Japanese console market up 72.9% thanks to Switch

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"Famitsu report that the domestic Japanese videogame market is up 72.9% in 2017 from 2016 for hardware and 3.8% in software thanks to the success of the Nintendo Switch which was the best selling dedicated game system for the year with 3,407,158 units sold."

Source: http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/169495929179

That's very impressive for a market going supposedly mobile only (PS4 narrowly beat the 3DS too).

Also, the top 10 highest selling retail games are all on Nintendo platforms: 

1. Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon (3DS) 2,003,607
2. Splatoon 2 (Switch) 1,752,096
3. Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (3DS) 1,744,603
4. Monster Hunter XX (3DS) 1,684,991
5. Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (PS4) 1,336,180
6. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) 1,324,280
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) 1,103,744
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) 688,044
9. Pokémon Sun Moon (3DS) 576,506
10. Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) 423,073

Last edited by OTBWY - on 09 January 2018