A look at the last four years in NA and Japan.

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Really good stuff here, Oyvoyvoyv.  The year-by-year comparisons show how the market has changed (dramatically) since 2004. I found the publisher comparisons in America the most interesting:

Publisher Totals: (2005)

Console	Year
EA	18,981,516
Sony	10,148,866
Nintendo	8,453,607
Activision	7,125,150
LucasArts	3,747,030
THQ	3,512,495
Take 2	3,344,252
Ubisoft	2,907,227
Konami	2,067,027
Capcom	1,724,625
Total	73,419,969

EA is the dominant top dog, far outstripping everyone else, and Sony holds a strong #2 spot. Ubisoft barely even registers at #8, selling less than 1/6 of EA. Now look at the same market just two years later, in 2007:

Publisher Totals: (2007)

Console	Year
Nintendo	41,211,836
EA	30,044,143
Activision	24,532,156
Microsoft	12,223,246
Take 2	11,694,998
Sony	11,196,138
Ubisoft	11,026,366
THQ	9,723,563
Sega	4,846,276
Capcom	3,817,968
Total	194,781,412

Nintendo's resurgence immediately jumps out, surpassing EA (whose 2007 sales were actually lower than in 2006). Activision and Ubisoft were other big winners, dramatically increasing their share of the marketplace thanks to hit holiday titles (Guitar Hero/Assassin's Creed). Sony turns out to be a huge loser; without the gigantic userbase of the PS2 to draw upon, new IPs on the PS3 had a lot of dissapointing debuts. Microsoft actually sold more software than Sony (!), although that's somewhat deceptive because over 3/4 of the total was either Halo sales or the (bundled) Forza Motorsport title. Sega slinks back into the top 10 riding Nintendo's coattails, while noted Wii-skeptics Konami and LucasArts disappear from the list entirely.

All in all, a huge difference. Remember, it was only two years ago that many industry analysts thought we were witnessing the death of Nintendo, with the PSP certain to crush the DS and the unstoppable PS3 juggernaut sure to crush everything in its path.