Sony, Nintendo, Konami currently hold top Japanese gaming markets |
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Research by Japanese company Enterbrain, Inc. has revealed that Sony, Nintendo, and Konami are currently leading the Japanese markets of console, handheld, and game sales, respectively. |
Sony dominated the console market with 1.6 million PS2 units as well as 110,000 PS1 units sold; a dominating 82% of the market. Nintendo followed far behind with 304,000 Gamecube units (14%). However, even Nintendo stands tall above Microsoft, who holds roughly 4% of the market with 88,000 units sold.
Just as Sony dominated the console market, Nintendo has remained the market leader in handheld sales with a healthy 89% over Baindai's Wonderswan share of 6%.
Finally, Konami won the software market with over 3 million games sold. Nintendo followed with 2.4 million in sales and Bandai trailed with 1.7 million.
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