Japanese Gaming Markets
Not totally portagaming news but interesting in the least. This article from Wired talks about how much the Japenese game market is declining. It’s funny becuase everyone talks about how the “game” market is bigger than the “movie” market but they never factor in DVD sales and overseas markets. So this article shows you that the US market may be growing but Japan is in hot water.
"In 2001, gross software and hardware shipments from Japanese companies totaled about 1.46 trillion yen. In 2004, they were about 909.1 billion yen -- a drop of over 37 percent. This isn't merely attributable to the fact that the PlayStation 2 and GameCube hardware are getting on in years, as software shipments have dropped as well."
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