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==Australia==
  
   
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== Asia-Pacific ==
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===Popular titles===
  
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=== Asia-Pacific market revenues ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right"
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|-
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! Region / Country
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! 2013
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! 2012
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! 2011
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! 2010
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! Note(s)
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! [[Asia|Asia-Pacific]]
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! $49.623 billion
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! $44.063 billion
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! $42.358 billion
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! $38.77 billion
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! <ref>Asia, 2006, consumer market: $14 billion [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383812.htm] [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf]</ref>
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|-
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| [[Video games in Japan|Japan]]
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| $22.29 billion
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| $22.29 billion
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| $23.04 billion
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| $21.13 billion
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| <ref name="japan">[[Video games in Japan]]</ref>
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| [[China]]
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| $14 billion<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/china-gamesconsoles-idUKL3N0KH16C20140107</ref>
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| $9.8 billion<ref name="china12">[http://www.gamesinasia.com/chinas-game-market-took-in-13-billion-in-2013-pc-games-generate-way-more-than-mobile/] [http://www.techinasia.com/learn-south-korea-gaming-market-600-million-chinas-double-japans/] [http://www.cnbc.com/id/100799045] [http://www.cinemablend.com/games/China-Gaming-Market-Pulls-9-1-Billion-51184.html]</ref>
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| $7.3 billion<ref>http://kotaku.com/what-about-companies-like-spicy-horse-that-moved-to-sha-1491520578</ref><ref>$6 billion (PC) (2011) [http://www.cinemablend.com/games/PC-Game-Sales-Top-18-6-Billion-2011-40337.html]</ref>
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| $6.9 billion<ref>China, 2010: [http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012 CN¥44.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=44.6&C1=CNY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2011&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=06&YYYY2=2011&btnOK=Go%21 $6.9 billion]</ref>
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| <ref>China
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*2008: [http://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/sites/default/files/documents/2012/Video%20games.pdf $3.916 billion]
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**Online & Mobile: [http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012 CN¥20 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=20&C1=CNY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=07&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $2.93 billion]
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***Online: [http://www.edge-online.com/news/chinese-online-gaming-revenue-jumps-61-percent $2.75 billion]
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*2007, online game market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥158.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=158.6&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=03&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $1.64 billion]
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**[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 40 million] online gamers
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*2006, online game market: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 $788 million]
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*2005, online game market: [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206080227/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001279 26.34 million] online gamers
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*2004, online game market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥37.1 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=37100&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2005&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $363 million]
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|-
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| [[South Korea]]
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| $9.64 billion<ref>[http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2013/11/19/UM3mpLQqzHbm.pdf ₩10 trillion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=10000&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=04&YYYY1=2014&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=15&MM2=04&YYYY2=2014&btnOK=Go%21 $9.64 billion]</ref>
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| $9.23 billion<ref name="kor12">South Korea, 2012: [http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2013/11/19/UM3mpLQqzHbm.pdf ₩9.752 trillion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=9750&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2013&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2013&btnOK=Go%21 $9.23 billion]</ref>
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| $9.082 billion<ref name="korea">http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012</ref><ref>http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf</ref>
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| $7.784 billion<ref name="korea"/><ref>http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf</ref>
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| <ref>South Korea
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*2007, online game market: [http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2010/05/02/74414.pdf ₩5143.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=5143.6&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=15&MM1=10&YYYY1=2007&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=15&MM2=11&YYYY2=2007&btnOK=Go%21 $5.71 billion]
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*2006: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA3 $2.877 billion]
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**Online: $1.776 billion
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**Arcade: $700 million
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**Mobile: $239 million
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**Console: $136 million
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**PC (offline/retail) market: $26 million
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*2004, online game market: ¥122.2 billion [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf] [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206075657/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001271] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=122.2&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=25&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $1.19 billion]
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*2003: [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf €3 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=3&C1=EUR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=02&YYYY2=2004&btnOK=Go%21 $3.85 billion] [http://www.cs.lamar.edu/faculty/osborne/COSC1172/elspawhitepaper3.pdf]
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**Online: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA4 $855.1 million]
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*2002: [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf €2.73 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=2.73&C1=EUR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=02&YYYY2=2004&btnOK=Go%21 $3.51 billion]
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**Online: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA4 $452.2 million]
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*2001: [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qaEYxq4HG3EJ:www.mgmt.uestc.edu.cn/Meeting/4ebiz/documents/word_pdf/session%25207/7-1%2520presenter%2520park%2520sungjoo.pdf+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk ₩1020 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=1251&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=09&YYYY1=2000&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=09&YYYY2=2000&btnOK=Go%21 $1.14 billion]
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**Online: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA4 $268.2 million]
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|-
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| [[Australia]]
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| $2 billion<ref>[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/449390/grand-theft-auto-5-best-selling-game-in-australia-in-2013/ Grand Theft Auto 5 best selling game in Australia in 2013]</ref>
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| $1.16 billion<ref name="australia">[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-02-13-australian-game-industry-sees-USD1-16-billion-in-sales-in-2012 Australian game industry sees $1.16 billion in sales in 2012]</ref>
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| $1.5 billion<ref name="australia"/>
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| $1.67 billion<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| <ref>Australia
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*2008: [http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32995/AUSTRALIA-Market-jumps-by-47-per-cent $1.3 billion]
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*2003: [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf $800 million]
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| [[Taiwan]]
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| $825 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| $773 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| $713 million<ref name="world_markets">[http://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/sites/default/files/documents/2012/Video%20games.pdf Video Games], Entertainment Business, 2012</ref>
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| $660 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| <ref>Taiwan, online game market
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*2002: [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/09/28/2003069633 NT$3 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=3000&C1=NTD&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=03&YYYY1=2001&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2001&btnOK=Go%21 US$93.32 million]
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*2001: [http://web.archive.org/web/20130119102219/http://jiad.org/article43 US$49.48 million]
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</ref><ref name="jiad">{{cite journal|last=Chou|first=Yuntsai|title=G-commerce in East Asia: Evidence and Prospects|journal=Journal of Interactive Advertising|date=Fall 2003|volume=4|issue=1|url=http://jiad.org/article43|accessdate=31 January 2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20130119102219/http://jiad.org/article43|archivedate=2013-01-19}}</ref>
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|-
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| [[Indonesia]]
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| $492 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| $463 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| $429 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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| $396 million<ref name="world_markets"/>
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|-
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| [[India]]
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| $376 million<ref>[http://www.mcvindia.com/news/read/indian-games-industry-records-16-growth-in-2012/ 20 billion Indian rupees] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=20000&C1=INR&C2=USD&DD1=20&MM1=01&YYYY1=2013&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=10&MM2=02&YYYY2=2013&btnOK=Go%21 $376 million]</ref>
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| $347 million<ref>[http://www.mcvindia.com/news/read/indian-games-industry-records-16-growth-in-2012/ 15 billion Indian rupees] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=15000&C1=INR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=02&YYYY1=2012&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=02&YYYY2=2012&btnOK=Go%21 $347 million]</ref><ref>http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/indian-video-games-industry-grew-16-in-2012/</ref>
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| $294 million<ref>[http://www.mcvindia.com/news/read/indian-games-industry-records-16-growth-in-2012/ 13 billion Indian rupees] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=13000&C1=INR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=04&YYYY1=2011&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=07&YYYY2=2011&btnOK=Go%21 $294 million]</ref>
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| $230 million<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20111209145902/http://capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/market.html</ref>
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|<ref>India, 2004: $30 million [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HJ28Df02.html] [http://www.outsource2india.com/why_india/articles/game-development.asp]</ref>
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=== Japan ===
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{{Main|Video games in Japan}}
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=== China ===
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*[http://www.edge-online.com/news/report-china-gaming-boom-underway Report: China Gaming "Boom" Underway]
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*[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23483 Chinese Online Games Market To Reach $8.9 Billion By 2013]
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=== Australia ===
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==== Popular titles ====
 
*First person shooters [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18438]
  
*First person shooters [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18438]
   
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===Best selling games===
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=== New Zealand ===
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==== Software ====
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*SingStar series - 266,000
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*SingStar Abba - 12,000 (first six weeks)
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==== Hardware ====
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Total as of December 2008:
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*[[Playstation 2]] - PlayStation is cheeks Xbox is better
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*[[Playstation Portable]] - 142,000
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*[[Playstation 3]] - 60,000
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==== 2008 ====
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Yearly software sales: ~ 1,220,000<br />
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[[Sony]]: 818,000 (67%)
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Yearly hardware sales: ~ 180.000<br />
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[[Sony]]: almost 100,000 (55%)
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# [[Playstation 2]] - 40,000
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[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0902/S00359.htm%7C Source of All Data]
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== South Africa ==
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=== Hardware ===
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==== Total as of October 2008: ====
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# [[Xbox 360]] - 72,000 - released October 2006 - 3,000 units per month
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# [[Nintendo Wii]] - 58,000 - released October 2007 - 4,850 units per month
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# [[Playstation 3]] - 45,500 - released March 2007 - 2,400 units per month
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==== 2008 ====
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In 2008 [[Nintendo]] had 40% more sales as of October 2008 as the year before.
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'''Quarter 3 2008 percentages:'''
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Console Market:
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# Wii – 36%
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# [[PS2]] – 29%
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# 360 – 22%
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# PS3 – 14%
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Portable Market:
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# [[Nintendo DS]] - 51%
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# [[Playstation Portable]] - 49%
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Portable Market share development:<br />
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Quarter 1 2008: [[NDS]]: 39% [[PSP]]: 61%<br />
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Quarter 2 2008: NDS: 42% PSP: 58%<br />
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Quarter 3 2008: NDS: 51% PSP: 49%<br />
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==== Seventh Generation First Year ====
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# [[Nintendo Wii]] - 58,100 - 4.841 units per month
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# [[Xbox 360]] - 39,500 - 3.292 units per month
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# [[Playstation 3]] 33,200 - 2.767 units per month
   
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[http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2008/11/10/core_gaming_soars_in_sa/ All Data by Core Gaming, distributors of Nintendo in South Africa]
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==Mexico==
  
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Mexico LTD till end of Dec. 07:
  
   
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PS2: 860.000 [Launch: 2004]
  
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360: 550.000 [Launch: Feb. 06] [23.913 units/month]
  
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PSP: 380.000
  
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NDS: 330.000
  
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WII: 220.000 [Launch: Nov. 06] [15.714 units/month]
  
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PS3: 60.000 [Launch: Aug. 07] [12.000 units/month]
  
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*http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333012 ([[NeoGAF]]er Captain Smoker)
  
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*http://www.edigital.economia.gob.mx/evento2008/presentaciones/Mixteca%201/May_2008_-_Mexico_Presentation_PP_2003_pdf.pdf
  
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Revision as of 02:19, 25 March 2019

Main article: Video game industry

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific market revenues

Region / Country 2013 2012 2011 2010 Note(s)
Asia-Pacific $49.623 billion $44.063 billion $42.358 billion $38.77 billion [1]
Japan $22.29 billion $22.29 billion $23.04 billion $21.13 billion [2]
China $14 billion[3] $9.8 billion[4] $7.3 billion[5][6] $6.9 billion[7] [8]
South Korea $9.64 billion[9] $9.23 billion[10] $9.082 billion[11][12] $7.784 billion[11][13] [14]
Australia $2 billion[15] $1.16 billion[16] $1.5 billion[16] $1.67 billion[17] [18]
Taiwan $825 million[17] $773 million[17] $713 million[17] $660 million[17] [19][20]
Indonesia $492 million[17] $463 million[17] $429 million[17] $396 million[17]
India $376 million[21] $347 million[22][23] $294 million[24] $230 million[25] [26]

Japan

Main article: Video games in Japan

China

Australia

Popular titles

  • First person shooters [13]

New Zealand

Software

  • SingStar series - 266,000
  • SingStar Abba - 12,000 (first six weeks)

Hardware

Total as of December 2008:

2008

Yearly software sales: ~ 1,220,000
Sony: 818,000 (67%)

Yearly hardware sales: ~ 180.000
Sony: almost 100,000 (55%)

  1. Playstation 2 - 40,000

Source of All Data

South Africa

Hardware

Total as of October 2008:

  1. Xbox 360 - 72,000 - released October 2006 - 3,000 units per month
  2. Nintendo Wii - 58,000 - released October 2007 - 4,850 units per month
  3. Playstation 3 - 45,500 - released March 2007 - 2,400 units per month

2008

In 2008 Nintendo had 40% more sales as of October 2008 as the year before. Quarter 3 2008 percentages:

Console Market:

  1. Wii – 36%
  2. PS2 – 29%
  3. 360 – 22%
  4. PS3 – 14%

Portable Market:

  1. Nintendo DS - 51%
  2. Playstation Portable - 49%

Portable Market share development:
Quarter 1 2008: NDS: 39% PSP: 61%
Quarter 2 2008: NDS: 42% PSP: 58%
Quarter 3 2008: NDS: 51% PSP: 49%

Seventh Generation First Year

  1. Nintendo Wii - 58,100 - 4.841 units per month
  2. Xbox 360 - 39,500 - 3.292 units per month
  3. Playstation 3 33,200 - 2.767 units per month

All Data by Core Gaming, distributors of Nintendo in South Africa

References

  1. ↑ Asia, 2006, consumer market: $14 billion [1] [2]
  2. ↑ Video games in Japan
  3. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/china-gamesconsoles-idUKL3N0KH16C20140107
  4. ↑ [3] [4] [5] [6]
  5. ↑ http://kotaku.com/what-about-companies-like-spicy-horse-that-moved-to-sha-1491520578
  6. ↑ $6 billion (PC) (2011) [7]
  7. ↑ China, 2010: CN¥44.6 billion = $6.9 billion
  8. ↑ China
  9. ↑ ₩10 trillion = $9.64 billion
  10. ↑ South Korea, 2012: ₩9.752 trillion = $9.23 billion
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012
  12. ↑ http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf
  14. ↑ South Korea
  15. ↑ Grand Theft Auto 5 best selling game in Australia in 2013
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Australian game industry sees $1.16 billion in sales in 2012
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 Video Games, Entertainment Business, 2012
  18. ↑ Australia
  19. ↑ Taiwan, online game market
  20. ↑ Chou, Yuntsai (Fall 2003). "G-commerce in East Asia: Evidence and Prospects". Journal of Interactive Advertising 4 (1). Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20130119102219/http://jiad.org/article43. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  21. ↑ 20 billion Indian rupees = $376 million
  22. ↑ 15 billion Indian rupees = $347 million
  23. ↑ http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/indian-video-games-industry-grew-16-in-2012/
  24. ↑ 13 billion Indian rupees = $294 million
  25. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20111209145902/http://capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/market.html
  26. ↑ India, 2004: $30 million [11] [12]
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