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Never before in Eu with such high turnover reached console games such as 2008 - so in any event, the market researchers at Media Control. With their figures, they speak indirectly to the information from Microsoft about the success of the Xbox 360 in Germany. And all three best selling PC Games in 2008 were World of Warcraft.
EUR 695 million: How much did Eu player, according to research firm Media Control 2008 for consoles and handheld games output. Thus, the turnover from the previous year by around 25.5 percent to a new record level increased. Even measured in units of the sales force is growing: 18.7 million video games are here in 2008 on the shop counters wandered - an increase of 18.6 percent.

According to Media Control, the software market share of the Nintendo Wii in total sales volume of all games at 16 percent; 2007 were still 7.5 percent. On the Playstation 3 accounted for 12.5 percent of all software paragraphs. Only then followed with a 7.9 percent share of the Xbox 360 from Microsoft.

This contradicts statements Media Control indirectly from Microsoft. The manufacturer of the Xbox 360 was on 5 January 2009 in a press release with an analyst was quoted as saying that the console is sold under devices in Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, well ahead of other consoles on the market. ” In April 2008 Microsoft had also indicated that the highest Xbox 360 software sales per console could be presented. “After 27 months on the market for each Xbox 360 more than 7 games sold. This rate is Sony’s Playstation 3 is currently at 3.8 and Nintendo’s Wii at 3.5,” said Microsoft on the European market. Thus Microsoft has been much more games than the competition.

However, if the data from Media Control and Microsoft correspond to reality, should the Xbox 360 games from April sales rate for the full year 2008 dramatically decreased his. The only other possibility: The games per Xbox 360 sales in Germany are significantly lower than in the rest of Europe. Since both unlikely, must be somewhere in the market figures put an error.

Golem.de, Microsoft has asked for an opinion. Once an assessment of the company exists, we inform about it in an update of this news. A Specher by Media Control, the company of his published data in an interview with Golem.de confirmed.

Regardless of which: This is, however, according to Media Control of the new software market surpassed. It is the Nintendo DS with 6.6 million games sold - representing a market share of 35.0 percent. Best-video game in Germany was, according to Media Control Mario Kart Wii, followed by Wii Fit. Third place occupied Dr. Kawashima: More Brain Jogging, on the Nintendo DS has been released.

With the PC games were the three podium positions at Blizzard: Wrath of the Lich King, the add-on for World of Warcraft, took gold. Silver and bronze sprang for the original version World of Warcraft and the beginning of 2007, published WoW expansion The Burning Crusade out.