By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
badskywalker on 04 February 2021
Edit Thread
Kakadu18 said:
badskywalker said:

Consoles with Highest Sales in Japan
1. Nintendo DS (33.01)
2. Gameboy (32.47)
3. Nintendo 3DS (24.64, probably very little movement from here on out)
4. PlayStation 2 (23.18)
5. PlayStation 1 (21.59)
6. PlayStation Portable (20.01)
7. Nintendo Entertainment System (19.35)
8. Nintendo Switch (18.22, so far)

Based on how the Switch is selling, what do you think it's end of year sales will be in Japan, and where do you place lifetime sales in Japan?

I don't know where you got these numbers, but the DS is at 32.99 million, the PS2 didn't even cross 22 million, the PS1 is at 18.8 million, the PSP at 19.6 million and the 3DS at 24.56 million, shipped at 25.26 million.

I got them from VGchartz platform sales

The minor discrepency for the DS is noted, though a .02 million between this number and official shipped, a .06% error, is just nit picky

The PS2 number is 23.18 million on Vgchartz and wikipedia for Japan, say whatever you will about wikipedia and vgchartz, but there is overlap.

Exact PSP numbers are disputed for both worldwide and Japan, it appears 19.6 to be the lower end, with a little over 20 million being the higher.

I'm looking into the PS1, though let me ask where you got 18.8?

Also the 3DS numbers are for total shipped, and what is most likely the reason for the large disparity between the Famistu numbers and official shipped is probably that Famistu doesn't track consoles sold through nintendo if I'm not mistaken, also if you really believe there are seven hundred thousand 3DS's just sitting on shelves right now then thats strange, if anything I'd expect the acutal number to be closer to 25 million than the 24.64 number.

EDIT: Through wikipedia I found a link to breakdown of PS1 sales by region

https://web.archive.org/web/20110722094946/http://scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html

PS1 sold 21.59 millionby March of 2005, though this does include South Korea, so it would be a bit lower, which could also potentially explain the large disparity between shipped for the 3DS, should nintendo group South Korea and Japan together in a similar way that Sony does under it's financial reports and just saying Japan

Last edited by badskywalker - on 04 February 2021