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Forums - Sales Discussion - NPD Canada May 07

It's safe to say Nintendo owns Canada! Those PS3 numbers are really dreadful.



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is there one territory nintendo didn't own currently???



Wow Wii beat DS in Canada, interesting.



Crazy... how close were these to your expectations ioi?



With the Wii actually beating the DS, we can't exactly use a 10x multiplier for US figures. (The DS remains the best selling console in the US hands down.)

So that begs the question, do Canadians not like gaming on the go? I think it's kind of odd that the DS sales are so low in the territory. Can anyone provide any reasoning or conjecture as to why?



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Couldn't Resist: Too many hockey head injuries make it hard for Canadians to squint at small screens.

Real Theory: Nintendo shipped all the DS units it could to the USA for the DS demand Pokemon added.  Canada probably likes Pokemon too, but meeting USA demand is more important since it is the bigger market.



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Steve 3.2 said:

So that begs the question, do Canadians not like gaming on the go? I think it's kind of odd that the DS sales are so low in the territory. Can anyone provide any reasoning or conjecture as to why?

It is really quite simple.  With it being so cold in Canada the batteries just don't last plus the big bulky mitts we have to wear most of the time don't help.



Does NPD release the figures for Canada before the ones for USA?



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