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noname2200 said:
KillerMan said:
noname2200 said:

Japan's video game market has shrunk dramatically since the last generation.

Only if you ignore handhelds.

No, even with handhelds included.  The additional revenue that comes from having a second viable handheld is not enough to make up for the extremely lackluster console performance, especially since handhelds and their games traditionally cost less at retail than their console counterparts.

Last gen total hw: 44.2 million (PS2, GC, Xbox, GBA)

This gen hw so far: 65.4 million (PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, X360)

Software wise DS has beaten PS2 sw record and PSP, Wii , PS3, X360 have probably sold already lot more sw than GC, Xbox ,GBA as they have a lot bigger hw installbase. Not to mention that this gen is still on going.