NPD Canada: August 2007 (Sales up 78%)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191109

Canada continues to experience significant growth, substantially higher than the US.

Sales for the month were up a spectacular 78% (63% YTD), with console HW leading the way up a whopping 221%, with portable HW up a respectable 30% (despite a decline in PSP sales).

The big story is SW sales. Overall, they were up 43% YOY to $41M, again with console SW leading the way up over 52% and handheld sales up 22%

Hardware Aug'07
NDS 51.8K
WII 34.4K
360 26.7K
PS2 20.8K
PS3 12.7K
PSP 9K
GBA 6.4K

Top 10 Video Games - Aug 2007
360 BIOSHOCK 35K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 23K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 22K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION 17K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A DAY 13K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 12.2K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 12K
WII MARIO STRIKERS: CHARGED 11.7K
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR 11K
NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 10.4K

NPD Canada Hardware Sales

         | Xbox 360 | PS3      | Wii
2005     | ?        |          | 
2006     | 252,000  | 45,000   | 84,000
Jan/2007 | 14,400   | 6,800    | 34,000
Feb/2007 | 12,390   | 6,084    | 28,556
Mar/2007 | ?        | ?        | ?
Apr/2007 | 12,800   | 7,200    | 42,100
May/2007 | 12,300   | 6,500    | 37,300
Jun/2007 | 13,500   | 6,500    | 53,000
Jul/2007 | 13,119   | 15,037   | 36,419
Aug/2007 | 26,700   | 12,700   | 34,400

Why is Canada's game market so small?Riviera_Phantom

The wii seems to have slowed down a bit.

And i can't help but wonder if the rise in 360 sales is because of halo 3 comming soon.

Price drop+Halo 3...then Holidays,smart move by Microsoft.killab2oo5

The wii seems to have slowed down a bit.

And i can't help but wonder if the rise in 360 sales is because of halo 3 comming soon.

BuryMe

Yes we Canadians love Halo. Also, we are really hyped for Mass Effect which happens to be develpoed by a Canadian Dev (Bioware). Bioshock+ $100 price drop also caused a spike here. Its actually hard to find any premium pack 360s in stores lately.

Price drops combined with the high value of the Canadian dollar means the Xbox dropped $100 here. The PS3 dropped$150.

While the PS3 is still pretty expensive, the $399 Xbox isa great price. Especially since our low dollar back in 2000meant people (including myself) paid $429 for the PS2.

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

The wii seems to have slowed down a bit.

And i can't help but wonder if the rise in 360 sales is because of halo 3 comming soon.

kevy619

Yes we Canadians love Halo. Also, we are really hyped for Mass Effect which happens to be develpoed by a Canadian Dev (Bioware). Bioshock+ $100 price drop also caused a spike here. Its actually hard to find any premium pack 360s in stores lately.

true i don't know a singal person with an xbox that does not own halo

[QUOTE="BuryMe"] The wii seems to have slowed down a bit.

And i can't help but wonder if the rise in 360 sales is because of halo 3 comming soon.kevy619

Price drops combined with the high value of the Canadian dollar means the Xbox dropped $100 here. The PS3 dropped$150.

While the PS3 is still pretty expensive, the $399 Xbox isa great price. Especially since our low dollar back in 2000meant people (including myself) paid $429 for the PS2.

ZIMdoom

yes the ps2 was just as much as the ps3 hear so it wasn't a big deal for me when the price of it was announced

Price drops combined with the high value of the Canadian dollar means the Xbox dropped $100 here. The PS3 dropped$150.

While the PS3 is still pretty expensive, the $399 Xbox isa great price. Especially since our low dollar back in 2000meant people (including myself) paid $429 for the PS2.

ZIMdoom

Most retailers set the Canadian dollar par with US since its so close,but i'd still would like to see price ajustments to the american price but i don't think we will see that happen.

Halo 3 is huge in canada, well in Toronto

it was one of the worlds most halo 2 live pl ayers, in one article i read on teamxbox.com

futureshop has all 3 halo game discs as number 1,2,3 in total sales for the past 3 weeks : - O