Japanese game industry see sizable boost for first 6 months of 2017 thanks to Switch

- domestic market for video game hardware and software combined in the first half of 2017 reached US$1.35 billion
- Hardware sales: 76.51 billion yen (+44% year-on-year)
- Software sales: 76.69 billion yen (-4.6%)
- Total: 153.2 billion yen (+14.8%)
- this is the first increase in three years in Japan’s console market (when considering the first six months in a year)
- the three months the Switch contributed to the industry were apparently enough to turn a very likely minus into a plus

Hardware Ranking For 6 First Months Of 2017

Nintendo Switch: 1,016,473 million units sold
Sony PS4: 877,630 (now at 4,799,246 total)
Nintendo DS: 872,620 (22,784,033)
Sony PS Vita: 260,296 (5,507,715)
Microsoft XBox One: 5,093 (78,041)

Software Ranking For 6 First Months Of 2017

Monster Hunter XX for 3DS (1,640,005 units sold)
Pokemon Sun and Moon for 3DS (527,862)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch (501, 614)
Zelda Breath Of The Wild for Switch (464,480)
Super Mario Maker for 3DS (397,656)
Biohazard 7 for PS4 (324,066)
NieR: Automata for PS4 (311,906)
Momotaro Dentetsu 2017 Tachiagare Nippon!! for 3DS (263,790)
Yokai Watch Sukiyaki for 3DS (215,297)
1-2 Switch for Switch (200,807)