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Sales of Games in Japan And the U.S
Japan Sales Figures for the First Half of 1997
| You ever wonder what the sales figures for video-games in Japan are? We
all know that Final Fantasy VII sold in excess of 3 million copies, but what other
imported favorites like Dracula X, Tobal 2, Mario Kart 64, and ¿·À¤
µª Evangelion 2nd Impression? Do you know what the Top 30 games for the first half
of 1997 in Japan are? Would you be surprised to know that Parappa the Rapper and IQ
~ Intelligent Cube both out sold hot fighters like Bushido Blade and FIGHTERS
MEGAMIX? If you haven't been following the scene closely, you may be surprised with
what the rest of this article reveals. The following sales figures for
the time period of 1/1/97 to 6/29/97 were co-opted from the 9/12 issue of Weekly Famitsu. |
| RANK |
TITLE |
CONSOLE |
UNITS SOLD |
| 1. |
Final Fantasy VII (Square) |
PlayStation |
3,189,408 |
| 2. |
Pocket Monster (Nintendo) |
GameBoy |
1,185,774 |
| 3. |
Final Fantasy Tactics (Square) |
PlayStation |
824,671 |
| 4. |
I.Q. ~ Intelligent Cube (SCE) |
PlayStation |
650,921 |
| 5. |
Parappa the Rapper (SCE) |
PlayStation |
557,446 |
| 6. |
Ace Combat 2 (Namco) |
PlayStation |
398,962 |
| 7. |
¿·À¤ µª Evangelion 2nd Impression (Sega) |
Saturn |
381,703 |
| 8. |
Bushido Blade (Square) |
PlayStation |
378,128 |
| 9. |
Puyo PuyoÄÌ ·èÄêÈ× ( Conpail) |
PlayStation |
375,608 |
| 10. |
Crash Bandicoot (SCE) |
PlayStation |
342,267 |
| 11. |
Game¤Çȯ¸«!! Tamagotchi (Bandai) |
GameBoy |
322,973 |
| 12. |
Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo) |
Nintendo 64 |
319,037 |
| 13. |
Tobal 2 (Square) |
PlayStation |
303,570 |
| 14. |
Gambare Morikawa-kun 2 (SCE) |
PlayStation |
279,981 |
| 15. |
Super Donkey Kong 3 (Nintendo) |
Super Famicom |
260,105 |
| 16. |
Macross Digital Mission VF-X (Bandai) |
PlayStation |
251,448 |
| 17. |
Final Fantasy IV (Square) |
PlayStation |
247,606 |
| 18. |
SD Gundam G Century (Bandai) |
PlayStation |
243,364 |
| 19. |
The Company (Human) |
PlayStation |
242,277 |
| 20. |
Star Fox 64 (Nintendo) |
Nintendo 64 |
238,517 |
| 21. |
²¼µéÀ¸ (Elf) |
Saturn |
237,177 |
| 22. |
Å·³°ËⶠÂè»Í¤ÎÌÛ¼¨Ï¿ (Hudson)
|
Saturn |
228,271 |
| 23. |
Bio Hazard (Capcom) |
PlayStation |
218,351 |
| 24. |
Puyo Puyo Sun (Conpail) |
Saturn |
217,510 |
| 25. |
Wild Arms (SCE) |
PlayStation |
215,007 |
| 26. |
Rage Racer (Namco) |
PlayStation |
209,315 |
| 27. |
ChoroQ 2 (Takara) |
PlayStation |
204,814 |
| 28. |
¿· Super Robot ÂçÀï ( Banpresto) |
PlayStation |
204,496 |
| 29. |
¿·À¤ µª Evangelion (Sega) |
Saturn |
200,361 |
| 30. |
EVE burst error (Imaginia) |
Saturn |
190,404 |
| Other Titles Worthy of Mention |
| 31. |
Super Bomberman 5 (Hudson) |
Super Famicom |
189,543 |
| 33. |
Soul Edge (Namco) |
PlayStation |
184,528 |
| 34. |
Dracula X (Konami) |
PlayStation |
183,826 |
| 39. |
FIGHTERS MEGAMIX (Sega) |
Saturn |
170,963 |
| 44. |
Formula 1 (SCEI/Psygnosis) |
PlayStation |
145,036 |
| 45. |
Alundra (SCE) |
PlayStation |
139,319 |
| 46. |
Arc the Lad II (SCE) |
PlayStation |
136,078 |
| 49. |
µ¡Æ°Àï´Ï Nadesico (Sega) |
Saturn |
131,902 |
| 58. |
Toukon Retsuden 2 (Tomy) |
PlayStation |
116,191 |
| 60. |
Tomb Raider (Victorsoft) |
PlayStation |
113,081 |
| 67. |
Enemy Zero (Warp) |
Saturn |
105,163 |
| 68. |
Namco Museum Vol. 5 (Namco) |
PlayStation |
104,643 |
| 74. |
Time Crisis + Guncon (Namco) |
PlayStation |
93,813 |
| 75. |
Xevious 3D/G+ (Namco) |
PlayStation |
93,581 |
| 84. |
Blast Dozer (Nintendo) |
Nintendo 64 |
82,947 |
Hardware Sales
| Units Sold in the First Half of 1997 |
| CONSOLE |
NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD |
| PlayStation |
2,246,839 |
| GameBoy |
680,949 |
| Nintendo 64 |
304,783 |
| Saturn |
295,748 |
| CONSOLE |
NUMBER OF UNITS SOLD |
| GameBoy |
15,020,000 |
| PlayStation |
7,500,000 |
| Saturn |
5,000,000 |
| Nintendo 64 |
2,000,000 |
Top Ten Games per (32/64-bit) Console for 1997
| RANK |
TITLE |
OF UNITS SOLD |
| 1. |
Final Fantasy VII |
3,189,408 |
| 2. |
Final Fantasy Tactics |
824,671 |
| 3. |
IQ ~ Intelligent Cube |
650,921 |
| 4. |
Parappa the Rapper |
557,446 |
| 5. |
Ace Combat 2 |
398,962 |
| 6. |
Bushido Blade |
378,128 |
| 7. |
Puyo PuyoÄÌ ·èÄêÈ× (Conpail) |
375,608 |
| 8. |
Crash Bandicoot |
342,267 |
| 9. |
Tobal 2 |
303,570 |
| 10. |
Gambare Morikawa-kun 2 |
279,981 |
| RANK |
TITLE |
OF UNITS SOLD |
| 1. |
¿·À¤ µª Evangelion 2nd Impression (Sega) |
381,703 |
| 2. |
²¼µéÀ¸ (Elf) |
237,177 |
| 3. |
Å·³°ËⶠÂè»Í¤ÎÌÛ¼¨Ï¿ (Hudson) |
228,271 |
| 4. |
Puyo Puyo Sun (Conpail) |
217,510 |
| 5. |
¿·À¤ µª Evangelion (Sega) |
200,361 |
| 6. |
EVE burst error |
190,404 |
| 7. |
Pro Ìîµå Greatest Nine '97 |
183,379 |
| 8. |
FIGHTERS MEGAMIX |
170,963 |
| 9. |
The King of Fighters '97 |
151,089 |
| 10. |
µ¡Æ°Àï´Ï Nadesico |
131,902 |
| RANK |
TITLE |
OF UNITS SOLD |
| 1. |
Mario Kart 64 |
319,037 |
| 2. |
Star Fox 64 |
238,517 |
| 3. |
¼Â¶· Powerful Pro Baseball 4 |
181,294 |
| 4. |
Blast Dozer |
82,947 |
| 5. |
¼Â¶· J League Perfect Striker |
63,823 |
| 6. |
Ķ¶õ´Ö Nighter: Pro Baseball King |
63,201 |
| 7. |
Doraemon |
58,914 |
| 8. |
Super Mario 64 |
45,954 |
| 9. |
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire |
33,196 |
| 10. |
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter |
23,647 |
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