Wii and PS 3 battle top for the deadline, clearly the game machine sold the best in 2009

Media Creation, which deals with research and consulting, mainly on the game business, announced the number of game machines sold in 2009.

Although it is not the final figure because it is cumulative until December 20, 2009 to the last, it is not the final figure, but in addition to deciding the position of the most popular game machine in 2009 by the overwhelming sales volume, this September Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PS 3 have been dead-heated betting on the top position in the stationary machine.

Details are as below.
In 2009, the annual market size of video games is 571.2 billion yen, 90.9% compared to the previous year Media Creation Co., Ltd. announces approximate figures

According to Media Creation 's findings, the number of game machines sold in 2009 declined as handheld gaming machines ceased spreading, with deferred game machines outperforming the previous year.

However, due to successive price reductions of the main unit price, the total sales of game machines themselves will be ¥ 220.8 billion, which is 84.7% of the previous year, while game software has been rebounded in December due to the introduction of large titles, but the depression in the first half and 1 With a decline in the number of new titles throughout the year, it is 95.4%, a year-on-year increase of 350.4 billion yen, and the total is expected to be 571.2 billion yen, a minus 9% year-on-year.

As for the annual sales volume of game machines on December 20, Wii is 1.75 million units, PS 3 is the top battle for stationary machines with 1.65 million units, the final settlement will be from December 21 It depends on the number of sales at Christmas week.

In addition, in the handheld game machine, Nintendo DSi sold 3.96 million units, including Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi LL, for the fifth consecutive year with 2.90 million units, and the PSP got 2.7 million units (when PSPgo was added) Is 2.14 million units).

By the way, Media Creation is about sales situation of game software "Bipolarization of selling titles and bad selling titles is progressing further"This is a software maker for Wii in JuneSluggish sales of software revealed in a painful appeal on a blogIt seems to be content to support.

Such as PS3 and Xbox 360Development cost of software for high-end game machines will be more than six times PS2Although the cost of developing game software is a heavy burden for manufacturers, etc., will the bipolarization trend intensify in future?