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According to Famitsu figures, DS was by far the biggest selling console in Japan for fiscal 2007, moving 6.3 million units in the 12 months ending March 30 2008.

Here’s the breakdown for the period:

• DS – 6,343,547
• PSP – 3,427,971
• Wii – 3,741,946
• PlayStation 3 – 1,197,418
• Xbox 360 – 235,318

According to Famitsu figures, Nintendo’s Wii Fit was the biggest selling game in Japan last year with 1.76 million units sold for the period ending March 30 2008.

Mario Party DS was second with 1.66 million, and Wii Sports was in third place with 1.62 million.

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Famitsu figures confirm that the Japanese market saw a 3 percent increase for the 12 months ending March 30 2008 compared to the previous year.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, “In a comparison of the Japanese market from fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2007, combined hardware and software sales showed a 3.8 per cent increase to JPY 677 billion (USD 6.59 billion / EUR 4.23 billion).”

According to this, nVidia has reported revenues of $4.10 billion for its full fiscal year, which ended on the seemingly randon January 27, compared to $3.07 billion for the same period a year ago. Profits were $797.6 million, up from profits of $448.8 million from the same period a year ago.