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Wii still flying off the shelf as 2008 video game sales near $2 billion in

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TORONTO — Canadians are on track to spend more than $2 billion on video games in 2008.

The NPD Group, which tracks the video game industry, reported Monday that 2008 sales in Canada including hardware, software and accessories were $1.6 billion through November - up 36 per cent from the $1.1 billion over the same period a year ago.

Considering that Canadian cash registers rang up $396 million in video game sales in December 2007, the $2-billion mark seems very reachable this year with figures from the holiday rush still to come.

Those totals do not include PC game software.

Sales in the industry have soared in recent years. In 2005, the total amount spent on video games in Canada was $765 million. That figure climbed to $933 million in 2006 (up 22 per cent) and $1.531 billion in 2007 (up 56 per cent).

The Nintendo Wii continues to help drive the market. In November alone, Canadian consumers bought 123,000 Will consoles - up 40 per cent over the same month last year. That's more than the Xbox 360 (74,000 units) and PlayStation 3 (41,000) combined in November 2008.

"It's still the dominant force out there," said Matt Tattle of the NPD Group.

The Wii has sold 695,000 units so far in 2008, compared to 343,000 for the Xbox 360 and 326,000 for the PS3.

"For a year, it's seeing some of the best sales we've ever seen for a console," Tattle said.

Nintendo's handheld DS leads in hardware sales with 717,000 units so far this year, already exceeding the 2007 number of 711,000.

"Gears of War 2" (Xbox 360) topped the November game sales chart ahead of "Call of Duty: World at War" (Xbox 360). The PS3 version of "Call of Duty" came in at No. 4, sandwiched between "Mario Kart" and Fit (both Nintendo Wii).

The limited edition version of "Gears 2" (Xbox 360) ranked seventh.

The Canadian sales chart featured nine titles for Nintendo (seven for the Wii and two for the DS), six for the Xbox 360 and five for PlayStation (four for PS3 and one for PS2).



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What are Canada LTD console numbers?



LTD:

Wii: 1,346,000
360: 1,059,000
PS3: 636,000

YTD:

NDS: 717,000
Wii: 695,000
360: 343,000
PS3: 326,000

Nov:

Wii: 123,000
360: 74,000
PS3: 41,000

Sep + Oct:

Wii: 138,000
360: 92,000
PS3: 54,000

November Software:

01 [360] Gears of War 2
02 [360] Call of Duty: World at War
03 [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
04 [PS3] Call of Duty: World at War
05 [Wii] Wii Fit
06
07 [360] Gears of War 2 (Limited Edition)
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Wii: 7
360: 6
PS3: 4
NDS: 2
PS2: 1



US + Canada NPD LTD:

Wii: 16.74m
360: 13.15m
PS3: 6.51m



PS3 doing better than I thought, the rest seems pretty dead on.



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Almost exactly like the U.S except with the ps3 doing slightly better and the wii slightly worse .



I thought the PS3 would be much lower than the 360......



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outlawauron said:
I thought the PS3 would be much lower than the 360......

MS had a terrible pricing policy until recently (concerning the exchange rate between the U.S and the canadian $ ). Also the difference is quite big and will get bigger after december , it's just the scale of the sales that is smaller .

BKK2 said:
LTD:

Wii: 1,346,000
360: 1,059,000
PS3: 639,000

YTD:

NDS: 717,000
Wii: 695,000
360: 343,000
PS3: 326,000

Nov:

Wii: 123,000
360: 74,000
PS3: 41,000

Sep + Oct:

Wii: 138,000
360: 92,000
PS3: 54,000

Could you post your numbers for 2008 BKK?

Because I have this numbers for Sep. + Oct:

360: 102.000    

PS3: 54.650        

Wii: 140.200

 



fulcizombie said:
outlawauron said:
I thought the PS3 would be much lower than the 360......

 

MS had a terrible pricing policy until recently (concerning the exchange rate between the U.S and the canadian $ ). Also the difference is quite big and will get bigger after december , it's just the scale of the sales that is smaller .

 

Nice try man, but PS3 had the same problems - It was $650 at launch. Both were lowered at the same time.