Middle East Sees Surge In Console Use

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their report on the expansion of the traditionally quiet videogame market in the Middle East, covering Sony's announcement that "...combined sales of the PSone and PS2 have broken the 3 million unit mark... making the region into the fastest growing games market in the world - with sales expected to double for PS2 next year." The article also, interestingly, points out: "Sony's success in the area lends further weight to Europe's claim to be the world's largest games market."

Comments

PS2 and xbox in Israel

[NaveWeiss]

I don't know about other countries around here, but nobody's officially importing xboxes to Israel. You can find it in some Israeli auction sites but it's not too useful because nobody's renting games for it.

PS2, on the other hand, is very common here, I believe. They rent games for it in every Blockbuster branch.

(hmm.. it reminds me I should call that girl that invited me to her house where we played Tekken, long ago)