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SamuelRSmith on 02 January 2009
FreeTalkLive said:
Is any of this because people from Europe are buying games and systems in the UK because stuff is cheaper their due to the breakdown on the UK currency? Is it 5% of sales last month, 10% this month?

 

 This hasn't been going on for very long, a couple of weeks, or so. Also, it hasn't hit the news here at all, so I don't think the difference is that big.



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BKK2 on 03 January 2009

Console & handheld annual software unit sales 2000 - 2007:

Year Japan UK Total UK %
2000 60,070,500 24,200,000 84,270,500 28.7
2001 49,963,500 30,500,000 80,463,500 37.9
2002 54,055,300 31,500,000 85,555,300 36.8
2003 54,499,400 37,900,000 92,399,400 41.0
2004 58,516,100 42,800,000 101,316,100 42.2
2005 55,432,000 43,300,000 98,732,000 43.9
2006 77,160,800 46,200,000 123,360,800 37.5
2007 75,742,400 58,200,000 133,942,400 43.5
Total 485,440,000 314,600,000 800,040,000 39.3



Source:

Japan: Famitsu
UK: ChartTrack



SamuelRSmith on 03 January 2009

What I get from that is that both markets are trending upwards, but the UK's trend line is steeper, whereas Japan's started higher.



BKK2 on 08 January 2009

UK ended up selling an amazing 74.3m units of console and handheld software in 2008, 82.8m including PC. It looks like UK probably sold more units than Japan in 2008, and UK was only 2.9m behind Japan's peak year of 2006 when 77.2m units of console and handheld software were sold. We should get a full report on 2008 from Famitsu next week, hopefully with software units included.

Year Japan UK Total JP % UK %
2000 60,070,500 24,200,000 84,270,500 71.3 28.7
2001 49,963,500 30,500,000 80,463,500 62.1 37.9
2002 54,055,300 31,500,000 85,555,300 63.2 36.8
2003 54,499,400 37,900,000 92,399,400 59.0 41.0
2004 58,516,100 42,800,000 101,316,100 57.8 42.2
2005 55,432,000 43,300,000 98,732,000 56.1 43.9
2006 77,160,800 46,200,000 123,360,800 62.5 37.5
2007 75,742,400 58,200,000 133,942,400 56.5 43.5
2008
74,300,000




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Japan was ahead in value though, $3.647b spent on video game software, compared to $2.761b in the UK (including PC). This is mainly due to the stronger Yen combined with a weakened Pound. The £/¥ x-rate dropped by around 40% from £1/¥222 on 01/01/08 to £1/¥132 on 01/01/09.



BKK2 on 09 January 2009

OP is updated with the last three weeks of UK data, and the last two weeks of JP data. Over 9m units of software sold during the last week of the year.



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BKK2 on 10 January 2009

Famitsu numbers are in, and Japan was far below UK in 2008:

UK: 74,300,000
JP: 66,055,663

Year Japan UK Total JP % UK %
2000 60,070,500 24,200,000 84,270,500 71.3 28.7
2001 49,963,500 30,500,000 80,463,500 62.1 37.9
2002 54,055,300 31,500,000 85,555,300 63.2 36.8
2003 54,499,400 37,900,000 92,399,400 59.0 41.0
2004 58,516,100 42,800,000 101,316,100 57.8 42.2
2005 55,432,000 43,300,000 98,732,000 56.1 43.9
2006 77,160,800 46,200,000 123,360,800 62.5 37.5
2007 75,742,400 58,300,000 134,042,400 56.5 43.5
2008 66,055,700 74,300,000 140,355,700 47.1 52.9
Total 551,495,700 389,000,000 940,495,700 58.6 41.4


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BKK2 on 10 January 2009


Wii X360 PS3 NDS PSP PS2
2008 UK SW Units 20,100,000 14,900,000 10,400,000 19,100,000 4,100,000 5,700,000
2008 JP SW Units 12,802,200 1,770,000 5,155,100 28,269,500 9,745,800 7,112,000
Total SW Units 32,902,200 16,670,000 15,555,100 47,369,500 13,845,800 12,812,000


BKK2 on 17 January 2009

Week # Japan UK Total
Week 1 2,957,024 3,498,103 6,455,127
Week 2 1,225,455 1,547,306 2,772,761
Total 4,182,479 5,045,409 9,227,888


BKK2 on 29 January 2009

Week # Japan UK Total
Week 1 2,957,024 3,498,103 6,455,127
Week 2 1,225,455 1,547,306 2,772,761
Week 3 1,149,569 1,247,905 2,397,474
Total 5,332,048 6,293,314 11,625,362


BKK2 on 31 January 2009

Week # Japan UK Total
Week 1 2,957,024 3,498,103 6,455,127
Week 2 1,225,455 1,547,306 2,772,761
Week 3 1,149,569 1,247,905 2,397,474
Week 4 964,796 1,353,433 2,318,229
Total 6,296,844 7,646,747 13,943,591