total value of the video game market in Japan was projected to grow further in the coming years. The increase was said to come about by the growth of social games, which was treated as a separate category next to video game software and video game hardware by the source.
The video game hardware market in Japan was valued at 224 billion Japanese yen in fiscal year 2020. While there was no long-term increase expected in the case of hardware revenues, the Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Nomura Research Institute. (December 17, 2021). Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/
Nomura Research Institute. "Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. December 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/
Nomura Research Institute. (2021). Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/
Nomura Research Institute. "Value of The Video Game Hardware Market in Japan in Fiscal Year 2020 with a Forecast until 2027 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/
Nomura Research Institute, Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Value of the video game hardware market in Japan in fiscal year 2020 with a forecast until 2027 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Nomura Research Institute, December 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1024439/japan-gaming-hardware-market-size/