BKK2 said:
Famitsu hardware LTDs through Feb 1st for currently available consoles compared to historical shipment numbers:
System Title |
Manufacturer |
Release Date |
Retail Price (yen) |
Units Shipped (millions) |
PlayStation 2 (all) |
SCE |
04/03/00 |
39800 |
21.59 |
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 |
7.79 |
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 |
PlayStation 3 |
SCE |
11/11/06 |
49,980/59,980 |
2.81 |
Dreamcast |
Sega |
27/11/98 |
29800 |
2.8 |
Neo Geo |
SNK |
26/04/90 |
58000 |
1 |
Xbox 360 |
Microsoft |
10/12/05 |
39795 |
0.92 |
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 |
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 |
25.7 |
Game Boy Advance (all) |
Nintendo |
21/03/01 |
9800 |
16.91 |
PSP |
SCE |
12/12/04 |
20,790/26,040 |
11.45 |
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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Intersting. I doubt Wii will reach the Famicom/Playstation family (mainly due to japanese market being bigger and more diluted) and PS3 shall lag just behind the Wii.
PSP has a shot at surpassing GBA what isn't shabby at all.
I wonder if the PS3 will have a year better than the Wii on Japan.