Much like the PSP and PS3 are doing in Japan now (and I consider Playstation consoles to be the spiritual successor's to the PC Engine look at a picture of a PS2 and then one of a Supergrafx) at the height of the Famicon's popularity, the PC Engine came along and began to sell more consoles than the Famicon. From the time of its release until the time of the release of the SNES, the PC Engine was the reigning console in Japan (much as the PSP is doing now and I do expect that PSP will have outsold the DSi by the time the next consoles are released).
Heavens to Murgatoids.







