July NPD Numbers Show That Canada Loves The PS3

Canadians love the PS3, but they love the Wii even more. The July numbers from the NPD group are in, and it says that people from this side of the border are giving the PS3 a lot of attention. How much? If you could quantify attention, it’d be around 2000.

The PS3 managed to move more than 15,000 systems in Canada for the month, overtaking the 13,000 Xbox 360s sold. However, both consoles were bested handily by Nintendo’s Wii, which racked up more than 36,000 sales for the month. On the portable side of the market, the DS topped all non-PC platforms in July with almost 46,000 units sold, well ahead of the PlayStation Portable’s 6,000 tally.

Oddly enough, the software tally contains no PS3 titles:

Canada’s top 10 best-selling games for July 2007:

1. Wii Play with Wii Remote–Wii
2. Guitar Hero II with guitar–PS2
3. Value Pack (included games vary)–Xbox
4. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s–PS2
5. Pokémon Diamond–DS
6. Mario Party 8–Wii
7. Guitar Hero II with guitar–Xbox 360
8. Transformers: The Game–PS2
9. Pokémon Pearl–DS
10. New Super Mario Bros.–DS

Oh well, I guess it’s the hardware that counts. Besides, I think Sony is in no position to be picky. They should take whatever good news they can get.

Source: Gamespot

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