People on here really haven't discussed usamerican defaultism in gaming history. Because it is rampent.
Most of the world didn't have consoles as their primary gaming platforms, they had computers. The Video Game Crash was an NA thing, in fact some rather important games and systems came out durring the crash (Elite in 84, the Famicom in 83 for example).
The Sega Saturn did well in Japan, the N64 was a distant 3rd outside the US. PC gaming was still relevent after the PS2 in various countries, epecially those with Computer Cafe cultures and strong PC Modding Scenes.
Xbox was not that popular outside Anglo countries, outside of the 360, due to the PS3's price. A lot of countries were never that interested in nintendo due to the cost of import + being harder to pirate.
this is just off the dome so to say, and I know people can fill more gaps that my european ass might not have known.
