It seems like just hours ago that we linked to a report claiming that Germany had surpassed the UK as Europe's number-one video game market.
Oh, wait. It was just hours ago. Well, put a big oops! on that one.
gamesindustry.biz, which was among several sites that also carried the original story, is now reporting that the source of the data, Gfk Chart-Track, has admitted to a screwup. Germany is not ahead of the UK in game sales:
Gfk Chart-Track in the UK has contacted GamesIndustry.biz to admit that the press release it issued earlier today had been written using incorrect data. The company is expected to release a correction shortly. It is understood that Germany is not a bigger games market than the UK.
This is the second time in as many weeks that GfK Chart-Track data has been publicly questioned. Last week, Nintendo contacted GamesIndustry.biz following confusion over UK sales figures for the first half of the year.
GP: Somebody at Gfk needs to get their act together...




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Re: Report: German Game Market NOT Bigger than UK, After All
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Re: Report: German Game Market NOT Bigger than UK, After All
"GP: Somebody at Gfk needs to get their act together..."
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