of
> A. Some of us have seen the (er) great (er) console-revolutions ebb
> and flow through many cycles. We are in the middle of one right now, 
> but some people might just catch on after they buy their 3rd or 4th
> update-version of the Xbox360, each at a higher price than the last,
> that the stack of junk consoles in their garage might not have been
> such a wise investment after all.

Well, I'm quite often in the US (CA/Bay Area). I think the US is a 
completely different market than Europe (or Germany). For example, in 
stores like Fry's, Best Buy etc. the majority of computers offered are 
more or less basic systems (Celerons) with shared memory gfx and 
astonishing small RAM config. It looks like there is a huge market for 
such home computers for basic tasks in the US. In Germany you won't find 
much PCs with shared memory gfx in the stores. Even basic home computers 
come with a "real" gfx card of some sort, only some few really 
ultra-cheapo computers have chipset gfx. Of course there also are Dell 
Optiplex and such which also have shared memory gfx but these systems 
are targeted at business users.

I'm sure there are much more market differences...

Benjamin