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Gaming industry to boost in India, even with overpriced consoles |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: India, iSuppli, Microsoft, Milestone Interactive
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While gamers all over the world are crying for a price drop, our friends over at India buy their PS3 and Xbox 360 at US$ 980 and US$ 600 respectively. Even with such expensive consoles, analyst group iSuppli believes that the industry will reach US$ 125 million on 2010, from last year's US$ 13 million.Milestone Interactive Software distributed the PS3 at almost a thousand bucks, but 1,200 units have been sold so far. Year end goal of 10,000 units sold will be hard according to the group, because of Xbox 360 and its "major price differential compared to its competitor."
Having to pay for duties doesn't help, which is almost 35% the product price in India. Microsoft's box also have the earlier release advantage, and localizing support that iSuppli calls "its commitment to customizing its titles for Indian tastes."
“The console gaming segment is not very sizeable in India. However, future growth expectations and consumerism are prompting companies to establish themselves in India," said analyst Ashish Thakre from the group. That means there shouldn't be any wars - we should be happy that the industry is booming in more countries.
Via Gamasutra
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I am not making claims that the PS3 is better than the 360 (though it is
And for those who think that India doesn't really matter in gaming... it doesn't... as of yet. India, while still having the most poor people of any country on the planet, has one of the largest growing middle classes of any country and has tons of rich kids who can't wait to spend their parent's money. Immediately after I left, the Ipod craze hit India and my cousin thanked me profusely for giving him the nicest, most advanced Ipod out of anyone in the city (practically.... their Ipod craze was just about the regular mp3 Ipods). So dont totally discount India and the non traditional South Asian markets. Also don't overlook Korea, the non-England Europe, and many other countries that don't really know what the heck an Xbox is but can't wait to buy ANY Sony Playstation because of it's dominance (PS2 sales numbers in these countries are ridiculous!!!)
Newhoo. Have a nice day, y'all. Tata.
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* Jak & Dexter Next-Gen: Naughty Dog is currently making Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Jak & Dexter at the same time.
Gears of War 2, MotorStorm 2, Doom Wars, Ninja Gaiden 2, Black 2, Wolfenstein Next-Gen, Dead Rising 2, Dead or Alive 5, Resistance 2, Beowulf Next-Gen, Knight of the Old Republic 3 (all of the above games’ existence is widely and publicly known; however, never officially confirmed)
Killzone 2
God of War 3
Resident Evil 5
StarCraft Ghost Next-Gen
Heavy Rain
Jak & Dexter Next-Gen
Turok
Bioshock
MotorStorm
Gears of War
Unreal Tournament 3
Crysis
Haze
Army of Two
Ratchet & Clank Future: ToD
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Fable 2
Devil May Cry 4
Gran Turismo 5
Folklore
Virtua Fighter 5
StarCraft 2
Eight Days
2 Days 2 Vegas
Cipher Complex
WarDevil
Final Fantasy XIII
White Knight Story
Earth No More
Interstellar Marines
Call of Duty 5
The Chronicles of Ridd+ck: AoDA
The Crossing
Project Offset
Battlefield: Bad Company
Warhawk
Age of Conan: HA
Global Agenda
Heavenly Sword
Grand Theft Auto 4
Fifth Phantom Saga
Team Fortress 2
Call of Duty 4
The Settlers
Alone in the Dark
Brothers in Arms: HH
Time0
Timeshift Next-Gen
Fatal Inertia
Forza Motorsport 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Soul Caliber 4
Getaway
Afrika
Hydrophobia
Max Payne 3
Duke Nukem Forever
Deus Ex Next-Gen
Silent Hill 5
EndWar
Indiana Jones Next-Gen
World of StarCraft
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Monster Hunter 3
Star Wars Battlefront 3
StarWars: FU
Lost Planet 2: Colonies
Company of Heroes: OF
Final Fantasy versus XIII
The Last Remnant
Golden Axe Next-Gen
Kingdom Hearts 3
Civilization IV: BtS
The Club
The Outsider
Stalker 2
Guitar Hero III
Stranglehold
The Darkness
Kane & Lynch: DM
Elveon
Tekken 6
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Half Life 2: Ep 2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Alan Wake
Saboteur
Metal Gear Solid 4
Spore
Dark Sector
World in Conflict
SEGA Rally Revo
Assassin's Creed
Project Gotham Racing 4
Enemy Territory: QW
Burnout Paradise
The Agency
The Wall
FEAR the 2nd
GhostBusters Next-Gen
Lost Odyssey
Eve Online 2: Revelations
Lair
Halo Wars
Ace Combat 6
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Supreme Commander
Mass Effect
Fracture
Left 4 Dead
WoW: BC
Blue Dragon
Portal
SimCity Societies
Universe At War
Eternal Sonata
Frontlines: FoW
Mercenaries 2
Dark Messiah of M&M 2
Midnight Club Next-Gen
Huxley
Too Human
SOCOM Confrontation
Resistance: FoM
EverQuest II: EoF
Warhammer Online
* (There’re 75 more games in between; I just can’t list them all here due to the limitation of writing space)
Halo 3
Theseis
Overlord
Halo 2 (Win Vista)
Shadowrun
See, this? There’s almost countless number of games which are better than Halo 3 in all respects. Why should I waste even 5 minutes to play Crapalo 3 when there’re 200 better games? It just makes no-sense at all. Kids, use your common sense because X360 fanboys can never think and rationalize with clear and unbiased mind.
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