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I've seen a few Switch commercials during hockey.

I constantly see Xbox ads, though.



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In rural Canada, gaming is much more of a kid thing. Most of the adults are either playing hockey, watching hockey, or drinking and chilling. When I was a kid, and my friends who have kids now, all have NiN consoles and played quite a bit. Most of my friends plan on getting their kids a Switch, but not for another year or two until the price comes down. The prices here are quite a bit higher than in the States now, plus we tend to always pay more regardless. If Switch sales are that good in Canada now, they should get a lot better as the years go by.

OTBWY said:
Why are Canadians so chill and nice? I swear, I have this one Canadian colleague and he's the nicest and most helpful guy i've ever known.

Same reason why Bruce Banner tries to stay as calm as possible. We don't turn red when we're really mad. Being helpful leads to everyone working less overall, making everybody more happy and content. It helps all of us from eventually getting really pissed off and showing our "true colours". For the angier bunch of us, being able to get any tension out with body checks and fist fights through sport helps as well, plus it's entertaining for the rest.

flashfire926 said:
OTBWY said:

Endless rain and greyness? Doesn't seem like it.

Well, depends which part of Canada you're talking about. Here in Vancouver, there is way too much rain and greyness, probably even more than Britain to be honest.

Canada has a wide range of weather, but overall, it doesn't matter if it's boiling or freezing out, more often than not, the sky is clear and the sun is out, so at least it's visually appealing. Not to mention those beautiful landscape pictures and movies everyone see's, are more normal to us. When you live in a place where it can be -35C in Jan, and +35C in July, you learn what really sucks and what isn't so bad. Most things in life aren't so bad, it's just harder to tell if your living in comfort most of the time. When your able to hate the way the temperature makes you feel because your continually adjusting to it, you end up happier about everything else.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.

COKTOE said:
The marketing disparity between the Switch and PS4 in Canada is fairly large from what I've seen. PS4 has a much bigger presence on TV, with many more unique spots than the Switch has had. And those ads get played more often as well.

Really? I never knew that was the case. On the channels I watch, there have been Xbox and switch ads often, but next to no PS ads. The case must be different on other channels, then.



Bet with Intrinsic:

The Switch will outsell 3DS (based on VGchartz numbers), according to me, while Intrinsic thinks the opposite will hold true. One month avatar control for the loser's avatar.

flashfire926 said:
COKTOE said:
The marketing disparity between the Switch and PS4 in Canada is fairly large from what I've seen. PS4 has a much bigger presence on TV, with many more unique spots than the Switch has had. And those ads get played more often as well.

Really? I never knew that was the case. On the channels I watch, there have been Xbox and switch ads often, but next to no PS ads. The case must be different on other channels, then.

I get Canadian and a bunch of OTA American channels. All I used to see was steady PS4 ads with a few XB1 ads. Over the last year, it's been more like some XB1 ads, a few PS4 ads, and next to no Switch ads. Most of the ads were on the American channels as well.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.

I'm seeing Walmarts fully stocked with them now, which is great news for the supply shortages. We're a big country with not too many people, but they usually have pretty good taste.



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VGPolyglot said:
Hmm, I don't really know anyone else who has a Switch.

Stats suggest that one in every 144.8 person owns one, just start asking around, you'll find a switch brother!



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COKTOE said:
The marketing disparity between the Switch and PS4 in Canada is fairly large from what I've seen. PS4 has a much bigger presence on TV, with many more unique spots than the Switch has had. And those ads get played more often as well.

More less marketing 

More much sales

That's good thing.



Goodnightmoon said:
Canadians have always been cool

Liar !



I bought one for my Canadian children for our Canadian Christmas.



JRPGfan said:
Canada is like 37m people...

Switch 209k
PS4 205k

4k more Switches than PS4s.... thats abit surpriseing.
Doesnt seem like canada buys that many consoles for its size does it?

The US just hit 2 million and is about 10 times the population so it is about the same per capita as the states.