crho on 01 October 2008
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1218501_1124.html
Tracking Period: 2008/03/31 - 2008/09/28
Market Size Comparison (billion yen)
| Hardware | Software | Total | |
| 2007 First-Half | 143.22 | 160.17 | 303.39 |
| 2008 First-Half | 95.23 | 143.64 | 238.87 |
| Year-on-Year | 66.5% | 89.7% | 78.7% |
Hardware Sales
| Hardware | Release | First-Half Sales | Year-on-Year | Total Sales |
| NDS | 2004/12/02 | 1,314,919 | 37.1% | 23,484,680 |
| PSP | 2004/12/12 | 1,583,731 | 132.0% | 10,157,757 |
| Wii | 2006/12/02 | 1,105,174 | 68.2% | 6,800,753 |
| PS3 | 2006/11/11 | 352,457 | 88.5% | 2,361,949 |
| 360 | 2005/12/10 | 138,740 | 157.1% | 741,298 |
| PS2 | 2000/03/04 | 219,270 | 57.1% | 21,445,691 |
Software Sales
| Pos. | Hardware | Game Title | Publisher | Release | First-Half Sales | Total Sales |
| 01. | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | Nintendo | 2008/04/10 | 1,744,387 | 1,744,387 |
| 02. | PSP | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G | Capcom | 2008/03/27 | 1,602,386 | 2,425,651 |
| 03. | NDS | Pokemon Platinum | Pokemon | 2008/09/13 | 1,481,725 | 1,481,725 |
| 04. | NDS | Dragon Quest V | Square Enix | 2008/07/17 | 1,152,229 | 1,152,229 |
| 05. | Wii | Wii Fit | Nintendo | 2007/12/01 | 845,238 | 2,607,431 |
| 06. | NDS | Rhythm Heaven | Nintendo | 2008/07/31 | 804,493 | 804,493 |
| 07. | PS3 | Metal Gear Solid 4 | Konami | 2008/06/12 | 658,142 | 658,142 |
| 08. | PSP | Phantasy Star Portable | Sega | 2008/07/31 | 606,480 | 606,480 |
| 09. | PS2 | Warriors Orochi 2 | Koei | 2008/04/03 | 408,990 | 408,990 |
| 10. | PS2 | Super Robot Taisen Z | Bandai Namco | 2008/09/25 | 360,824 | 360,824 |
