Approximately 28.5 million new video games for consoles were sold in Japan in 2018. Except for the year 2017, which saw the release of the Nintendo Switch, the number of new games that were sold each year steadily declined from more than 49 million units in 2013.
Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018
(in million units)
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Japan Arts Council. (March 27, 2020). Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in million units)." Chart. March 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/
Japan Arts Council. (2020). Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/
Japan Arts Council. "Sales Volume of New Video Games for Consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/
Japan Arts Council, Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in million units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Sales volume of new video games for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2018 (in million units) [Graph], Japan Arts Council, March 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190452/japan-sales-volume-new-video-games/
