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Germany is the top game matket in europe
« on: August 16, 2009, 09:04:36 PM »

from our friends at joystiq

Not only is Germany about to kick off Europe's biggest games convention this week with GamesCom, but it turns out the country has also overtaken the UK as the largest video game market in Europe. Media Control GfK notes that Germany has kept a steady increase during the first half of 2009, while the UK had a 20 percent decline from the previous year.

The UK was one of a few regions to experience a notable decline, with the speculation being that the region was impacted by the global economic crisis more significantly. Let's see if Germany can keeps its edge if the "killerspiel" banning takes effect.



All i got to say is....How you gunna let dem play you like dat? O0

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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 01:48:35 PM »
That's some gamers and a half there considering any game with even sneezing hard in a nasty way gets banned!

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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 06:32:57 PM »
i posted this on the facebook group & promptly said

Well we've still got 2 World Wars & 1 World Cup, they can't take that away from us  ;D

and since, this has been said

Update: Gfk Chart-Track in the UK has contacted GamesIndustry.biz to admit that the press release it issued earlier today had been written using incorrect data.

The company is expected to release a correction shortly. It is understood that Germany is not a bigger games market than the UK. This is the second time in as many weeks that GfK Chart-Track data has been publicly questioned.


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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 06:34:14 PM »
That's some gamers and a half there considering any game with even sneezing hard in a nasty way gets banned!

yeah whats up with that? is it left over from the WW2 guilt? like playing certain video games makes you a better person?also do they play COD games? if so do they feel bad for killing their countrymen? i feel like im on the verge of sounding like an idiot, so ill shut up now. :-X

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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 11:18:51 AM »
They don't have games with Nazi's in, so no CoD:WaW for them.

Games have to have green blood too ...

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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 03:50:47 PM »
Like when you cut a leprechaun??

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Re: Germany is the top game matket in europe
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 06:03:25 PM »
They don't have games with Nazi's in, so no CoD:WaW for them.

so im guessing wolfenstein isnt big over there

 

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