8th November 2010, 12:32 AM
Hmm... The following is stream of thought.
ABF brings up some good points, but even with that taken into consideration, they seem to rank about where I'd expect. I expect the Wii to overtake the PS2 by the end of this generation as well.
Hmm, Gamecube and Xbox were pretty dang close, though it seems XBox edged out a win there (both were completely destroyed by the PS2 though).
I didn't know if the Atari 2600 was even released in Japan, or if it was even that popular if it was. I had the impression that for the Japanese, widespread home gaming started with the Famicom.
Poor Dreamcast...
I had got the impression the SNES won that generation, but never had concrete numbers. It's hard to say though. Like the NES, the Genesis likely doesn't count the countless unliscensed knockoff consoles sold in deepest darkest Africa, and still sold at kiosks at one of the local malls here. Should those count, or not? It's a tricky thing...
The N64 did better than I thought, that is relative to both the Gamecube and XBox. Then again, I don't remember there being a huge holiday rush for those two systems like there was with the N64 when it came out.
Is 10,000 right for Pong? Arguments on whether it counts as a console or not, there were multiple iterations, and I had the distinct impression that it was frickin' HUGE in the 70's. I'd expect more than just 10,000 people nationwide to own one.
Followed the link to find those Gameboy figures, since I can't see it on the list. Wow, it's like Japanese web sites are stuck in the late 1990's when it comes to web design... That's just terrible layout...
I can't make heads or tales of ANY of that site, bad layout aside. Where exactly is that list in that link? ABF seems to have found the Gameboy data, but I can't see it anywhere.
Do you know Japanese or something now GR?
Interesting list at any rate...
ABF brings up some good points, but even with that taken into consideration, they seem to rank about where I'd expect. I expect the Wii to overtake the PS2 by the end of this generation as well.
Hmm, Gamecube and Xbox were pretty dang close, though it seems XBox edged out a win there (both were completely destroyed by the PS2 though).
I didn't know if the Atari 2600 was even released in Japan, or if it was even that popular if it was. I had the impression that for the Japanese, widespread home gaming started with the Famicom.
Poor Dreamcast...
I had got the impression the SNES won that generation, but never had concrete numbers. It's hard to say though. Like the NES, the Genesis likely doesn't count the countless unliscensed knockoff consoles sold in deepest darkest Africa, and still sold at kiosks at one of the local malls here. Should those count, or not? It's a tricky thing...
The N64 did better than I thought, that is relative to both the Gamecube and XBox. Then again, I don't remember there being a huge holiday rush for those two systems like there was with the N64 when it came out.
Is 10,000 right for Pong? Arguments on whether it counts as a console or not, there were multiple iterations, and I had the distinct impression that it was frickin' HUGE in the 70's. I'd expect more than just 10,000 people nationwide to own one.
Followed the link to find those Gameboy figures, since I can't see it on the list. Wow, it's like Japanese web sites are stuck in the late 1990's when it comes to web design... That's just terrible layout...
I can't make heads or tales of ANY of that site, bad layout aside. Where exactly is that list in that link? ABF seems to have found the Gameboy data, but I can't see it anywhere.
Do you know Japanese or something now GR?
Interesting list at any rate...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)