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The Master System was successful in Europe, where it is known to have outsold the NES in key markets, partly due to the numerous poor marketing decisions and delays from Nintendo's European distributors (which arguably still continue to this day). Precise figures vary considerably between countries - Germany houses Nintendo's European headquarters, and has historically achieved more in that region than the UK, France and Spain. Overall, the Master System was more successful than the NES in Europe, especially the UK. The Master System also began gaining ground on home computers, which had been dominant in Europe throughout the 1980s, until the Master System finally began breaking the stranglehold of home computers towards the end of the 1980s.
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