Global Hardware Nov 22 to 28 - Switch Dominates Black Friday Week

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noshten said:

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Setting hardware records in Japan during 2020, isn't all that important in the grand scheme of things when they have 85% of market share for hardware and software for the year; their revenue will surely shatter some records without much problems. Since this doesn't account digital which has been growing due to their voucher program being really good value in Japan. 

Which console places the most games in the weekly Famitsu charts, each year since 1995?

Unsurprisingly, the switch currently reaches new heights (78%). Should probably go back to the NES area to find higher domination (even if PS1 performed very well too back in its day). ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/irxREsHmc3

— Japan Video Games Charts (@ChartsJapan) December 16, 2020

That's an interesting chart.  I do wish NES numbers were on there, but Switch is steadily heading toward those levels.  In the NES/Famicom days, not only did Nintendo dominate the market, but there was no handheld market either.  They really didn't even have any decent compeitition until the PC-Engine was released, and even then the Famicom kept going strong. 

By contrast, the lowest performer on that chart was the PSP in 2011 with 26%.  Think of all the systems selling in Japan that year: PSP, DS, 3DS, Vita, Wii, PS3, XBox360.  All of those systems, except maybe the XBox360, were claiming a decent sized chunk of the software market.  But in the current climate there isn't really a dedicated handheld only console market.  Nintendo shoved Sony out of the handheld market, and they consolidated their own business to shove Sony out of the home market in Japan too.  They have one console to rule them all.  The market in Japan is starting to resemble the Famicom days again.