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BKK2 on 01 December 2008

I have a chart for Japanese hardware shipments, but it's too big to directly post, how do I add a thumbnail image?



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johnsobas on 01 December 2008
crho said:

http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1228094892/399

- From Famitsu Game Hakusho. (millions of units sold)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 7-Year
Total
Total Software 49.96 54.06 54.50 58.52 55.43 77.16 75.74 425.37
Pokemon Series 1.20 3.46 2.80 4.48 2.29 6.00 2.87 23.10
Dragon Quest Series 3.05 1.28 0.88 5.25 0.71 1.30 2.57 15.04
Final Fantasy Series 2.68 0.90 3.19 1.00 0.48 4.74 3.47 16.46
Other RPGs 3.92 6.81 2.81 2.43 5.00 4.25 1.20 26.42

I think handhelds are to thank for the big increase in from 05 to 06-7.

 



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

BKK2 on 01 December 2008

NDS sold nearly 40m software in both 06 & 07, so pretty much down to that.



Orochimaru on 01 December 2008
BKK2 said:

I have a chart for Japanese hardware shipments, but it's too big to directly post, how do I add a thumbnail image?

Post the url, that should be enough. ^^



BKK2 on 01 December 2008

Japanese Hardware Shipments



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Orochimaru on 01 December 2008

Thx BKK. :)

And @ BKK, Famitsu tracks sales numbers since 1986, but they began first in 1996 to extrapolate their numbers and they should've had a good market coverage in that time.



crho on 01 December 2008

http://drink.s140.xrea.com/game/hardall.html

Incomplete Data: Japan Hardware Shipments (through 2005)

System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price
(yen)		 Units Shipped
(millions)
Family Computer Nintendo 1983/07/15 14,800 19.35
Disk System Nintendo 1986/02/21 15,000 4.44
Twin Famicom Sharp 1986/07/01 32,000  
PC Engine NEC Home Electronics 1987/10/30 24,800 3.92
Mega Drive Sega 1988/10/29 21,000 3.58
Game Boy Nintendo 1989/04/21 12,500 32.43
Neo Geo SNK 1990/04/26 58,000 1.00
Game Gear Sega 1990/10/06 19,800 1.78
Super Famicom Nintendo 1990/11/21 25,000 17.17
PC Engine Duo NEC Home Electronics 1991/09/21 14,800 1.92
Mega CD Sega 1991/12/12 49,800 0.40
Mega Drive 2 Sega 1993/04/23 12,800  
System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price
(yen)		 Units Shipped
(millions)
LaserActive Pioneer 1993/08/20 89,800 0.42
New Famicom Nintendo 1993/12/01 6,800  
3DO Real Matsushima Electric 1994/03/20 54,800 0.72
Neo Geo CD SNK 1994/09/09 49,800  
Sega Saturn Sega 1994/11/22 44,800 5.80
PlayStation SCE 1994/12/03 39,800 19.60
PC-FX NEC Home Electronics 1994/12/23 49,800 0.40
Virtual Boy Nintendo 1995/07/21 15,000 0.63
Pippin Atmark Bandai DE 1996/03/22 64,800 0.03
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1996/06/23 25,000 5.54
Game Boy Pocket Nintendo 1996/07/21 6,800  
Super Famicom Junior Nintendo 1998/03/27 7,800  
Game Boy Color Nintendo 1998/10/21 8,900  
System Name Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price
(yen)		 Units Shipped
(millions)
Neo Geo Pocket SNK 1998/10/28 7,800 0.50
Dreamcast Sega 1998/11/27 29,800 2.80
PocketStation SCE 1999/01/23 3,000  
WonderSwan Bandai 1999/03/04 4,800  
Neo Geo Pocket Color SNK 1999/12/17 8,900  
Nintendo 64DD Nintendo 1999/12/17 30,000  
PlayStation 2 SCE 2000/03/04 39,800 18.70
PSone SCE 2000/07/07 15,000  
WonderSwan Color Bandai 2000/12/09 6,800 3.00
System Name Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price
(yen)		 Units Shipped
(millions)
Game Boy Advance Nintendo 2001/03/21 9,800 8.98
Nintendo GameCube Nintendo 2001/09/14 25,000 3.91
Xbox Microsoft 2002/02/22 34,800 0.47
SwanCrystal Bandai 2002/07/12 7,800  
Game Boy Advance SP Nintendo 2003/02/14 12,500 5.64
PSX Sony 2003/12/13 79,800  
Nintendo DS Nintendo 2004/12/02 15,000 5.10
PSP SCE 2004/12/12 20,790/26,040 2.57
Game Boy Micro Nintendo 2005/09/13 12,000 0.39
Xbox 360 Microsoft 2005/12/10 39,795 0.08


StarcraftManiac on 01 December 2008

Whoow, Wii is only 400k behind the 07-sales... I though Wii was doing quite poorly nowadays there so that's not bad AT ALL! 3.2 for Japan is great actually!

As for DSlite... totally killing it!



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BKK2 on 01 December 2008

Thanks for the shipment numbers, PC-Engine Duo was the PC-Engine with CD-Rom drive built in, do you know how much the original CD-ROM2 add-on sold?



Also, JVC made a Mega Drive with the Mega CD built in, called the Wondermega:



Any shipment numbers for this?

The chart I linked to above has SG-1000 shipments at 400,000, but Sega later released the Mark III, which was known as the Master System in the west, and later renamed as the Master System in Japan too. From the graph above I can see the Mark III/Master Sytem sold around 1m, but actual hard numbers would be nice.





BKK2 on 01 December 2008

System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price (yen) Units Shipped (millions)
Family Computer Nintendo 15/07/83 14800 19.35
SG-1000 Sega 15/07/83 15000 0.4
Super Cassette Vision Epoch 17/07/84 15000 0.3
Mark III Sega 20/10/85 15000
Disk System Nintendo 21/02/86 15000 4.44
Twin Famicom Sharp 01/07/86 32000  
PC Engine NEC Home Electronics 30/10/87 24800 3.92
Mega Drive Sega 29/10/88 21000 3.58
CD-ROM2 System NEC Home Electronics 14/12/88 59800
Game Boy Nintendo 21/04/89 12500 32.43
Neo Geo SNK 26/04/90 58000 1
Game Gear Sega 06/10/90 19800 1.78
Super Famicom Nintendo 21/11/90 25000 17.17
PC Engine Duo NEC Home Electronics 21/09/91 14800 1.92
Mega CD Sega 12/12/91 49800 0.4
Wondermega JVC 01/04/92 79800
Mega Drive 2 Sega 23/04/93 12800