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Canadian Video Game Market Grows by 22% in 2006

Categories: Canadian Developers

According to the Canadian Press, Canadians spent $933 million on video games in 2006, growing the market by 22%. Revenue from console sales ($349M) were up 43 percent. The Nintendo DS Lite was the best selling hardware of the year - 374K units sold. And, surprise, surprise, EA’s NHL 07 was the highest selling game in Canada for the year. The next biggest sellers were, in order:

  •  New Super Mario Bros
  • Gears of War
  • Final Fantasy XII
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • GTA: Liberty City Stories
  • Super Mario 64 DS
  • GTA:  San Andreas
  • Brain Age
  • Gran Turismo 4

Sources: Gamasutra | CTV.ca

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