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oxford-gamer on 16 June 2008

Hello all.

 

I was just wondering on why the hardware sales in North America are labelled under 'America.' Wouldn't it be more appropriate - and more correct - just to call it North America? I'm pretty sure that Canada contributes a respectable amount of hardware, considering its size relative to the States. Or is it because Canadian sales aren't tracked here?

I would make a case for Mexico as well, but I'm not sure if they even sell Wii's down there.  ***EDIT*** sorry for sharing my ignorance, It was a poorly thought-out statement.

 

That's it, really.



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The Ghost of RubangB on 16 June 2008

It's short for "The Americas" I believe. It includes the U.S. and Canada and I forget what else, if anything.



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ctk495 on 16 June 2008
oxford-gamer said:

Hello all.

 

I was just wondering on why the hardware sales in North America are labelled under 'America.' Wouldn't it be more appropriate - and more correct - just to call it North America? I'm pretty sure that Canada contributes a respectable amount of hardware, considering its size relative to the States. Or is it because Canadian sales aren't tracked here?

I would make a case for Mexico as well, but I'm not sure if they even sell Wii's down there :S

 

That's it, really.

 

 



ctk495 on 16 June 2008

OT:I guess ioi wants it to be like that.



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Strategyking92 on 16 June 2008

because the US is the greatest country in the world, i'm suprised they aren't tracking sales of games in sealand though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand



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akuma587 on 16 June 2008

Obviously Canada and Mexico are not important enough to mention.



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Ares on 16 June 2008

Here in Brasil we use to import from US... well, some plp import from japan, but they are absolute minority (about 5% I guess). Same scenario happens all over the south america.



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thekitchensink on 16 June 2008
Strategyking92 said:
because the US is the greatest country in the world, i'm suprised they aren't tracking sales of games in sealand though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

 

 

 

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pichu_pichu on 16 June 2008

Same reason why Europe are called "others"