The market size of download video game software for consoles in Japan was estimated at 30.1 billion Japanese yen in 2022. Downloadable software continued to be smaller business than packaged software in the Japanese video game console market.
Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022
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Until 2012, packaged software and download software were treated as a single category by the source. Since 2013, packaged software and download software have been treated as separate categories. The source calculates the total console video game market size as the combined sales figures of packaged software and hardware, while excluding download software.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.66 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of November 2023.
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Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. (July 31, 2023). Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. "Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. July 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. (2023). Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. "Sales of Downloadable Video Game Software for Consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association, Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/ (last visited January 04, 2025)
Sales of downloadable video game software for consoles in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association, July 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423201/japan-console-video-game-download-software-market-size/
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