2004 Japanese Game Market Results

[grooveholmes]

here are the results of the home videogame market in japan for the year 2004.
overall, the japanese market was down 0.7% compared to last year, for a total of 427.9 billion yen.

game publisher/developer results:
1st - nintendo - 7.33 million games sold, 28 titles.
2nd - square enix - 6.41 million games sold, 10 titles.
3rd - pokemon company - 4.34 million games sold, 5 titles.
4th - konami - 2.99 million games sold, 6 titles.
5th - capcom - 2.20 million games sold, 7 titles.

game hardware results
1st - playstation 2 - 2.75 million units.
2nd - game boy advance SP - 2.37 million units.
3rd - nintendo DS - (final numbers not available at the time of the report.)

original article (in japanese) here

 

[Memnoch]

The DS outsold the Gamecube in Japan in 2004? Blimey.

 

[Huxley]

Pokemon titles aren't listed as Nintendo? Still they come top

 

[finty]

The DS was only out for 2 months and it came third!?!

 

[boblibob]

In Japan it Came out December, so it wasnt even out a month