Famitsu – 2009 market size, hardware sales, top 5 game sales
January 5th, 2010 Posted in DS, News, Posted by Valay, WiiThis information accounts for data from December 29, 2008 to December 27, 2009.
2009 Market Size
HW Value = 216.49 bln yen (-13.6% YoY)
SW Value = 326.16 bln yen (-1.8% YoY)
Total Value = 542.64 bln yen (-6.9% YoY)
2009 Hardware Sales
NDS – 4,025,313 (29,160,589)
PSP – 2,307,971 (13,386,455)
Wii – 1,975,178 (9,501,999)
PS3 – 1,727,041 (4,391,407)
360 – 331,706 (1,197,873)
2009 Software Top 5
1. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX – 4,100,968
2. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 3,382,597
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 2,485,150
4. [NDS] Friend Collection – 2,311,948
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII – 1,698,256
- Media Create hardware sales for 2009 Published on: January 4, 2010
- Famitsu hardware sales (12/14 – 12/20) Published on: December 26, 2009
- Iwata: Game industry lacked hit titles in first half of 2009, caused “worldwide market contraction” Published on: October 30, 2009
- Japanese hardware/software sales for the first half of fiscal year 2009 Published on: October 1, 2009
- Famitsu – hardware/software sales totals (3/31 – 9/28) Published on: October 1, 2008
One Response to “Famitsu – 2009 market size, hardware sales, top 5 game sales”
By Thomas N on Jan 5, 2010
While ther Top 5 software and the yearly hardware sales are not surprising, I had to wonder whether the declining sales of the Wii is a factor to the 13.6% decline in hardware value. Another factor could be the price cuts for the PS3 and the Wii, or the smaller number of best-selling games.