BKK2 on 08 January 2009
UK ended up selling an amazing 74.3m units of console and handheld software in 2008, 82.8m including PC. It looks like UK probably sold more units than Japan in 2008, and UK was only 2.9m behind Japan's peak year of 2006 when 77.2m units of console and handheld software were sold. We should get a full report on 2008 from Famitsu next week, hopefully with software units included.
| Year | Japan | UK | Total | JP % | UK % |
| 2000 | 60,070,500 | 24,200,000 | 84,270,500 | 71.3 | 28.7 |
| 2001 | 49,963,500 | 30,500,000 | 80,463,500 | 62.1 | 37.9 |
| 2002 | 54,055,300 | 31,500,000 | 85,555,300 | 63.2 | 36.8 |
| 2003 | 54,499,400 | 37,900,000 | 92,399,400 | 59.0 | 41.0 |
| 2004 | 58,516,100 | 42,800,000 | 101,316,100 | 57.8 | 42.2 |
| 2005 | 55,432,000 | 43,300,000 | 98,732,000 | 56.1 | 43.9 |
| 2006 | 77,160,800 | 46,200,000 | 123,360,800 | 62.5 | 37.5 |
| 2007 | 75,742,400 | 58,200,000 | 133,942,400 | 56.5 | 43.5 |
| 2008 | 74,300,000 |
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Japan was ahead in value though, $3.647b spent on video game software, compared to $2.761b in the UK (including PC). This is mainly due to the stronger Yen combined with a weakened Pound. The £/¥ x-rate dropped by around 40% from £1/¥222 on 01/01/08 to £1/¥132 on 01/01/09.
