Forbes Says European Market Has Large Potential (DS)

Check It
Top 25 Things You Missed at E3The biggest moments from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft of the year handpicked by your favorite editors!
Top 25 Underrated Nintendo GamesWe trade in Mario and Link for some male cheerleaders, snowboarders and a big yellow giant.
Listen Now: Video Game MusicHear new tracks from all of your favorite games!

Game revenues from Europe were less than a million below that of the U.S. in 2007, and with twice the population, the European market has a lot of space to grow moving forward.

by David Radd on Friday, June 20, 2008

Forbes is reporting that Europe is the "least mature" video game market, and also the one with the largest potential. Citing IDG, the report says that the European market generated $17.9 billion in revenue for 2007, compared with revenues of nearly $18.8 billion in the U.S., which has less than half of Europe's population.

IDG provided a list of the top selling games of 2007 in the U.K., Germany and France:

1. Brain Training
2. FIFA 2008
3. Wii Play
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
5. New Super Mario Bros.
6. Need for Speed Pro Street
7. Assassin's Creed
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
9. Big Brain Academy
10. The Simpsons Game