I figured out why Nintendo became so dominant in Japan

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RolStoppable said:

Year	Total software	Nintendo	TS on N systems	N on N systems
1995	43,651,061	17.2 %	25,011,036	30.1 %
1996	48,748,137	24.4 %	22,759,956	52.3 %
1997	54,131,017	22.1 %	18,031,249	66.2 %
1998	52,783,679	21.5 %	15,997,446	71.0 %
1999	57,011,875	28.4 %	21,257,080	76.1 %
2000	43,656,066	28.0 %	17,009,408	71.8 %
2001	37,552,977	27.8 %	15,875,806	65.7 %
2002	39,426,395	27.5 %	15,676,613	69.0 %
2003	38,090,171	28.9 %	17,848,319	61.7 %
2004	37,083,160	44.5 %	19,152,460	86.1 %
2005	37,518,329	38.8 %	19,937,058	73.0 %
2006	68,801,404	46.7 %	42,871,494	75.0 %
2007	71,173,503	39.3 %	49,634,494	55.6 %
2008	45,374,201	37.1 %	29,127,487	57.8 %

Good lord, I never realized just how much more of the pie Nintendo took with the DS. That's one hell of a jump. I wonder...

 

In any case, good work on the research and analysis. You've given us a lot to think about.