That was just stupid,
it's like telling someone to drink his favorite beer in different bar instead of his favorite one, because you have a deal with the producer
You often see here people selling their PS3 with Fifa 09-14 no other game
No it was a good move. MS realized that Fifa is important. I guess it was just not enough.
But going after Fifa is smart in general, although they just can turn the tide with some marketing. Wonder how long the exclusive Legends DLC will stay exclusive.
The PS3 outsold the Wii in those markets though.
Last numbers where:
End of Q3 2013:
Wii 4,6 million
PS3 3,9 million
June 2014:
PS3 4,2 millions
PS3 might have beaten Wii, but we don't know.
The real king in germany was: NDS. Totally crushing PS2 numbers (7,5 vs 5,9 end Q3 2013). PSX - I don't know.
Note that idealo also lists used stuff. High demand for PS3 could be because of this.You get a used PS3 for ~90 and more people switching to PS4 may lead to a lot of used PS3s and dropping prices in that segment. A possible reason why the idealo demand for PS3 grew from 2014 to 2015. They don't state in their report which and if diagramms are based on new or used sales.
That's also my impressions from reading deal sites over the year.
Can't contribute much to this discussion, as I don't follow this stuff. But here is a more detailed report on prices which lists the different skus:
http://www.guenstiger.de/download/presse/Konsolen_Grafiken.pdf