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[CBC] Canadian NPD numbers - June 2008

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SRG01

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davepoobond said:
wow 542k for PS3??
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Judging by the way the article is written, it's also implied that the PSP outsold the 360, which is consistent with US numbers.

Also in reference to the US thread: >50% increase in YTD sales means the Canadian videogame market outpaced the US percentage-wise by about 20%.

Firestorm said:
So May was:
DS: 43,400
PS3: ~23,300

I'm going to go out on a limb and say we only saw a 64% jump in PS3 sales as opposed to USA's 94% because Sony seriously undershipped MGS4 bundles to Canada compared to the US.
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You're so bitter, man. :lol You keep saying this in nearly every thread!

But yeah, it's true that they undershipped to Canada. My local EB Games barely had any and any stock at FS/BB didn't last long at all.
 
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Dalthien

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Firestorm said:
So May was:
DS: 43,400
PS3: ~23,300

I'm going to go out on a limb and say we only saw a 64% jump in PS3 sales as opposed to USA's 94% because Sony seriously undershipped MGS4 bundles to Canada compared to the US.

Edit: When did we stop receiving NPD numbers again?
CBC has LTDs up to January 08: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/technology-blog/2008/02/ps3_coming_on_strong.html#more
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I can give you updated numbers through April if that helps. But I'm still hoping that we might get a half-year report soon which updates everything through June. There's no guarantee of that though.

In any case, Wii should be almost exactly 1 million units now.
 
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btkadams

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SHOW THE PRIDE
 
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Firestorm

Member
Dalthien said:
I can give you updated numbers through April if that helps. But I'm still hoping that we might get a half-year report soon which updates everything through June. There's no guarantee of that though.

In any case, Wii should be almost exactly 1 million units now.
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Yes please.
 
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Firestorm

Member
SRG01 said:
You're so bitter, man. :lol You keep saying this in nearly every thread!

But yeah, it's true that they undershipped to Canada. My local EB Games barely had any and any stock at FS/BB didn't last long at all.
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Yeah bitter. I just called 3 Blockbusters to see if they had any 60 GBs left >_> They're $399.99 apparently. Kingsway Vancouver, Kingsway Burnaby, and Hastings Burnaby have none.
 
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Dalthien

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Firestorm said:
Yes please.
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Through April 2008:

WII ~ 870,000
360 ~ 800,000
PS3 ~ 425,000


So, we're probably looking at somewhere around WII ~ 1 million, 360 ~ 850k, PS3 ~ 487k through June, but the WII and 360 June numbers are just best estimates on my part. I'm guessing Wii is just right below a million, otherwise we probably should have had an announcement of the milestone.
 
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Terrell

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Mario Kart outsold MGS4 in Canada on the month of the game's launch.

This is cold hard encased-in-frozen-carbonite proof: Canada is part of Japan's Commonwealth of Nintendoland.
 
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Arde5643

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mckmas8808 said:
And people talk about needing a one console future and I still wonder why. 50% increase over last year.
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People didn't talk much about one console future during PS2 era - only during the HD era it seems.

Oh .... I wonder why. :lol
 
davepoobond

davepoobond

you can't put a price on sparks
Arde5643 said:
People didn't talk much about one console future during PS2 era - only during the HD era it seems.

Oh .... I wonder why. :lol
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are you kidding? people talked about it just as much
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Firestorm said:
PS2 generation basically was a one console generation.
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You know, that's really strange to me. I guess maybe it was just the people that I hung out with, but it wasn't until halfway through last gen that I found out that Sony was trouncing Nintendo. I moved a lot as a kid around Ontario, but everywhere I went it was always Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo. I didn`t even know anyone that had a PSX, but all my friends owned N64s. Similarily, most of my friends owned gamecubes, and I only knew one person that bought a PS2. I wasn`t until I went to college that I met anyone that bought an X-box. Though nowadays it pretty much matches the sales ratio.
 
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Firestorm

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Adumaha said:
You know, that's really strange to me. I guess maybe it was just the people that I hung out with, but it wasn't until halfway through last gen that I found out that Sony was trouncing Nintendo. I moved a lot as a kid around Ontario, but everywhere I went it was always Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo. I didn`t even know anyone that had a PSX, but all my friends owned N64s. Similarily, most of my friends owned gamecubes, and I only knew one person that bought a PS2. I wasn`t until I went to college that I met anyone that bought an X-box. Though nowadays it pretty much matches the sales ratio.
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For people I knew, it was 50/50 PS2/GCN split. Didn't really know anybody with an Xbox. I actually zero interest in an Xbox and still do. I own a total of 4 games on the Xbox and have no intention of buying any more... Ironic considering the 360's my favourite console this gen.
 
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JoshuaJSlone

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davepoobond said:
are you kidding? people talked about it just as much
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Seriously. By the time the current generation hit it was cliché, and some of the notable users of the phrase had to start revising standards.
 
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