Nintendo Dominates Japanese Games Market
Written by IT News on 8:39 AMBy: Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor
Enterbrain, the company, which specializes in analysis and technology in the Japanese software market, released its findings related to the evolution of the video game market during the fiscal year that just ended March 30. While not mind-blowing figures and sow clearly sustainable growth.
Total sales of hardware games, including consoles and video games that have reached more than 667 billion yen, which is approximately 6.6 billion U.S, sporting a healthy 3.8 per cent after growth in the previous fiscal year. A breakdown of the figures reveals some surprises.
In the market, where power and graphics blockbuster game seemed to be the norm, the Japanese government prefers the Nintendo DS, with its touch screen capabilities and innovation, for more powerful PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. In the Nintendo DS boasts of 6343547 units it sold a year for a period of total sales estimated at 22169761. The number of units sold in 2007, nearly twice the number of its nearest competitor.
In Nintendo Wii was in second place with 3741946 units sold in the 2007 fiscal year and a lifetime total of 5695579, while the PlayStation Portable Sales 3427971 for a lifetime, a total of 8574026.
Speaking of Sony, PlayStation 3 at 1197418 units sold compared with the previous year, while the PlayStation 2 sales numbers have not been made public. Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold only 235318, and only about 600000 sold in
Wii exceeded the size of Nintendo software sales chart, registering more than 1700000 units sold, even though it was released in December. Close on the heels were books Nintendo DS and Mario Party Wii sports. SuperSmash Bros. Brawl took fourth place with a little more than 1 million people, and half of sales, followed by Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 on the Nintendo DS.
So it seems that Nintendo has been dominating
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