While Kinect was viewed by many in the «hardcore» segment of the gaming
population as a gimmick, Microsoft trudged on and tried to improve the sensor in the Xbox One.
So entrenched is this marketing
gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada
as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the
populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access
as of earlier this month.