| TheSource said: Also, Edge says that the '6.5m Famicoms' in Japan in 1986 is an LTD figure. That makes much more sense. So for Japan I have: July 83' launch by Sept 83' - 500k Famicoms sold (likely by August 31, since thats when Nintendo's fiscal year ended) Sometime in 1988, the LTD total in Japan reached 13m (again could be by August 31, since that whens Nintendo's FY ended pre-Sept 1 1989) NES was likely still doing maybe 1.5m-2.5m/year until Game Boy and the NEC system launched in Japan...NES hit 19.35m eventually in Japan. So Japan I figure went something like this (calendar year unless noted) End of Sales in Calendary Year (Lifetime to Date Sales) 1983 - 850k (500k by Aug 31 or Sept 15 depending on interpretation) 1984 - 1650k (2.5m LTD) 1985 - 2500k (5m LTD) 1986 - 3250k (8.25m LTD) 1987 - 2750k (11m LTD) 1988 - 2250k (13.25m LTD) 1989 - 1750k (15m LTD) 1990 - 1250k (16.25m LTD) 1991 - 900k (17.15m LTD) 1992 - 700k (17.85m LTD) March 1993 - 18.13m LTD (VGC shipments from here on) |
PC Engine launched in 1987.
