Media Crate Numbers - all systems

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For Jan 2-8

1. PSP - 132,757 units
2. Nintendo DS - 91,379 units
3. PlayStation 2 - 80,886 units
4. GameBoy Advance SP - 17,443 units
5. GameCube - 13,423 units
6. GameBoy Micro - 11,818 units
7. Xbox 360 - 7,477 units
8. GameBoy Advance - 564 units
9. Xbox - 156 units
There had been a DS shortage in stores.

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December 27, 2004 to December 25, 2005:

Nintendo DS - 4,151,356
PSP - 2,225,810
PlayStation 2 - 1,968,846
GameBoy Advance SP - 696,263
GameCube - 273,180
Xbox 360 - 70,567
GameBoy Micro - 415,088
GameBoy Advance - 25,407
Xbox - 12,405

Famitsu reported that the Japanese console market has increased by 46.9% in 2005 comparing to previous year, due to the growth in the handheld market. The sales of console hardware reached 163.9 billion yen.

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And the top 10 largest game publishers in Japan in 2005:

1. Nintendo (plus Pokemon, the company responsible for all Pokemon related games)
2. Bandai
3. Konami
4. Sony
5. Square Enix
6. Capcom
7. Namco
8. Sega
9. Koei
10. Banpresto


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Famitsu asked readers which console hardware they would be interested in 2006:

1. PlayStation 3 - 47.8%
2. Revolution - 24.5%
3. Xbox 360 - 15.5%
4. Nintendo DS - 5.2%
5. PSP - 3.2%
6. PlayStation 2 - 3.2%
7. GameCube 0.6%