Konami Corp , which shoved Nintendo aside in the April-September period thanks to "World Soccer Winning Eleven 6", came in at number two, as Nintendo's "Pokemon Ruby" and "Pokemon Sapphire" were the nation's best-selling games on the year.
The combined sales of these two Pokemon games, which made their debut in November, topped 4.2 million units. Next came "Final Fantasy X-2", which sold 1.7 million units for Square Co Ltd, which became Square Enix Co Ltd this month.Sony verkocht wederom de meeste consoles, de Playstation 2 werd maar liefst 3,4 miljoen maal verkocht. Met zo'n 850.000 verkochte Gamecube's deed Nintendo het ook niet slecht. Microsoft blijft moeite hebben om voet aan de grond te krijgen in Japan, met slechts 187.389 verkochte Xboxen.