Japanese game market up 25% in June, Nintendo wins big
Yet again we've got a story about Nintendo dominating the Japanese game market. For the month of June, total sales in the region were up 25.4 percent, according to a report from Famitsu Market Data Service (via
GameDaily). That breaks down to a 48.4 percent increase in hardware sales and 7.5 percent increase in software sales.
Those who keep up with our
Japanese hardware sales feature won't be surprised to see these total monthly sales figures (values are approximate):
- DS (Phat and Lite): 535,000
- Wii: 271,000
- PSP: 113,300
- PlayStation 2: 49,000
- PS3: 41,600
- Xbox 360: 17,600
According to the report, the DS and Wii combined are responsible for 81 percent of total software sales in June, selling 1.7 million and 392,000 units of software, respectively. GameDaily has more information and details on the top 20 bestselling titles (hint: there's a lot of Nintendo games on there).
[Thanks for the image, Vince]
