Square2015 said:

Any updates?

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Uhh ... it's on my list ... yeah, I'll do that soon.

Square2015 said:

How common do things like this happen? Like retooling units already manufactured or unsold into another product? Have Nintendo and Sony done this in any way? (I can see Sony doing so- as a major electronic manufacturer) If it's common it would explain a lot of the "official reported numbers" vs. actual sales...

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32X boards were used in Sega's "Picture Magic" graphics tablet. I don't know if they actually broke down already manufactured 32Xs, or just used excess boards which hadn't yet been assembled into full 32X units.

Commodore manufactured 100,000 C64GS units. After selling only an estimated 15,000 - 17,000 units, they broke up their remaining stocks and re-used the PCBs in standard C64 computers.

Those are just a couple of examples that I'm aware of, I'm sure there's more.

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(Via Celine)

Tiny pictures, but I'm sure that these figures (through September 1997) were from Famitsu cover date "1997.12.26"





There doesn't seem to be any other data included which wasn't included in the French article.

My best guess;

Top Half Japan;

Nintendo:
Super Famicom
Game Boy
Nintendo 64

Sega:
Saturn

Sony:
PlayStation

NEC:
PC-FX

SNK:
Neo Geo
Neo Geo CD

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Bottom Half International:

Nintendo:
Super Famicom
Game Boy
Nintendo 64

Sega:
Saturn

Sony:
PlayStation

SNK:
Neo Geo
Neo Geo CD

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Fifteen data points, same as the French article. I don't think that I'll waste my money buying this issue. Maybe the hardware through March 1997 article still includes some data that we don't already have. Still hunting for that one.

Good thread.

BKK said:

Uhh ... it's on my list ... yeah, I'll do that soon.

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I gave a try one or two months ago but the problem is that SegaSammy accounting department doesn't have legacy data, they redirected me to a Sega contact.
Problem is Sega won't respond to my inquiry.

Does any journalist here have a reliable contact within Sega?

coming soon : Famitsu #324 - 1995.3.3

There is some old Famitsu and their top 30 available here.

Including the Zelda ALTTP second week, the 91-92 new year double week (SaGa 3 is number one) and the glorious first top 30 ever in the first Famitsu ever, in 86. I don't know what is the number one (it's from Bandai) but number two is Super Mario Bros.

We should keep an eye on this source, we had three Famitsu in three weeks.

Famitsu #324

Top 30 1995.1.30 - 1995.2.5




01/09. (SFC) Super Donkey Kong [1994.11.26 / Nintendo / 9,800yen] - 11,925pt
02/02. (PS1) Cyber Sled [1995.1.27 / Namco / 5,800yen] - 10,704pt
03.03. (PS1) Kileak: The Blood [1995.1.27 / SCEJ / 5,800yen] - 10,138pt
04/10. (PS1) Toshinden [1995.1.1 / Takara / 5,800yen] - 9,356pt
05/04. (PS1) Raiden Project [1995.1.27 / Seibu Kaihatsu / 6,800yen] - 9,157pt
06/11. (PS1) Ridge Racer [1994.12.3 / Namco / 5,800yen] - 7,708pt
07/04. (SFC) Derby Stallion III [1995.1.20 / ASCII / 12,800yen] - 7,269pt
08/12. (SS) Virtua Fighter [1994.11.22 / SEGA / 8,800yen] - 6,909pt
09/05. (SS) Victory Goal [1995.1.20 / SEGA / 8,800yen] - 6,172
10/14. (SFC) Kamaitachi no Yoru [1994.11.25 / Chunsoft / 10,800yen] - 5,389
11/13. (SFC) Super Puyo Puyo [1993.12.10 / Banpresto / 8,200yen] - 5,261pt
12/08. (PS1) Myst [1995.1.27 / Softbank / 7,800yen] - 4,105pt
13/06. (PS1) Space Griffon VF-9 [1995.1.27 / Panther Software / 4,800yen] - 3,952pt
14/19. (MD) Lunar Eternal Blue [1994.12.22 / Game Arts / 9,800yen] - 3,930pt
15/15. (SFC) Sangokushi IV [1994.12.9 / Koei / 14,800yen] - 2,368pt
16/00. (SFC) Rockman X2 [1994.12.16 / Capcom / 9,800yen] - 2,250pt
17/27. (3DO) Idol Senshi Suchi Pai Special [1995.1.12 / Jaleco / 7,800yen] - 2,186pt
18/17. (NGCD) Shin Samurai Spirits [1994.12.9 / SNK / 8,800yen] - 2,149pt
19/16. (PS1) A.IV Evolution [1994.12.3 / Artdink / 7,800yen] - 1,907pt
20/00. (SS) Myst [1994.11.22 / Sunsoft / 7,800yen] - 1,709pt
21/25. (SFC) Wonder Project J [1994.12.9 / Enix / 11,800yen] - 1,621pt
22/00. (SFC) Super Tetris 3 [1994.12.16 / Bullet Proof Software / 8,500yen] - 1,465pt
23/20. (SS) Gale Racer [1994.12.2 / SEGA / 6,800yen] - 1313pt
24/NE. (SFC) Koutetsu no Kishi 3: Gekitotsu Europe Sensen [1995.1.27 / Asmik / 12,800] - 1,308pt
25/00. (MD) Puyo Puyo 2 [1994.12.2 / SEGA / 6,800yen] - 895pt
26/00. (SFC) Yuu Yuu Hakusho Tokubetsuhen [1994.12.22 / Namco / 9,800yen] - 861pt
27/18. (SFC) Pachinko Monogatari 2: Nagoya Shachihoko no Teiou [1995.1.27 / KSS / 8,800yen] - 822pt
28/21. (SFC) Jikkyou World Soccer Perfect Eleven [1994.11.11 / Konami / 9,980yen] - 748pt
29/29. (SFC) Pac-in-Time [1995.1.3 / Namco / 7,900] - 709pt
30/NE. (GG) Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S [1995.1.27 / Bandai / 4,800yen] - 705pt

The_lascar said:

There is some old Famitsu and their top 30 available here.

Including the Zelda ALTTP second week, the 91-92 new year double week (SaGa 3 is number one) and the glorious first top 30 ever in the first Famitsu ever, in 86. I don't know what is the number one (it's from Bandai) but number two is Super Mario Bros.

We should keep an eye on this source, we had three Famitsu in three weeks.

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Hoah great, let's keep an eye on this.

This may sound crude but I'm hoping we'll get each Top30 from the SFC era bc I'm putting together estimates for weekly HW sales. We can't really know exactly the HW sales for each individual week but I think we can get an idea of how sales may have looked from week to week. I'm adding up the weekly Top30 SW sales and comparing them to all the other major consoles (adding up SW for each week and it's ratio to HW), which consoles include PSX, PS2 (sales in league with SFC) and every Nintendo console (n64 thru Wii), to develop a formula for projecting HW weekly sales for the SFC.

Celine said:

I gave a try one or two months ago but the problem is that SegaSammy accounting department doesn't have legacy data, they redirected me to a Sega contact.
Problem is Sega won't respond to my inquiry.

Does any journalist here have a reliable contact within Sega?

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Yeah we need someone with some credentials SoA doesn't seem to respond to just laymen (unlike NoA).

Moor-Angol said:

coming soon : Famitsu #324 - 1995.3.3

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Yay Moor-Angol!

<http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=699964&highlight=>

This is a link to an Aquamarine thread (Bless her) of Nintendo Board of Directors / employees including NoA, could be helpful in finding a contact for access to early NPD data. Accounting department anywhere?

Here are the top 30 from Retromags.

Famitsu #1, june 1986

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Famitsu #158, december 1991

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Famitsu #163, january 1992

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Famitsu #164, february 1992

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Famitsu #226, april 1993

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And here is one other I got from a friend. November 1992, Super Mario Land 2 launch week. Looks like a double week.

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I don't have the skill to translate by myself.

We already had some of these weeks before

Famitsu Sales: Week 48, 1991 (Nov 25 - Dec 01)

01./01. [SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 13.579
02./04. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.808
03./03. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 1.501
04./02. [FCM] Mario Open Golf <SPT> (Nintendo) {1991.09.20} (¥6.000) - 1.137
05./00. [FCM] America Oudan Ultra-Quiz: Shijou Saidai no Tatakai <TBL> (Tomy) {1991.11.29} (¥7.800) - 928
06./05. [SFC] Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.10.04} (¥8.500) - 919
07./11. [GMB] Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-Bu: Kyoteki! Tokyu Senshi no Maki <SPT> (Technos Japan) {1991.11.08} (¥3.600) - 821
08./10. [SFC] The Legend of the Mystical Ninja <ACT> (Konami) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 814
09./06. [GMB] Dr. Mario _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥2.600) - 708
10./09. [GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 662
11./07. [SFC] Super Castlevania IV <ACT> (Konami) {1991.10.31} (¥8.800) - 579
12./00. [MDV] Fantasia <ACT> (Sega) {1991.11.22} (¥4.800) - 483
13./00. [SFC] Raiden Trad <STG> (Toei Animation) {1991.11.29} (¥8.700) - 478
14./14. [FCM] Hammerin' Harry <ACT> (Irem) {1991.11.15} (¥6.500) - 461
15./30. [FCM] Dr. Mario <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥4.900) - 456
16./08. [GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 418
17./16. [SFC] Romance of the Three Kingdoms II # <SLG> (Koei) {1991.09.15} (¥14.800) - 415
18./00. [PCE] Lady Phantom |SUPER CD-ROM2| <SLG> (Nippon Telenet) {1991.11.29} (¥6.980) - 405
19./15. [GMB] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 <ACT> (Konami) {1991.11.15} (¥3.800) - 394
20./21. [SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - 387
21./00. [PCE] F1 Circus '91: World Championship <RCE> (Nichibutsu) {1991.07.12} (¥6.900) - 365
22./00. [GMB] Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.07.26} (¥3.500) - 346
23./19. [FCM] Shounen Ashibe: Nepal Daibouken no Maki <ADV> (Takara) {1991.11.15} (¥6.980) - 344
24./17. [SFC] Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Senki 0122 <SLG> (Bandai) {1991.07.06} (¥9.500) - 338
25./00. [FCM] Magical Taru Ruto-Kun: Fantastic World!! <ACT> (Bandai) {1991.03.21} (¥5.800) - 320
26./29. [SFC] Harukanaru Augusta <SPT> (T&E Soft) {1991.04.05} (¥9.800) - 302
27./00. [MDV] Sonic the Hedgehog <ACT> (Sega) {1991.07.26} (¥6.000) - 296
28./00. [SFC] Shodan Morita Shogi <TBL> (Seta) {1991.08.23} (¥8.800) - 295
29./00. [MDV] Ransei no Hasha <SLG> (Asmik) {1991.11.29} (¥9.800) - 266
30./00. [GMB] Wizardry Gaiden I: Suffering of the Queen <RPG> (ASCII) {1991.10.01} (¥4.635) - 264

Top 30

SFC - 12
GMB - 7
FCM - 6
MDV - 3
PCE - 2


Famitsu Sales: Week 52-01, 1991 (Dec 23 - Jan 05)

01./00. [GMB] SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha <RPG> (Square) {1991.12.13} (¥4.900) - 13.029
02./00. [SFC] Super Wagan Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Namco) {1991.12.13} (¥8.300) - 11.256
03./00. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 11.164
04./00. [SFC] SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari - Great Expectations <RPG> (Angel) {1991.12.21} (¥9.500) - 10.870
05./00. [FCM] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥4.900) - 10.210
06./00. [SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 8.067
07./00. [GMB] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥2.600) - 7.613
08./00. [SFC] Super Formation Soccer <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.13} (¥7.700) - 7.474
09./00. [SFC] Super Fire Pro Wrestling <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.20} (¥8.500) - 6.924
10./00. [GMB] Mega Man II _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.20} (¥3.500) - 6.218
11./00. [FCM] Famista '92 <SPT> (Namco) {1991.12.20} (¥5.000) - 5.966
12./00. [SFC] Super Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku <SLG> (Koei) {1991.12.21} (¥11.800) - 5.872
13./00. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 5.773
14./00. [SFC] Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.10.04} (¥8.500) - 5.397
15./00. [FCM] Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no 7-nin <RPG> (Bandai) {1991.12.29} (¥8.500) - 4.783
16./00. [SFC] Battle Commander: Hachibushu, Shura no Heihou <SLG> (Banpresto) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 4.709
17./00. [FCM] Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou <RPG> (Konami) {1992.01.03} (¥6.980) - 4.689
18./00. [GMB] Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru <ACT> (Konami) {1991.12.22} (¥3.800) - 4.664
19./00. [SFC] Sim Earth: The Living Planet <SLG> (Imagineer) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 3.729
20./00. [GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 3.529
21./00. [FCM] Best Keiba Derby Stallion <SLG> (ASCII) {1991.12.21} (¥6.800) - 3.334
22./00. [GMB] America Oudan Ultra-Quiz Part 2 <TBL> (Tomy) {1991.12.20} (¥3.980) - 3.306
23./00. [GMB] Kingyo Chuuihou! Wapiko no Waku Waku Stamp Rally! <ETC> (Yutaka) {1991.12.14} (¥3.500) - 3.257
24./00. [GMB] Momotaro Densetsu Gaiden <RPG> (Hudson) {1991.12.26} (¥4.500) - 3.254
25./00. [FCM] Mega Man 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.06} (¥7.800) - 3.235
26./00. [PCE] Super Momotaro Dentetsu II <TBL> (Hudson) {1991.12.20} (¥6.800) - 3.047
27./00. [FCM] SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 4 - New Type Story <SLG> (Bandai) {1991.12.21} (¥8.500) - 3.037
28./00. [FCM] Tetris 2 + Bombliss <PZL> (Bullet Proof Software) {1991.12.13} (¥6.500) - 2.977
29./00. [FCM] Jinsei! Gekijou 3 <TBL> (Taito) {1991.12.20} (¥6.400) - 2.841
30./00. [SFC] Super Ninja Boy <RPG> (Culture Brain) {1991.12.28} (¥8.800) - 2.718

Top 30

SFC - 12
FCM - 9
GMB - 8
PCE - 1


Famitsu Sales: Week 2, 1992 (Jan 06 - Jan 12)

01./01. [GMB] SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha <RPG> (Square) {1991.12.13} (¥4.900) - 2.702 (-79%)
02./08. [SFC] Super Formation Soccer <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.13} (¥7.700) - 2.557 (-66%)
03./09. [SFC] Super Fire Pro Wrestling <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.20} (¥8.500) - 2.515 (-64%)
04./03. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 2.480 (-78%)
05./12. [SFC] Super Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku <SLG> (Koei) {1991.12.21} (¥11.800) - 2.405 (-59%)
06./04. [SFC] SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari - Great Expectations <RPG> (Angel) {1991.12.21} (¥9.500) - 2.380 (-78%)
07./02. [SFC] Super Wagan Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Namco) {1991.12.13} (¥8.300) - 2.347 (-79%)
08./11. [FCM] Famista '92 <SPT> (Namco) {1991.12.20} (¥5.000) - 1.862 (-69%)
09./13. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 1.830 (-68%)
10./25. [FCM] Mega Man 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.06} (¥7.800) - 1.580 (-51%)
11./26. [PCE] Super Momotaro Dentetsu II <TBL> (Hudson) {1991.12.20} (¥6.800) - 1.307 (-57%)
12./16. [SFC] Battle Commander: Hachibushu, Shura no Heihou <SLG> (Banpresto) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 1.227 (-74%)
13./14. [SFC] Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.10.04} (¥8.500) - 1.180 (-78%)
14./21. [FCM] Best Keiba Derby Stallion <SLG> (ASCII) {1991.12.21} (¥6.800) - 1.165 (-65%)
15./05. [FCM] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥4.900) - 1.095 (-89%)
16./19. [SFC] Sim Earth: The Living Planet <SLG> (Imagineer) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 1.090 (-71%)
17./15. [FCM] Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no 7-nin <RPG> (Bandai) {1991.12.29} (¥8.500) - 1.022 (-79%)
18./29. [FCM] Jinsei! Gekijou 3 <TBL> (Taito) {1991.12.20} (¥6.400) - 1.005 (-65%)
19./10. [GMB] Mega Man II _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.20} (¥3.500) - 1.000 (-84%)
20./00. [SFC] Dungeon Master <RPG> (Victor Musical Industries) {1991.12.20} (¥9.800) - 952
21./28. [FCM] Tetris 2 + Bombliss <PZL> (Bullet Proof Software) {1991.12.13} (¥6.500) - 917 (-69%)
22./06. [SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 873 (-89%)
23./00. [GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 855
24./00. [SFC] Chibi Maruko-Chan: Harikiri 365-Nichi no Maki <TBL> (Epoch) {1991.12.13} (¥8.800) - 852
25./18. [GMB] Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru <ACT> (Konami) {1991.12.22} (¥3.800) - 842 (-82%)
26./27. [FCM] SD Gundam: Gachapon Senshi 4 - New Type Story <SLG> (Bandai) {1991.12.21} (¥8.500) - 802 (-74%)
27./22. [GMB] America Oudan Ultra-Quiz Part 2 <TBL> (Tomy) {1991.12.20} (¥3.980) - 785 (-76%)
28./24. [GMB] Momotaro Densetsu Gaiden <RPG> (Hudson) {1991.12.26} (¥4.500) - 772 (-76%)
29./00. [GMB] Dr. Mario _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥2.600) - 752
30./07. [GMB] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥2.600) - 727 (-90%)

Top 30

SFC - 13
FCM - 8
GMB - 8
PCE - 1


Famitsu Sales: Week 43-44, 1992 (Oct 19 - Nov 01)

01./00. [SFC] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride <RPG> (Enix) {1992.09.27} (¥9.600) - 32.423
02./00. [GMB] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.10.21} (¥3.900) - 23.505
03./00. [SFC] Super Mario Kart <RCE> (Nintendo) {1992.08.27} (¥8.900) - 8.700
04./00. [SFC] Shin Megami Tensei _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Atlus) {1992.10.30} (¥9.800) - 8.200
05./00. [MDV] LandStalker <RPG> (Sega) {1992.10.29} (¥8.700) - 3.658
06./00. [SFC] Street Fighter II <FTG> (Capcom) {1992.06.10} (¥9.800) - 3.394
07./00. [FCM] Super Mario Bros. 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.09.14} (¥4.900) - 2.466
08./00. [FCM] SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari 3 - Densetsu no Kishi Dan <RPG> (Bandai) {1992.10.23} (¥7.800) - 2.266
09./00. [PCE] Snatcher |SUPER CD-ROM2| <ADV> (Konami) {1992.10.23} (¥7.800) - 1.911
10./00. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.838
11./00. [FCM] Derby Stallion: National Edition <SLG> (ASCII) {1992.08.29} (¥7.200) - 1.602
12./00. [SFC] Mario Paint <ETC> (Nintendo) {1992.07.14} (¥9.800) - 1.511
13./00. [SFC] Cosmo Gang: The Video _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <STG> (Namco) {1992.10.29} (¥7.900) - 1.465
14./00. [SFC] Daisenryaku Expert <SLG> (ASCII) {1992.09.25} (¥9.800) - 1.392
15./00. [SFC] Return of Double Dragon <ACT> (Technos Japan) {1992.10.16} (¥8.600) - 1.165
16./00. [SFC] P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations <SLG> (Koei) {1992.09.24} (¥14.800) - 1.147
17./00. [SFC] Gambler Jiko Chuushinha: Mahjong Kouisen <TBL> (Pal Soft) {1992.09.25} (¥8.800) - 965
18./00. [SFC] Super Gachapon World: SD Gundam X <SLG> (Bandai) {1992.09.18} (¥9.500) - 910
19./00. [GMB] Kirby's Dream Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.04.27} (¥2.900) - 892
20./00. [PCE] Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna |SUPER CD-ROM2| <ADV> (Hudson) {1992.10.23} (¥6.800) - 837
21./00. [GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 783
22./00. [SFC] Super Famista <SPT> (Namco) {1992.03.27} (¥7.900) - 719
23./00. [FCM] Best Play Baseball Special <SPT> (ASCII) {1992.10.16} (¥7.500) - 600
24./00. [GMB] Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Nintendo) {1992.09.14} (¥3.800) - 592
25./00. [GMB] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥2.600) - 573
26./00. [GMB] Dr. Mario _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥2.600) - 446
27./00. [SFC] Sky Mission <STG> (Namco) {1992.09.29} (¥8.300) - 419
28./00. [GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 391
29./00. [GMB] 3-Min Yoso Umaban Club <SLG> (Hect) {1992.10.16} (¥5.800) - 355
30./00. [SFC] Super F1 Circus Limited <RCE> (Nichibutsu) {1992.10.23} (¥9.200) - 264

Top 30

SFC - 15
GMB - 8
FCM - 4
PCE - 2
MDV - 1


Famitsu Sales: Week 12, 1993 (Mar 15 - Mar 21)

01./00. [SFC] Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Transmission <FTG> (Bandai) {1993.03.20} (¥9.800) - 71.944
02./02. [SFC] Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Quest) {1993.03.12} (¥9.600) - 6.591 (-40%)
03./01. [SFC] Super Famista 2 <SPT> (Namco) {1993.03.12} (¥7.900) - 4.762 (-59%)
04./03. [SFC] Star Fox <STG> (Nintendo) {1993.02.21} (¥9.800) - 2.384 (-46%)
05./04. [SFC] Super Mario Kart <RCE> (Nintendo) {1992.08.27} (¥8.900) - 1.246 (-19%)
06./06. [SFC] Final Fantasy V <RPG> (Square) {1992.12.06} (¥9.800) - 1.138 (+4%)
07./12. [GMB] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.10.21} (¥3.900) - 955 (+36%)
08./00. [GMB] Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon <ACT> (Angel) {1992.12.18} (¥3.500) - 928
09./00. [SFC] Nigel Mansell F1 Challenge <RCE> (Infocom) {1993.03.19} (¥8.800) - 841
10./00. [SFC] The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse <ACT> (Capcom) {1992.11.20} (¥8.500) - 827
11./19. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 791 (+77%)
12./11. [GMB] Kirby's Dream Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.04.27} (¥2.900) - 766 (+7%)
13./08. [SFC] Street Fighter II <FTG> (Capcom) {1992.06.10} (¥9.800) - 691 (-15%)
14./27. [FCM] Derby Stallion: National Edition <SLG> (ASCII) {1992.08.29} (¥7.200) - 582 (+141%)
15./17. [SFC] Fatal Fury <FTG> (Takara) {1992.11.27} (¥9.800) - 570 (+14%)
16./13. [SFC] Monopoly <TBL> (Tomy) {1993.03.05} (¥9.700) - 516 (-24%)
17./07. [SFC] F1 Grand Prix Part II <RCE> (Video System) {1993.02.26} (¥9.800) - 464 (-57%)
18./24. [FCM] Yoshi's Cookie <PZL> (Nintendo) {1992.11.21} (¥4.900) - 445 (+45%)
19./23. [SFC] NBA Pro Basketball: Bulls Vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs <SPT> (Electronic Arts Victor) {1993.02.26} (¥8.900) - 406 (+28%)
20./05. [SFC] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure <RPG> (Bandai) {1993.03.05} (¥9.500) - 400 (-70%)
21./00. [GGR] Puyo Puyo <PZL> (Sega) {1993.03.19} (¥3.500) - 398
22./21. [GMB] Yoshi's Cookie _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1992.11.21} (¥2.900) - 347 (-6%)
23./30. [FCM] Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budokai |Datach Joint ROM System| <ETC> (Bandai) {1992.12.29} (¥7.800) - 340 (+52%)
24./00. [GGR] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 # <ACT> (Sega) {1992.11.21} (¥3.800) - 336
25./09. [SFC] Doraemon: Nobita to Yousei no Kuni <ACT> (Epoch) {1993.02.19} (¥9.800) - 325 (-56%)
26./15. [SFC] F1 ROC II: Race of Champions <RCE> (Seta) {1993.03.05} (¥9.800) - 300 (-48%)
27./14. [SFC] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride <RPG> (Enix) {1992.09.27} (¥9.600) - 295 (-52%)
28./00. [SFC] Jungle Wars 2: Kodai Mahou Atimos no Nazo <RPG> (Pony Canyon) {1993.03.19} (¥9.500) - 282
29./00. [GMB] Adventure Island III _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Hudson) {1993.02.26} (¥3.800) - 276
30./28. [MDV] Puyo Puyo <PZL> (Sega) {1992.12.11} (¥4.800) - 269 (+13%)

Top 30

SFC - 19
GMB - 5
FCM - 3
GGR - 2
MDV - 1

Famitsu #1, june 1986

1. [FC] Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daimakyou - (Bandai) - {1986.04.17} - 6.924
2. [FC] Super Mario Bros. - (Nintendo) - {1985.09.13} - 3.497
3. [FC] Mighty Bomb Jack - (Tecmo) - {1986.04.24} - 2.885
4. [FC] The Mysterious Murasame Castle - (Nintendo) - {1986.04.14) - 2.389
5. [FC] The Legend of Kage - (Taito) - {1986.04.18) - 2.224
6. [FC] Atlantis no Nazo - (Sunsoft) - {1986.04.17}
7. [FC] Ninja Hattori-kun: Ninja wa Shuugyou de Gozaru no Maki - (Hudson) - {1986.03.05}
8. [FC] Gradius - (Konami) - {1986.04.25}
9. [FC] The Legend of Zelda - (Nintendo) - {1986.02.21}
10. [FC] The Goonies - (Konami) - {1986.02.21}
11. [FC] Spy vs. Spy - (Kemco) - {1986.04.26}
12. [FC] The Portopia Serial Murder Case - (Enix) - {1985.11.29}
13. [FC] Dig Dug 2 - (Namco) - {1986.04.18}
14. [FC] Tag Team Wrestling - (Namco) - {1986.04.02}
15. [FC] Argus - (Jaleco) - {1986.04.17}
16. [FC] Baseball - (Nintendo) - {1983.12.07}
17. [FC] Twinbee - (Konami) - {1986.01.07}
18. [FC] Tennis - (Nintendo) - {1984.01.14}
19. [FC] Mah-jong - (Nintendo) - {1986.02.21}
20. [FC] Golf - (Nintendo) - {1984.05.01}
21. [FC] 4 Nin uchi Mahjong - (Nintendo) - {1984.12.02}
22. [FC] Hydlide Special - (Toshiba EMI) - {1986.03.18}
23. [FC] Chubby Cherub - (Bandai) - {1985.12.16}
24. [FC] Soccer - (Nintendo) - {1985.04.09}
25. [FC] Spartan X - (Nintendo) - {1985.06.21}
26. [FC] Bomberman - (Hudson) - {1985.12.19}
27. [FC] Hon Shogi: Naitou Kudan Shogi Hiden - (Seta) - {1985.08.10}
28. [FC] SonSon - (Capcom) - {1986.02.08}
29. [FC] Gyrodine - (Taito) - {1986.03.13}
30. [FC] MagMax - (Nihon Bussan) - {1986.03.18}

This should be the oldest top 30 that we can have data of, right?

Chris1964 you are aware FAmitsu began their weeks on Friday back then (not Monday)? (thanks for the translations)

Edit: alright thanks Chris. I'm glad the days are the same so we can make comparisons.

We have discussed this here before and it was always Monday to Sunday.

Third post now includes all Famitsu issues since it became weekly from issue 136 in 1991. If I missed linking any charts please post.

I've always found the 30M LTD for Atari 2600 to be a bit sketchy as far as the quality of sources go.
In June 1988 Atari stated it had shipped about 25 million units which is to my knowledge the last official figure released by Atari about the 2600.

http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_01_2008/post-9346-1201143700.jpg

NGage has a LTD of 2 million units as September 2005:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130602...066/data/6/-/Q3-2005-earnings-release-pdf.pdf

Thanks for the translation.

Two new issue on Retromags. We already have one of them, but the other is new.

Famitsu 168 (march 92)

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1992 week 6.

Famitsu Sales: Week 6, 1992 (Feb 03 - Feb 09)

01./01. [SFC] Romancing SaGa <RPG> (Square) {1992.01.28} (¥9.500) - 13.877
02./02. [SFC] Dragon Ball Z: Chou Saiya Densetsu <RPG> (Bandai) {1992.01.25} (¥9.500) - 3.376
03./10. [FCM] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥4.900) - 1.857
04./03. [SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.684
05./07. [SFC] Super Adventure Island <ACT> (Hudson) {1992.01.11} (¥8.500) - 1.293
06./04. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.059
07./00. [FCM] Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge <SPT> (Technos Japan) {1992.02.07} (¥6.200) - 929
08./00. [GMB] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥2.600) - 911
09./05. [SFC] Super Formation Soccer <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.13} (¥7.700) - 877
10./11. [GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 634
11./00. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 590
12./13. [SFC] Super Wagan Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Namco) {1991.12.13} (¥8.300) - 564
13./12. [GMB] Metroid II: Return of Samus _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.01.21} (¥3.500) - 521
14./00. [GMB] Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports <SPT> (Konami) {1992.02.01} (¥3.500) - 477
15./00. [FCM] Mega Man 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.06} (¥7.800) - 443
16./14. [GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 425
17./00. [SFC] The Legend of the Mystical Ninja <ACT> (Konami) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 408
18./15. [SFC] Super Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku <SLG> (Koei) {1991.12.21} (¥11.800) - 391
19./06. [SFC] Pro Football <SPT> (Imagineer) {1992.01.17} (¥7.900) - 373
20./22. [FCM] Famicom Jump II: Saikyou no 7-nin <RPG> (Bandai) {1991.12.29} (¥8.500) - 365
21./00. [FCM] Tiny Toon Adventures <ACT> (Konami) {1991.12.20} (¥4.900) - 356
22./08. [SFC] Soul Blader <RPG> (Enix) {1992.01.31} (¥8.800) - 347
23./00. [SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - 338
24./23. [GMB] Mega Man II _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.20} (¥3.500) - 321
25./21. [GMB] Jantaku Boy <TBL> (Namco) {1992.01.24} (¥3.500) - 312
26./20. [FCM] Tetris 2 + Bombliss <PZL> (Bullet Proof Software) {1991.12.13} (¥6.500) - 304
27./09. [SFC] Super Fire Pro Wrestling <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.20} (¥8.500) - 295
28./18. [SFC] SimCity <SLG> (Nintendo) {1991.04.26} (¥8.000) - 286
29./27. [MDV] Sonic the Hedgehog <ACT> (Sega) {1991.07.26} (¥6.000) - 278
30./00. [GMB] SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha <RPG> (Square) {1991.12.13} (¥4.900) - 260

Top 30

SFC - 15
GMB - 8
FCM - 6
MDV - 1

I added BiWeekly issues 1986-1991 to the third post. I didn't bother with chart dates yet as I'm not too confident about that until we get more charts.

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Good finds BKK.

^Thanks

Celine said:

I've always found the 30M LTD for Atari 2600 to be a bit sketchy as far as the quality of sources go.
In June 1988 Atari stated it had shipped about 25 million units which is to my knowledge the last official figure released by Atari about the 2600.

http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_01_2008/post-9346-1201143700.jpg

NGage has a LTD of 2 million units as September 2005:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130602...066/data/6/-/Q3-2005-earnings-release-pdf.pdf

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Maybe the 30M is rounded, but 2600 was still supposedly selling significant numbers after 1988. I've seen articles from the time when Atari were still claiming six figure numbers/year in just the UK from around 1990, and I personally remember the 2600 still being marketed in the UK from around that time. Maybe I'll try to dig up those articles (it's a massive amount of magazines to go through) if this is controversial enough, but all that will prove is that Atari were still claiming sales past 1988, not the exact number of global sales.

Incredible contribution and find BKK!! I'm sorry I'm just now thanking you.

Thanks to your archeological dig of ancient gaming world we now have the debut of
Final Fantasy II [!!!] (in addition to FFIII and weeks 3,4 and 5,6)
Phantasy Star 2
Breath of Fire
Famicom Detective Club
Famicom Stadium '87
Gradius II
Castlevania
weeks 2,3 of Dragon Quest 1 (yes the first!) and Super Mario Bros. 2 [Lost Levels].

Now just to get the weeks sorted out.


I am playing through scenarios and I can confidently give some formulas that are workable:

Dec 1994: x2.1 for PSX (in line with Dengeki sales not x2.5)
Mar 1994 ~ Jan 1995: x4.35 (except an awkward week in Oct)
Nov 1993 ~ Jan 1994: x15? sales awkwardly low during Holiday and New Years period and compared to Dengeki data
Jan 1992 ~ Nov 1993: x12 this has worked very well for me and in line with 1992 LTDs posted
1991: x? still testing, major shift after bi to weekly switch.
1986 ~ 1990: testing x25 - x30

Also what is this? Are these TOP30 charts for sale? This was in the April '93 issue.

I've always assumed that they are just catalogues of games released each year.

Does anyone have any information on how well or poorly the Samsung Saturn performed? Kinda curious to see how it did in Korea.

Samsung ended the Sega contract around 1996/97. Another company, "Kama" started distributing the Saturn in 1997, but those were Sega models, which should be accounted for in Sega's shipment numbers.

So I'm guessing that its under the "Other 0.5 million" category?

To be fair though, the Saturn was already being phased out by 1997, so I think the Samsung sales would probably be the bulk of Korean sales.

Yeah, the "Kama" ones would come under "Other" as they have specific Korean model numbers.

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^whoop whoop! Thanks again BKK. DQIII's record breaking debut (release date: 2/11).
News at the time reported 1 million sold at release and not without chaos ensuing in Japan:

1988 Launch Day News clip:
https://youtu.be/UgSHSk12gnM
The reporter seems to say 1 million sold/shipped? on day one and an additional 1.5m expected to ship? by the end of the month.


The second title is Kamen Rider Club: gekitotsu shocker land (release: 2/3).
It looks like this is week 2/1-2/7 and 2/8-2/14.
Also there are only Famicom titles ranked, I wonder if Famitsu tracked PC-Engine at the time...

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Yeah, the "Kama" ones would come under "Other" as they have specific Korean model numbers.

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I'm curious to see how well the system performed in Asia outside of Japan, but it seems there isn't any way of finding out. Too small of a market?

Celine said:

I've always found the 30M LTD for Atari 2600 to be a bit sketchy as far as the quality of sources go.
In June 1988 Atari stated it had shipped about 25 million units which is to my knowledge the last official figure released by Atari about the 2600.

http://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_01_2008/post-9346-1201143700.jpg

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Good luck figuring that out. Any number post Warner's is suspect.

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1986 13    (13)

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First ever digital chart?

Most of these came from here, he tweets lots of other old Famitsu articles too;

https://twitter.com/chou_nosuke

^so what's the difference between the Disk Writer and the Disk System?

You could get new games written to blank disks, something like ¥&#8206;2000 for the disk, and ¥&#8206;500 for the game. When you got bored of the game you could just get it overwritten with a new game for ¥&#8206;500. A lot cheaper than buying a new game outright. You could also buy new games outright from it, where the shop would write the game to a new disk and supply a case and manual etc. I don't know whether the latter could also be overwritten or not.

In this case Pro Wrestling saw nearly three times as many points from retailer written disks than factory manufactured units.

So the Legend of Zelda (and other DS SW) shipment data from NCL includes both factory written disks and retail write-overs or just factory?

BKK said:

3DO

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     9403   9503   9603   9703
JP   0.04   0.47   0.72   0.77                    
In   0.06   0.30   0.60   [B]0.63[/B]                                
WW   0.10   0.77   1.32   [B]1.40[/B] 

[B]3DO REAL[/B]

     9403   9503   9603   9703
JP   0.04   0.45   0.70   0.75                                                                      
In   0.06   0.30   0.60   [B]0.63[/B]  
WW   0.10   0.75   1.30   [B]1.38[/B]

[B]3DO TRY[/B]

     9503
JP   0.02

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Lexis-Nexis database had a transcription (I specifically asked to user thegoldenband for confirmation) of a Nikkei Weekly article in which it was stated Panasonic 3DO final LTD is 1.38 million units which would mean the international shipment for 3DO Real last fiscal year is 0.03 million units.
Above in bold the updated data.

Goldstar 3DO shipment data is still a bit of a mystery.
My educated guess however is that 3DO total shipment between all manufactures to be likely lesser than 2 million units.

The Nikkei Weekly

July 7, 1997

MATSUSHITA DROPS GAME-MACHINE PLAN

SECTION: INDUSTRY; Pg. 9

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has abandoned plans to develop a 64-bit home video-game machine intended for release at the end of this year, President Yoichi Morishita said last week. The decision means the company has virtually withdrawn from the home game-machine market.

The consumer-electronics giant apparently decided there is little room for a fourth major player in the home video-game market, dominated by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Nintendo Co. and Sega Enterprises Ltd.
Matsushita unveiled a 32-bit machine in the U.S. in October 1993 and in Japan in March 1994. But only 1.38 million units have been sold to date due to a lack of attractive software. Sales are far smaller than those of similar machines made by Sega and Sony, which entered the market after Matsushita.
The company obtained rights to an image-processing technology called M2 from 3DO Co. of the U.S. for 10 billion yen (87.7 million dollars) last October in an attempt to leapfrog its rivals with a 64-bit machine. But product development dragged on and it was unable to meet the scheduled release date, sources said.

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http://atariage.com/forums/topic/23...r-possibly-sell-so-poorly/page-2#entry3085351

Thanks, added to OP.

@Square, I don't know about Nintendo's software shipment methodology.

I'll update this list further, but here is the revenue that Electronic Arts made per platform in the particular fiscal year.

Genesis >> SNES

*at least at EA


Electronic Arts - Platform revenue
sources: http://investor.ea.com/sec.cfm?DocT...Descending&Year=&Pagenum=1&FormatFilter=&CIK=

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Most of these came from here, he tweets lots of other old Famitsu articles too;

https://twitter.com/chou_nosuke

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I wish he would tweet more TOP30charts, I've been watching him everyday now and it's mostly just review scores with various featured games.

Can someone ask him to post TOP30 charts with the old famitsu articles he posts? (I don't have a Twitter account, lacking in Japanese comm. skills)

Famitsu Sales: Week 7, 1992 (Feb 10 - Feb 16)

01./01. [SFC] Romancing SaGa <RPG> (Square) {1992.01.28} (¥9.500) - 9.189 (-34%)
02./02. [SFC] Dragon Ball Z: Chou Saiya Densetsu <RPG> (Bandai) {1992.01.25} (¥9.500) - 4.051 (+20%)
03./03. [FCM] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥4.900) - 2.158 (+16%)
04./08. [GMB] Yoshi <PZL> (Nintendo) {1991.12.14} (¥2.600) - 1.993 (+119%)
05./04. [SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.731 (+3%)
06./07. [FCM] Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge <SPT> (Technos Japan) {1992.02.07} (¥6.200) - 1.469 (+58%)
07./06. [SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.325 (+25%)
08./05. [SFC] Super Adventure Island <ACT> (Hudson) {1992.01.11} (¥8.500) - 1.193 (-8%)
09./15. [FCM] Mega Man 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {1991.12.06} (¥7.800) - 1.021 (+130%)
10./13. [GMB] Metroid II: Return of Samus _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.01.21} (¥3.500) - 918 (+76%)
11./19. [SFC] Pro Football <SPT> (Imagineer) {1992.01.17} (¥7.900) - 834 (+124%)
12./10. [GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 679 (+7%)
13./16. [GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 672 (+58%)
14./26. [FCM] Tetris 2 + Bombliss <PZL> (Bullet Proof Software) {1991.12.13} (¥6.500) - 637 (+110%)
15./11. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 517 (-12%)
16./00. [SFC] Battle Commander: Hachibushu, Shura no Heihou <SLG> (Banpresto) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 495
17./18. [SFC] Super Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku <SLG> (Koei) {1991.12.21} (¥11.800) - 472 (+21%)
18./14. [GMB] Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports <SPT> (Konami) {1992.02.01} (¥3.500) - 464 (-3%)
19./28. [SFC] SimCity <SLG> (Nintendo) {1991.04.26} (¥8.000) - 431 (+51%)
20./12. [SFC] Super Wagan Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Namco) {1991.12.13} (¥8.300) - 417 (-26%)
21./00. [SFC] Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Epoch) {1992.02.14} (¥9.800) - 375
22./00. [SFC] Final Fantasy IV: Easy Type <RPG> (Square) {1991.10.29} (¥9.000) - 372
23./09. [SFC] Super Formation Soccer <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.13} (¥7.700) - 367 (-58%)
24./00. [GMB] Dr. Mario _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥2.600) - 351
25./17. [SFC] The Legend of the Mystical Ninja <ACT> (Konami) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 347 (-15%)
26./00. [SFC] Final Fight _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <FTG> (Capcom) {1990.12.21} (¥8.500) - 342
27./00. [SFC] Sim Earth: The Living Planet <SLG> (Imagineer) {1991.12.29} (¥9.800) - 338
28./00. [FCM] F1 Circus <RCE> (Nichibutsu) {1992.02.07} (¥6.600) - 337
29./25. [GMB] Jantaku Boy <TBL> (Namco) {1992.01.24} (¥3.500) - 335 (+7%)
30./23. [SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - 329 (-3%)

Top 30

SFC - 18
GMB - 7
FCM - 5

^NintenDomination. Those were the days.

Remember to multiply by x12 for 1992. RS at 110,000 in its third week here (166k last week), how did a title that looks like a last minute GB to SFC-port become such a hit?

Finally got around to translating this, I added the titles from that week's chart too, the top 100 was missing Dead or Alive for some reason.

Softbank Top 100 Sega Saturn Software Through 1997.10.19:

01. Virtua Fighter 2 <FTG> (Sega) {1995.12.01} (¥6,800) - 1,681,884
02. Sega Rally Championship <RCG> (Sega) {1995.12.29} (¥5,800) - 735,145
03. Virtua Fighter <FTG> (Sega) {1994.11.22} (¥8,800) - 677,910
04. Virtua Cop <STG> (Sega) {1995.11.24} (¥5,800) - 620,528
05. Fighters Megamix <FTG> (Sega) {1996.12.21} (¥5,800) - 608,026
06. Sakura Wars <ADV> (Sega) {1996.09.27} (¥6,800) - 552,590
07. Daytona USA <RCG> (Sega) {1995.04.01} (¥6,800) - 546,228
08. NiGHTS into Dreams <ACT> (Sega) {1996.07.05} (¥5,800) - 503,376
09. Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner <RPG> (Atlus) {1995.12.25} (¥6,800) - 472,932
10. Fighting Vipers <FTG> (Sega) {1996.08.30} (¥6,800) - 458,394

11. Enemy Zero <ADV> (Warp) {1996.12.13} (¥6,800) - 445,374
12. Cyber Troopers Virtual-On <ACT> (Sega) {1996.11.29} (¥5,800) - 439,486
13. Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge <FTG> (Capcom) {1996.02.23} (¥6,800) - 433,101
14. Super Robot Taisen F <RPG> (Banpresto) {1997.09.25} (¥6,800) - 412,813
15. Street Fighter Alpha 2 <FTG> (Capcom) {1996.09.14} (¥5,800) - 403,405
16. Panzer Dragoon <STG> (Sega) {1995.03.10 (¥6,800) - 401,281
17. Evangelion 2nd Impression <ADV> (Sega) {1997.03.07} (¥6,800) - 353,812
18. Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You <SLG> (Konami) {1996.07.19 } (¥6,800) - 353,696
19. Victory Goal '96 <SPT> (Sega) {1996.03.29} (¥5,800) - 349,131
20. Dragon Force <RPG> (Sega) {1996.03.29} (¥5,800) - 340,205

21. Nonomura Byouin no Hitobito <Elf> (ADV) {1996.04.26} (¥6,800) - 332,262
22. The King of Fighters '95 <FTG> (SNK) {1996.03.28} (¥7,800) - 324,148
23. Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden I: Senritsu no Blue <STG> (Bandai) {1996.09.20} (¥4,800) - 314,479
24. Virtua Cop 2 <STG> (Sega) {1996.11.22} (¥5,800) - 313,142
25. Kidou Senshi Gundam <STG> (Bandai) {1995.12.22} (¥6,800) - 309,401
26. Puyo Puyo Tsuu <PZL> (Compile) {1995.10.27} (¥4,800) - 303,672
27. Panzer Dragoon Zwei <STG> (Sega) {1996.03.22} (¥5,800) - 297,831
28. Decathlete <SPT> (Sega) {1996.07.12} (¥5,800) - 275,691
29. Kakyuusei <ADV> (Elf) {1997.04.25} (¥7,800) - 274,243
30. Tengai Makyou: Daiyon no Mokushiroku <RPG> (Hudson Soft) {1997.01.14} (¥6,800) - 251,186

31. Victory Goal <SPT> (Sega) {1995.01.20} (¥6,800) - 245,993
32. Lunar Silver Star Story <RPG> (Kadokawa Shoten) {1996.10.25} (¥6,800) - 232,242
33. Virtua Fighter Kids <FTG> (Sega) {1996.07.26} (¥5,800) - 232,098
34. Langrisser III <SLG> (Nippon Computer Systems) {1996.10.18} (¥6,200) - 226,616
35. Doukyuusei if <SLG> (NEC Interchannel) {1996.08.09} (¥7,800) - 226,071
36. Puyo Puyo Sun <PZL> (Compile) {1997.02.14} (¥4,800) - 222,715
37. The King of Fighters '96 <FTG> (SNK) {1996.12.31} (¥5,800) - 220.719
38. Slayers Royal <RPG> (Kadokawa Shoten/Entertainment Software Publishing) {1997.07.25} (¥6,300) - 215,916
39. Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden II: Ao wo Uketsugu Mono <STG> (Bandai) {1996.12.06} (¥4,800) - 207,802
40. Gungriffon <STG> (Game Arts) {1996.03.15} (¥5,800) - 206,671

41. J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! <SPT> (Sega) {1996.02.23} (¥6,800) - 204,157
42. Greatest Nine '96 <SPT> (Sega) {1996.07.19} (¥5,800) - 200,864
43. Shinseiki Evangelion (Shin Package) <ADV> (Sega) {1997.02.14} (¥2,800) - 194,417
44. EVE Burst Error <ADV> (Imagineer/C's ware) {1997.01.24} (¥7,800) - 190,364
45. Gale Racer <RCE> (Sega) {1994.12.02} (¥6,800) - 188,964
46. World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu <SLG> (Sega) {1995.09.22} (¥7,800) - 187,920
47. Street Fighter Zero <FTG> (Capcom) {1996.01.26} (¥5,800) - 187,758
48. SimCity 2000 <SLG> (Sega) {1995.09.29} (¥5,800) - 182,935
49. Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 97 <SPT> (Sega) {1997.03.28} (¥5,800) - 180,361
50. The Mansion of Hidden Souls <ADV> (Sega) {1994.12.02} (¥7,800) - 170,407

51. Saturn Bomberman <ACT> (Hudson Soft) {1996.07.19} (¥6,800) - 169,873
52. Resident Evil <ACT> (Capcom) {1997.07.25} (¥4,800) - 163,665
53. Sangokushi V <SLG> (Koei) {1996.09.27} (¥9,800) - 161,591
54. Clockwork Knight <ACT> (Sega) {1994.12.09} (¥4,800) - 157,775
55. Guardian Heroes <ACT> (Sega) {1996.01.26} (¥5,800) - 155,217
56. Shinseiki Evangelion <ADV> (Sega) {1996.03.01} (¥5,800) - 154,020
57. Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine <SPT> (Sega) {1995.05.26} (¥5,800) - 150,571
58. Virtua Fighter Remix <FTG> (Sega) {1995.07.14} (¥3,400) - 144,255
59. Dragon Ball Z Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu <ACT> (Bandai) {1996.05.31} (¥5,800) - 143,657
60. Doukyuusei 2 <SLG> (NEC Interchannel) {1997.07.11} (¥7,900) - 141,964

61. Riglordsaga <SLG> (Sega) {1995.07.21} (¥5,800) - 141,775
62. Shining the Holy Ark <RPG> (Sega) {1996.12.20} (¥,) - 136,204
63. Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special <TBL> (Jaleco) {1995.02.24} (¥6,900) - 128,125
64. Last Bronx <FTG> (Sega) {1997.08.01} (¥6,800) - 127,684
65. Kidou Senkan Nadesico: Yappari Saigo ha 'Ai ga Katsu'? <ADV> (Sega) {1997.05.02} (¥5,800) - 124,604
66. Shining Wisdom <RPG> (Sega) {1995.08.11} (¥,) - 123,062
67. Gotha: Ismailia Seneki <SLG> (Sega) {1995.01.27} (¥6,800) - 121,417
68. Desire <ADV> (Imadio) {1997.09.11} (¥6,800) - 120,992
69. Daytona USA Circuit Edition <RCE> (Sega) {1997.01.24} (¥5,800) - 117,854
70. Digital Dance Mix Vol.1 Namie Amuro <ETC> (Sega) {1997.01.10} (¥2,800) - 116,553

71. Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden III: Sabakareshi Mono <STG> (Bandai) {1997.03.07} (¥4,800) - 115,803
72. Langrisser IV <SLG> (Nippon Computer Systems) {1997.08.01} (¥5,800/¥6,800) - 111,372
73. Wangan Dead Heat <RCE> (Pack-In-Video) {1995.12.15} (¥6,800) - 107,950
74. Can Can Bunny Premiere <ADV> (KID) {1996.04.05} (¥5,800) - 106,445
**. Dead or Alive <FTG> (Tecmo) {1997.10.09} (¥5,800) - 103,302
75. Tactics Ogre <SLG> (Riverhillsoft) {1996.12.13} (¥5,800) - 102,637
76. F-1 Live Information <RCE> (Sega) {1995.11.02} (¥5,800) - 102,208
77. Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin <ETC> (Sega) {1997.02.14} (¥4,800) - 101,577
78. Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean <RPG> (Sunsoft) {1996.08.09} (¥6,500) - 100,897
79. Super Real Mahjong PV <TBL> (Seta) {1995.05.26} (¥8,800) - 99,830
80. Momotarou Douchuuki <TBL> (Hudson Soft) {1997.09.25} (¥6,800) - 98,034

81. Dynamite Deka <ACT> (Sega) {1997.01.24} (¥5,800) - 97,093
82. Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka <STG> (Bandai Visual) {1997.06.06} (¥6,800) - 96,137
83. Wing Arms <STG> (Sega) {1995.09.29} (¥5,800) - 95,787
84. Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6Men Scramble <SPT> (Human) {1996.12.27} (¥6,500) - 95,060
85. Kuro no Danshou: The Literary Fragment <ADV> (Oz Club) {1997.08.08} (¥6,300) - 94,524
86. Myst <ADV> (Sunsoft) {1994.11.22} (¥7,800) - 94,091
87. Shinseiki Evangelion: Digital Card Library <TBL> (Sega) {1997.09.25} (¥4,800) - 92,426
88. Can Can Bunny Premiere 2 <ADV> (KID) {1996.12.20} (¥7,500) - 91,844
89. Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Zenpen Zeta no Kodou <ACT> (Bandai) {1997.04.25} (¥6,800) - 90,132
90. Theme Park <SLG> (Electronic Arts Victor) {1995.12.22} (¥5,800) - 90,097

91. Sonic Jam <ACT> (Sega) {1997.06.20} (¥4,800) - 89,900
92. X-Men: Children of the Atom <FTG> (Capcom) {1995.11.22} (¥5,800) - 89,027
93. Densetsu no Ogre Battle <SLG> (Riverhillsoft) {1996.11.01} (¥5,800) - 84,738
94. Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Pazurudama <PZL> (Konami) {1996.09.27} (¥5,800) - 83,156
95. Street Fighter Collection <FTG> (Capcom) {1997.09.18} (¥5,800) - 83,110
96. QuoVadis <SLG> (Glams) {1995.12.21} (¥6,800) - 81,693
97. Sword & Sorcery <RPG> (Microcabin) {1996.05.31} (¥6,800) - 78,968
98. Rampo <ADV> (Sega) {1995.02.24} (¥7,800) - 77,126
99. Parodius <STG> (Konami) {1995.05.19} (¥5,800) - 76,604
100. Virtual Hydlide <RPG> (Sega) {1995.04.28} (¥5,800) - 74,646

***. Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 97 Make Miracle <SPT> (Sega) {1997.09.25} (¥5,800) - 62,772
***. Can Can Bunny Extra <SLG> (KID) {1997.10.02} (¥6,800) - 41,649
***. Samurai Spirits Amakusa Kourin <FTG> (SNK) {1997.10.02} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 34,186
***. Söldnerschild <SLG> (Sega/Koei) {1997.09.25} (¥6,800) - 21,085
***. Zenkoku Seifuku Bishoujo Grand Prix Find Love <PZL> (Daiki) {1997.10.02} (¥4,800) - 16,022
***. Winning Post 2 Final '97 <SLG> (Koei) {1997.10.02} (¥6,800) - 14,369
***. Dezaemon 2 <TBL> (Athena) {1997.10.09} (¥5,800) - 11,474
***. Tactical Fighter <SLG> (Media Rings) {1997.10.16} (¥6,800) - 8,174

Note that some of the LTDs on the 1998.12.21 ~ 1999.01.10 chart actually appear lower on some later charts, not sure what's going on there.

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.05.31 ~ 1999.06.06

01./01. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 1,006 / 65,920
02./02. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 829 / 36,560
03./03. Dungeons & Dragons Collection <ACT> (Capcom) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 612 / 28,068

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.05.24 ~ 1999.05.30

01./01. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 1,204 / 64,914
02./02. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 809 / 35,731
03./10. Dungeons & Dragons Collection <ACT> (Capcom) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 493 / 27,456

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.05.17 ~ 1999.05.23

01./02. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 1,065 / 63,710
02./01. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 533 / 34,922
03./06. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 474 / 30,548

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.05.10 ~ 1999.05.16

01./01. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 1,342 / 34,389
02./02. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 1,144 / 62,645
03./04. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 414 / 304,289

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.05.03 ~ 1999.05.09

01./01. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 2,538 / 33,047
02./02. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 2,422 / 61,501
03./12. Roommate 3: Ryouko Kaze no Kagayaku Asa ni <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1998.04.29} (¥5,800) - 952 / 17,606

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.04.19 ~ 1999.05.02

01./00. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1999.04.29} (¥7,200) - 30,509 / NEW
02./01. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 5,254 / 59,079
03./00. Ryouko no Oshaberi Room <TBL> (Datam Polystar) {1999.04.22} (¥5,800) - 3,797 / NEW

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.04.12 ~ 1999.04.18

01./01. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 3,374 / 53,825
02./02. Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta <ADV> (Konami) {1999.04.01} (¥8,800) - 454 / 12,076
03./03. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 395 / 301,813

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.03.29 ~ 1999.04.11

01./01. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 14,877 / 50,451
02./00. Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol. 3: Tabidachi no Uta <ADV> (Konami) {1999.04.01} (¥8,800) - 11,622 / NEW
03./07. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 1,598 / 301,418

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.03.22 ~ 1999.03.28

01./00. Derby Stallion <TBL> (ASCII) {1999.03.25} (¥6,800) - 35,574 / NEW
02./02. Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Secret Album <ETC> (Jaleco) {1999.03.18} (¥4,800) - 1,184 / 6,303
03./07. Dungeons & Dragons Collection <ACT> (Capcom) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 1,065 / 22,475

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.03.15 ~ 1999.03.21

01./00. Kiss Yori... <SLG> (KID) {1999.03.18} (¥6,800/¥7,800) - 6,001 / NEW
02./00. Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Secret Album <ETC> (Jaleco) {1999.03.18} (¥4,800) - 5,119 / NEW
03./10. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 1,532 / 299,287

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.03.08 ~ 1999.03.14

01./01. Dungeons & Dragons Collection <ACT> (Capcom) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 2,725 / 20,672
02./02. Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku ensemble 2 <ETC> (MediaWorks) {1999.03.04} (¥3,800) - 1,951 / 12,775
03./00. The House of the Dead (Satakore) <STG> (Sega) {1999.03.11} (¥2,800) - 1,532 / NEW

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.03.01 ~ 1999.03.07

01./00. Dungeons & Dragons Collection <ACT> (Capcom) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 17,947 / NEW
02./00. Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku ensemble 2 <ETC> (MediaWorks) {1999.03.04} (¥3,800) - 10,824 / NEW
03./00. Senken Kigyouden <RPG> (Softstar Entertainment) {1999.03.04} (¥5,800) - 2,374 / NEW

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.02.22 ~ 1999.02.28

01./00. Devicereign <SLG> (MediaWorks) {1999.02.25} (¥5,800) - 14,499 / NEW
02./01. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 786 / 23,664
03./06. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 674 / 69,593
04./02. Slayers Royal 2 <RPG> (Kadokawa Shoten/Entertainment Software Publishing) {1998.09.03} (¥6,800) - 578 / 70,481
05./07. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 530 / 38,218
06./15. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 513 / 34,387
07./03. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 492 / 296,390
08./09. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.04.09} (¥6,800) - 489 / 281,516
09./13. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 465 / 103,889
10./08. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 449 / 76,348

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.02.15 ~ 1999.02.21

01./02. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 690 / 22,878
02./12. Slayers Royal 2 <RPG> (Kadokawa Shoten/Entertainment Software Publishing) {1998.09.03} (¥6,800) - 604 / 69,903
03./05. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 578 / 295,898
04./08. Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend <ADV> (Sega) {1998.03.26} (¥6,800) - 557 / 149,561
05./14. Sonic R <RCE> (Sega) {1997.12.24} (¥5,800) - 534 / 78,468
06./01. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 513 / 68,919
07./04. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 492 / 37,688
08./03. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 465 / 75,899
09./15. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.04.09} (¥6,800) - 348 / 281,027
10./16. Nippon Daihyou Team no Kantoku ni Narou! Sekaihatsu, Soccer RPG <RPG> (Sega/Enix) {1998.06.25} (¥6,800) - 325 / 204,077

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.02.08 ~ 1999.02.14

01./01. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 786 / 68,406
02./03. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 642 / 22,188
03./06. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 626 / 75,434
04./04. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 594 / 37,196
05./10. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 457 / 295,320
06./08. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 454 / 103,135
07./16. Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen <SLG> (Banpresto) {1998.04.23} (¥6,800) - 404 / 546,383
08./12. Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend <ADV> (Sega) {1998.03.26} (¥6,800) - 401 / 149,004
09./02. Roommate W: Futari <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1999.01.14} (¥6,800) - 390 / 16,103
10./18. Pro Yakyuu Team mo Tsukurou! <SLG> (Sega) {1998.02.19} (¥5,800) - 376 / 269,004

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.02.01 ~ 1999.02.07

01./01. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 1,124 / 67,620
02./02. Roommate W: Futari <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1999.01.14} (¥6,800) - 1,030 / 15,713
03./03. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 812 / 21,546
04./04. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 734 / 36,602
05./06. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 640 / 33,284
06./05. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 599 / 74,808
07./10. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter <FTG> (Capcom) {1998.10.22} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 564 / 112,629
08./07. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 562 / 102,681
09./09. Shining Force III Scenario 3: Hyouheki no Jashinguu <RPG> (Sega) {1998.09.23} (¥4,800) - 515 / 66,174
10./08. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 506 / 294,863

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.01.25 ~ 1999.01.31

01./02. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 1,577 / 66,496
02./01. Roommate W: Futari <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1999.01.14} (¥6,800) - 1,219 / 14,683
03./03. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 1,138 / 20,734
04./04. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 845 / 35,868
05./06. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 813 / 74,209
06./08. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 748 / 32,644
07./05. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 732 / 102,119
08./07. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 553 / 294,357
09./15. Shining Force III Scenario 3: Hyouheki no Jashinguu <RPG> (Sega) {1998.09.23} (¥4,800) - 504 / 65,659
10./16. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter <FTG> (Capcom) {1998.10.22} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 488 / 112,065

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.01.18 ~ 1999.01.24

01./01. Roommate W: Futari <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1999.01.14} (¥6,800) - 2,553 / 13,464
02./02. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 1,707 / 64,919
03./03. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 1,593 / 19,596
04./04. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 943 / 35,023
05./12. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 797 / 101,387
06./08. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 764 / 73,396
07./07. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 667 / 293,804
08./05. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 666 / 31,896
09./16. Sakura Taisen (Satakore) {1998.02.11} (¥2,800) - 390 / 83,076
10./14. Sonic R <RCE> (Sega) {1997.12.24} (¥5,800) - 362 / 77,034

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1999.01.11 ~ 1999.01.17

01./00. Roommate W: Futari <SLG> (Datam Polystar) {1999.01.14} (¥6,800) - 10,911 / NEW
02./01. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 2,927 / 63,212
03./02. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 2,724 / 18,003
04./03. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 1,695 / 34,080
05./05. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 1,275 / 31,230
06./10. Find Love 2: Rhapsody <SLG> (Daiki) {1998.11.26} (¥6,800) - 1,246 / 33,787
07./14. Sentimental Graffiti <SLG> (NEC InterChannel) {1998.01.22} (¥7,500) - 974 / 293,137
08./09. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 956 / 72,632
09./00. Touryuu Densetsu Elan Doree <FTG> (Kamata and Partners) {1999.01.14} (¥5,800) - 797 / NEW
10./12. She'sn <SLG> (KID) {1998.11.19} (¥6,800) - 652 / 29,958

Softbank Sega Saturn Software Sales 1998.12.21 ~ 1999.01.10

01./00. Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph <ETC> (Sega/Red Company) {1998.12.23} (¥4,800) - 60,285 / NEW
02./00. Girl Doll Toy: Tamashii wo Kudasai <ADV> (Xuse) {1998.12.23} (¥6,800) - 23,968 / NEW
03./01. Ruriiro no Yuki <SLG> (KID) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 10,843 / 50,802
04./00. Langrisser Tribute <SLG> (Nippon Computer Systems) {1998.12.23} (¥9,800) - 8,263 / NEW
05./02. Noël 3 <ADV> (Pioneer LDC) {1998.12.10} (¥6,800) - 6,807 / 46,989
06./05. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter <FTG> (Capcom) {1998.10.22} (¥5,800/¥7,800) - 6,570 / 115,641
07./00. 6 Inch My Darling <ADV> (KID) {1998.12.23} (¥5,800) - 6,168 / NEW
08./09. Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 2 <ADV> (NEC Interchannel) {1998.10.08} (¥7,200) - 4,559 / 103,962
09./06. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Kouryaku Shireisho <SLG> (Bandai) {1998.10.08} (¥2,800) - 4,259 / 75,047
10./10. Find Love 2: Rhapsody <SLG> (Daiki) {1998.11.26} (¥6,800) - 3,720 / 35,961

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That's from Famitsu 392 talking about harware shipments as of March 1996.

Lot's of interesting bits there, but I want to focus about one of the consoles from which we have the least info about.

According to that, the Virtual Boy had only shipped 140.000 units in Japan, with 630.00 shipped overseas, by March '96 the system had been discontinued everywhere, so wordwide sales would be 770.000, which is the number floating around the internet, but I had never seen the 140k one for Japan before.

I ran into it while unsuccesfully looking for 1995 software data, for the time being I had what I could translate from home2nifty and what Moor has posted here (thanks a lot Moor.)

Right now I have data for 25 weeks, so missing over half of the year.

Missing weeks would be:

Week 4 (1995.01.23-1995.01.29)
Weeks 6-11 (1995.02.06-1995.03.19)
Weeks 17 & 18 (1995.04.24-1995.05.07)
And Weeks 21 - 38 (1995.05.22-1995.09.24)

Might have missed a post here, please let me know.

Going back to the scan, I got it from http://www.planetvb.com/ a really cool site I just found out about.

I found a thread there about the person who posted the scans, apparently he has all the 1995 issues and has posted a lot of scans on that site, however all are Virtual Boy related, articles, comics, interviews, reviews and such, sadly nothing about sales (except the one posted above) not even the Top 30 for when the system came out, or any other.

I planned to email him to ask him if he could help, but I don't know, I'm kind of shy.

On an unrelated note, gamedatamuseum seems to be down.

btw, mutiplier for 1995 is 3.65 right?

Got lucky and found an issue.

Famitsu #345 1995.06.26-1995.07.02

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Sorry about the format, directly copied it from my spreadsheet.

Thanks Okami !

Now I added a link to all charts we have found : Famitsu missing charts 1995

Great thread.

I received a PM about a site which hosts Famitsu issues from 1995.
I tried to contact them asking if they would like to scan the weekly charts we are still missing, hope I can receive a positive answer.
I'll keep you updated.


Here is the site : http://www.planetvb.com/modules/articles/?s020

Moor-Angol said:

I received a PM about a site which hosts Famitsu issues from 1995.
I tried to contact them asking if they would like to scan the weekly charts we are still missing, hope I can receive a positive answer.
I'll keep you updated.


Here is the site : http://www.planetvb.com/modules/articles/?s020

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Yeah, that's the site I was talking about last month, ha ha.

&#332;kami;209705644 said:

Yeah, that's the site I was talking about last month, ha ha.

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He replied me, the scans were made by a user from their forum, so I asked if he can kindly forward my email to him