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In article <CFC5GMB@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de> remke@cs.tu-berlin.de (Jan K. Remke) writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.223603.26154@unislc.uucp>, thayne@unislc.uucp (Thayne Forbes) writes:
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>> Things are obviously a lot different in Germany than they are here.
>> There is a preponderance of imperical evidence to suggest that nearly
>> all PCs are not used for games.  Equally so of Windows.  I will start
>> with the obvious sales figures of various retailers and distributors.
>> The last time I looked they all showed 'business' apps in ALL of the
>> top 10 titles (listed according to unit volume, not dollars).  Sure
>> there are a lot of games, and PCs and Winders do tend to make nice
>> game machines, but that is not what is selling.
>
>NOT only in Germany (I'm not German, I only live there, I'm DUTCH.),
>but all over Europe... PCs are the game machines of the kids here,
>that's about it. If the people in the U.S. of A. are not that far,
>(I mean using more sophisticated machines) then it's not my problem :-) ...
>
>Greetings:
>Jan
>
>PS: I use my PC for playing games and as a terminal for my sun SPARC/IPX.


This certainly brings up a question of availability of low-cost 
high-end PCs outside of the U.S.?>