TOKYO —

Shipments of Japanese home video game consoles and software in Japan and abroad in 2007 jumped 79.9% from the previous year to 2,936.4 billion yen, marking a record high, an industry group said Monday.

Shipments of game consoles sharply increased by 117.9% to 2,087.8 billion yen, and game software shipments rose 25.9% to 848.7 billion yen, according to the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association.

Brisk sales of Nintendo Co’s Wii console and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc’s PlayStation 3 machine, both of which were released in late 2006, boosted the shipments, association officials said.

Shipments of portable player increased steadily.

The software market was led by Nintendo’s popular game titles Wii Sports and Wii Play, the officials said.

JCN

4 Comments

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  jammer at 01:42 PM JST - 15th July

  Ahh the good ole days - 2007 :(

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  shayouzoku at 02:46 PM JST - 15th July

  who'd have thought that launching 2 new systems would sharply increase console sales?

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  thepro at 02:55 PM JST - 15th July

  If only they would release some good games

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  SiouxGirl at 02:42 AM JST - 16th July

  thepro at 02:55 PM JST - 15th July

  If only they would release some good games

  Yup, I'm waiting, too ... I just hope I'm not too old (blind & in the nursing home) by the time sometimes good does come out.

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