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breadie on 14 January 2008

Unexpectedly, Nintendo has maintained a good amount of market share with GameBoy in their darkest day of N64 and GameCube. Now its total Nintendomination. 2008 pacman mouth is closing more :)



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brute on 14 January 2008
johnsobas said:
It almost seemed plausible to get 80% until i thought about it for a while. PS2 is gonna lose plenty of market share, and i think more of that is gonna go to wii than it is to PS3. However, the PSP will probably gain market share simply because the DS is reaching the point of diminishing returns, most people that would think about buying it already have it. Already sold 21.67 million in a country of 120 million and it's still young.

i think that was software pie chart,in which DS will still dominate so ninty has a chance to get 80% this year

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mike_intellivision on 14 January 2008

Wow!

I took three things from that.

1. Microsoft doesn't sell much software in Japapn.
2. Sega used to actually be a real player (look at 1996).
3. Something happened in 2006 -- besides the new consoles coming out.

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wenlan on 14 January 2008

Yes, those are software sales charts. It said in the beginning of the video.

I like Nintendo and they make a lot of great games. But Nintendomination seems only benefit Nintendo themselves. If Japan software sales do not increase faster enough, the third party developers will be in trouble. That will make it even worse if the Japanese market is shrinking. In the long run, Japanese game developers won't be able to compete with western game developers (or is happening already?).



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celine on 14 January 2008
mike_intellivision said:
Wow!

I took three things from that.

1. Microsoft doesn't sell much software in Japapn.
2. Sega used to actually be a real player (look at 1996).
3. Something happened in 2006 -- besides the new consoles coming out.

Mike from Morgantown

1. Yes

2. No, only with Saturn they captured a significative share of japanese market. Sega Saturn was a console for otaku/hardcore gamers . That force was declinig during 32 bit era.

3. Software sales exploded, reverting a declining trend in japanese market, thanks to Nintendo's Blue Ocean ( DS Lite came out in march 2007, that was the final explosion of DS phenomenon ).  



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CrazzyMan on 14 January 2008

Awesome! =)

Nidan said:

                           Sony           Nintendo

  • 1996       35.8%            37.6%
  • 1997       65.1%            23.1%
  • 1998       68.2%            25.5%
  • 1999       62.5%            32.3%
  • 2000       55.0%            39.9%
  • 2001       55.0%            39.9%
  • 2002       59.7%            39%
  • 2003       58.1%            41.9%
  • 2004       59.6%            40.4%
  • 2005       54.7%            45.3%
  • 2006       29.8%            70.2%
  • 2007       23.3%            76.6%

  My prediction -"if the Wii-Fit is a success, sonys market share in Japan for 2008 will be under 20%

Yeah, sure. And MGS4, FFXIII, LBP, WKS, GT5, Jakuza3, KZ2, DMC4 won`t make any sales. =))



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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

rukusa on 14 January 2008

Goes to show that Nintendo wasn't really in trouble in the gamecube years :).

God damn Nintendo DS is a beast.

Awesome choice in music too, complements to the creator of the video lol ;).



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