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Canadians serious aboot gaming: sales reach $1.7 billion
Canadians spent a record 2.09 billion of their colorful money (that's $1.7 billion US) on video games last year. NPD told the CBC news that the great nation saw a sales increase of 23% over the last year, with a total of 1.9 million consoles sold. Naturally, the Wii took a big chunk of the enchilada moose burger with 44.1% of that sales total; Xbox 360 had 25.5% and PS3 was close behind at 21.7%.NPD gives a standard "duh" statement to the news org, saying that the Wii has a great price point and has expanded the market past the traditional gamer. So, uh ... what's going on over in Mexico?[Via GI.biz]
Oh, Canada Wii's home and native land
Hey, grab a Molson and pull up a comfortable ice block and listen up. The AP is reporting that the Wii has become the first system to reach a million units sold in Canada. That's like one system for every two people or so you've got up there, eh? We're guessing it's because the pearly white exterior of the system matches the decor of your igloos (not to mention the polar bears roaming around outside).According to NPD statistics, the Wii has sold 1,060,000 Candian units through July, meaning the upcoming Wii version of NHL 2K9 can count on at least 1.5 million sales up there in the frozen North (some Canadians will buy an extra copy for their pet moose, you see). Microsoft and Sony are rumored to be planning competing lumberjack simulations and marketing tie-ins with popular maple syrup makers to increase their systems' appeal to the Canadian market, but as the Quebecois say, this might be "trop peu, trop tard."(Apologies to all Canadians, who we're sure are too polite and respectful to get mad about this, right?)
