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BKK2 on 02 December 2008

Famitsu sales through October (bolded) for currently available systems included with historical hardware shipments:

System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price (yen) Units Shipped (millions)
Game Boy (all) Nintendo 21/04/89 12500 32.47
Nintendo DS (all) Nintendo 02/12/04 15000 23.62
PlayStation 2 (all) SCE 04/03/00 39800 21.48
PlayStation (all) SCE 03/12/94 39800 19.6
Famicom Nintendo 15/07/83 14800 19.35
PlayStation SCE 03/12/94 39800 17.40*
Super Famicom Nintendo 21/11/90 25000 17.17
Nintendo DS Lite Nintendo 02/03/06 16800 17.16
Game Boy Advance (all) Nintendo 21/03/01 9800 16.91
PSP SCE 12/12/04 20,790/26,040 10.42
Game Boy Advance Nintendo 21/03/01 9800 10.4
Wii Nintendo 02/12/06 25000 6.9
Nintendo DS Nintendo 02/12/04 15000 6.55
Game Boy Advance SP Nintendo 14/02/03 12500 6.51
PC-Engine (all) NEC Home Electronics 30/10/87 24800 5.84
Sega Saturn Sega 22/11/94 44800 5.8
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 23/06/96 25000 5.54
Disk System Nintendo 21/02/86 15000 4.44
PSone SCE 07/07/00 15000 4.19* 
Nintendo GameCube Nintendo 14/09/01 25000 4.04
PC Engine NEC Home Electronics 30/10/87 24800 3.92
Mega Drive Sega 29/10/88 21000 3.58
WonderSwan Color Bandai 09/12/00 6800 3
Dreamcast Sega 27/11/98 29800 2.8
PlayStation 3 SCE 11/11/06 49,980/59,980 2.38
PC Engine Duo NEC Home Electronics 21/09/91 14800 1.92
Game Gear Sega 06/10/90 19800 1.78
Neo Geo SNK 26/04/90 58000 1
Xbox 360 Microsoft 10/12/05 39795 0.77
3DO Real Matsushima Electric 20/03/94 54800 0.72
Virtual Boy Nintendo 21/07/95 15000 0.63
Neo Geo Pocket SNK 28/10/98 7800 0.5
Xbox Microsoft 22/02/02 34800 0.47
LaserActive Pioneer 20/08/93 89800 0.42
SG-1000 Sega 15/07/83 15000 0.4
Mega CD Sega 12/12/91 49800 0.4
PC-FX NEC Home Electronics 23/12/94 49800 0.4
Super Cassette Vision Epoch 17/07/84 15000 0.3
Pippin Atmark Bandai DE 22/03/96 64800 0.03

*include shipments to Asian countries and regions including South Korea

Home Consoles SKUs combined:

System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price (yen) Units Shipped (millions)
PlayStation 2 (all) SCE 04/03/00 39800 21.48
PlayStation (all) SCE 03/12/94 39800 19.6
Famicom Nintendo 15/07/83 14800 19.35
Super Famicom Nintendo 21/11/90 25000 17.17
Wii Nintendo 02/12/06 25000 6.9
PC-Engine (all) NEC Home Electronics 30/10/87 24800 5.84
Sega Saturn Sega 22/11/94 44800 5.8
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 23/06/96 25000 5.54
Nintendo GameCube Nintendo 14/09/01 25000 4.04
Mega Drive Sega 29/10/88 21000 3.58
Dreamcast Sega 27/11/98 29800 2.8
PlayStation 3 SCE 11/11/06 49,980/59,980 2.38
Neo Geo SNK 26/04/90 58000 1
Xbox 360 Microsoft 10/12/05 39795 0.77
3DO Real Matsushima Electric 20/03/94 54800 0.72
Xbox Microsoft 22/02/02 34800 0.47
LaserActive Pioneer 20/08/93 89800 0.42
SG-1000 Sega 15/07/83 15000 0.4
Mega CD Sega 12/12/91 49800 0.4
PC-FX NEC Home Electronics 23/12/94 49800 0.4
Super Cassette Vision Epoch 17/07/84 15000 0.3
Pippin Atmark Bandai DE 22/03/96 64800 0.03

Portable Consoles SKUs combined:

System Title Manufacturer Release Date Retail Price (yen) Units Shipped (millions)
Game Boy (all) Nintendo 21/04/89 12500 32.47
Nintendo DS (all) Nintendo 02/12/04 15000 23.62
Game Boy Advance (all) Nintendo 21/03/01 9800 16.91
PSP SCE 12/12/04 20,790/26,040 10.42
WonderSwan Color Bandai 09/12/00 6800 3
Game Gear Sega 06/10/90 19800 1.78
Virtual Boy Nintendo 21/07/95 15000 0.63
Neo Geo Pocket SNK 28/10/98 7800 0.5


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crho on 02 December 2008

http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/reports/market/pdf/2007_02_r.pdf

Japan Video Game Console Launches [1977 - 2005]
Source: CESA Game White Paper
 

http://www.meti.go.jp/topic/mitilab/downloadfiles/m4198-1.pdf

Japan Game Industry Market Scale [1983 - 1997] 
Source: Yoka Development Center, Leisure White Paper

http://www.games-j.or.jp/plan/index.html

Japan Game Industry Market Scale [1996 - 2006]
Source: CESA, CESA White Paper / Media Create, Video Game Industry White Paper
 



crho on 14 December 2008

Total Software Produced for Platforms

System 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
PlayStation 422 519 664 828 757 496 377 142 29 6 17 6
Sega Saturn 324 390 262 25 3              
Super Nintendo 158 34 9 17 5              
Game Boy 35 60 95 148 172 115 15 2        
Neo Geo 33 10 8 5 3 1 4 2 3      
PC-FX 24 17 4                  
3DO Real 15                      
Game Gear 11                      
Nintendo 64 10 45 55 58 33 6            
PC Engine 7 1                    
Mega Drive 2                      
Neo Geo Pocket     10 39 34 8            
Dreamcast     8 120 169 125 73 48 27 3 2 2
WonderSwan       73 52 40 27 11 2      
PlayStation 2         122 243 427 555 630 651 549 401
Game Boy Advance           131 205 154 192 109 63  
GameCube           10 68 103 54 109 11  
Pokemon Mini           3 6          
Xbox             68 64 63 42 2 1
PSP                 18 108 231 160
Nintendo DS                 14 112 251 434
Xbox 360                   10 65 79
Wii                     21 100
PlayStation 3                     13 54
Total 1,041 1,076 1,115 1,313 1,350 1,178 1,270 1,081 1,032 1,150 1,225 1,237

1996 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Red/Green/Blue (GB) - 1,663,861
2. Tekken 2 (PS) - 1,079,585
3. Super Mario RPG (SNES) - 995,898

1997 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Red/Green/Blue (GB) - 3,995,992
2. Final Fantasy VII (PS) - 3,277,291
3. Derby Stallion (PS) - 1,581,139

1998 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Red/Green/Blue/Pikachu (GB) - 3,006,067
2. Resident Evil 2 (PS) - 2,154,974
3. Gran Turismo (PS) - 1,495,757

1999 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Gold/Silver (GB) - 3,628,627
2. Final Fantasy VIII (PS) - 3,501,588
3. Resident Evil 3 (PS) - 1,339,022

2000 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Dragon Quest VII (PS) - 3,784,681
2. Final Fantasy IX (PS) - 2,659,221
3. Pokemon Gold/Silver (GB) - 2,383,096

2001 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Final Fantasy X (PS2) - 2,264,047
2. Gran Turismo 3 (PS2) - 1,437,581
3. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (GB) - 1,138,756

2002 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA) - 3,197,762
2. World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 (PS2) - 1,115,707
3. Onimusha 2 (PS2) - 1,002,968

2003 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) - 1,941,727
2. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA) - 1,704,458
3. Dynasty Warriors 3 (PS2) - 1,178,455

2004 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) - 3,231,288
2. Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green (GBA) - 2,377,713
3. Dragon Quest V (PS2) - 1,616,155

2005 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) - 1,169,757
2. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) - 1,066,749
3. Brain Age (DS) - 1,011,341

2006 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS) - 4,302,815
2. New Super Mario Bros (DS) - 3,818,214
3. Brain Age 2 (DS) - 3,748,638

2007 Top-Selling Games and Units Sold
1. Wii Sports (Wii) - 1,911,520
2. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) - 1,489,898
3. Wii Play (Wii) - 1,487,484

Famitsu Feature: Japan's Top Selling Games



BKK2 on 10 January 2009

I think crho has moved to neogaf:

Hardware Sales


 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
PS1 1,282,000 694,500 248,300 61,300 4,900 - - - -
PS2 3,748,200 3,603,700 3,652,800 2,812,500 2,750,800 2,134,900 1,547,900 816,400 480,700
PS3 - - - - - - 466,700 1,206,300 991,300
DC 400,000 288,100 5,100 - - - - - -
N64 260,300 78,000 8,000 - - - - - -
GCN - 925,900 1,034,500 1,039,700 608,200 305,000 89,800 5,700 -
Wii - - - - - - 989,100 3,629,400 2,908,300
XB - - 327,700 96,900 35,300 13,200 - - -
XB360 - - - - - 81,800 208,700 257,800 317,900
GB 2,162,600 529,500 107,600 10,800 - - - - -
GBA - 4,200,300 3,366,700 1,179,900 202,500 28,900 - - -
GBASP - - - 2,433,300 2,372,500 831,200 275,800 32,800 -
GBM - - - - - 394,800 157,600 41,300 -
NDS - - - - 1,095,900 4,002,900 1,336,900 13,500 -
DSL - - - - - - 7,526,000 7,130,200 2,749,800
Dsi - - - - - - - - 1,280,000
PSP - - - - 339,900 2,225,800 1,946,900 3,022,700 3,543,200
Others 620,000 334,000 224,000 47,000 3,000 - - - 9,600
Total 8,472,900 10,653,600 8,975,000 7,681,200 7,412,900 10,018,500 14,545,400 16,156,100 12,280,700


Software Sales


 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
PS1 27,137,000 9,637,100 5,803,100 1,388,500 160,000 78,600 111,100 - -
PS2 7,601,400 18,817,400 26,947,500 31,519,900 34,055,200 29,084,000 24,410,700 13,262,900 7,112,000
PS3 - - - - - - 453,900 2,951,400 5,155,100
DC 5,077,000 2,725,600 960,600 245,500 82,200 5,600 16,100 22,300 -
N64 6,562,800 1,620,300 33,100 - - - - - -
GCN - 1,784,900 5,476,000 7,300,400 4,985,200 3,116,500 769,200 3,300 -
Wii - - - - - - 1,956,400 11,665,700 12,802,200
XB - - 977,600 600,800 366,000 148,800 2,900 14,900 -
XB360 - - - - - 89,300 900,000 1,368,800 1,770,000
GB 12,077,500 7,183,300 1,037,400 73,700 - - - - -
GBA - 7,109,800 12,260,100 13,267,300 17,099,300 6,976,300 3,071,700 433,600 -
NDS - - - - 1,211,400 11,753,500 38,817,800 39,130,600 28,269,500
PSP - - - - 550,700 4,179,300 6,659,000 6,750,200 9,745,800
Others 1,614,700 1,085,200 559,800 103,300 6,200 - - 52,700 612,900
Total 60,070,500 49,963,500 54,055,300 54,499,400 58,516,100 55,432,000 77,160,800 75,742,400 66,055,700


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quarashi on 10 January 2009

The DC selling software, awesome.



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BKK2 on 10 January 2009
quarashi said:
The DC selling software, awesome.

Games are still being made for it, DUX will be released early this year.

 



arsenicazure on 10 January 2009

PS3 seems to be performing at the level of DC..software and hardware wise( slightly higher) which isnt saying too much about the platform..JAPAN seems to be embracing ps3 a lot better since Q4 of 2008, and a price cut in 2009 should help as well



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BKK2 on 10 January 2009
arsenicazure said:
PS3 seems to be performing at the level of DC..software and hardware wise( slightly higher) which isnt saying too much about the platform..JAPAN seems to be embracing ps3 a lot better since Q4 of 2008, and a price cut in 2009 should help as well

PS3 should pass DC HW LTD by the end of this month (currently 2.73m PS3 Vs 2.8m DC), so the HW comparison doesn't really hold up. DC 2nd full year SW was similar to PS3's, but DC got discontinued shortly into it's third full year, so the SW comparison won't hold up for 2009.