Actually I think Japan is rated more important than it really is. Its main market is slightly bigger than germany alone. There is only one fact why it is important. Japan has many game studios and is looked up upon for historical reasons. The big markets currently are probably US, the EU as a whole (face it economically the EU is a single country) and China, with India probably as an emerging market.
While it's true that the US and China are bigger economies than Japan, I think that understates the importance that video games have in Japanese culture. Even though they have a smaller economy, they can still sell many more copies of popular games.
Switching off a freezer for twenty minutes does not save any money. It gets warmer while it's off. When it is turned back on the therostat starts the compressor and it uses just a much electricity in one go as it would have to run ocasionally during the twenty minutes.
You're right, it won't save any electricity to switch it off for twenty minutes. But if those twenty minutes are when the price is highest, you will save money. I think that's what the grandparent was saying.
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Actually I think Japan is rated more important than it really is. Its main market is slightly bigger than germany alone. There is only one fact why it is important. Japan has many game studios and is looked up upon for historical reasons. The big markets currently are probably US, the EU as a whole (face it economically the EU is a single country) and China, with India probably as an emerging market.
While it's true that the US and China are bigger economies than Japan, I think that understates the importance that video games have in Japanese culture. Even though they have a smaller economy, they can still sell many more copies of popular games.
Switching off a freezer for twenty minutes does not save any money. It gets warmer while it's off. When it is turned back on the therostat starts the compressor and it uses just a much electricity in one go as it would have to run ocasionally during the twenty minutes.
You're right, it won't save any electricity to switch it off for twenty minutes. But if those twenty minutes are when the price is highest, you will save money. I think that's what the grandparent was saying.