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Consoles Sluggish To Get Online In Europe

Posted by simoniker on from the slow-boat-to-bournemouth dept.

Thanks to Evil Avatar for pointing to a Reuters article discussing the relatively slowly developing online console gaming market in Europe. According to the article, "Since launching in mid-March, [Microsoft] has signed up to Xbox Live 50,000 European gamers across much of Western Europe." As a comparison, "Microsoft and Sony Corp have.. [signed up] over one million subscribers between them in the U.S. since launching services in the second half of 2002." Although it's early days for Europe, will the many separate markets/countries and varying broadband penetration help or hinder the big console manufacturers?

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  1. fuck microsoft!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    bill gates can stick his huge xbox up his even bigger ass!!!!

    1. Re:fuck microsoft!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yes, because we all know that a good console is one you can stick up your ass.