RolStoppable said:
Media Create exists only since 2000, I think. The Japanese sales archive at garaph.info (sadly it hasn't been updated since early 2013) suggests that Famitsu didn't publish software sales prior to the PS2, so there's only weekly hardware without any software before the year 2000. OoT is the third-best selling Zelda game in Japan with lifetime sales of 1.45m, according to VGC. Not sure if Famitsu ever released lifetime figures for older games or if this is merely an estimate by VGC, based on worldwide shipment data that was provided by Nintendo. |
Media Create have been covering the Japanese market for over 20 years. While they started tracking back in 1994, you're not going to find much public data from before 2000.
Famitsu have been publishing weekly sales for over 30 years. The figures from 1986-1995 are simply raw numbers extrapolated with a fixed multiplier, so the accuracy is going to be questionable. Their coverage rate increased significantly after 1996, allowing them to give more precise estimates.
Sales data from 1996 onwards can be found on online archives. Figures preceding 1996 can be found in issues of their weekly magazine.
