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Are People Still Buying The Game Boy Advance?

By Brian Ashcraft on January 29, 2009 at 8:00 PM

Not really. But that doesn’t stop Nintendo from releasing Game Boy Advance hardware and software sales data.


No surprise that Game Boy hardware and software sales are tanking.

Here’s the raw data:

Hardware

• Japan
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 110,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 60,000 units
Life-to-date: 16,950,000 units

• The Americas
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 550,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: (0) units
Life-to-date: 41,640,000 units

• Other
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 600,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 320,000 units
Life-to-date: 81,440,000 units

• Total
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 1,260,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 390,000 units
Life-to-date: 81,440,000 units

Software

• Japan
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 300,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 220,000 units
Life-to-date: 72,940,000 units

• The Americas
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 7,590,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 350,000 units
Life-to-date: 217,240,000 units

• Other
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 1,700,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 20,000 units
Life-to-date: 87,060,000 units

• Total
Apr. – Dec. ‘07: 9,590,000 units
Apr. – Dec. ‘08: 590,000 units
Life-to-date: 377,240,000 units

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