Updated Yakyu Game Sales Figures
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Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 97 Kaimakuban(PS1/#17) - 459,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 98 Kaimakuban(PS1/#17) - 541,000
World Stadium 2(PS1/#26) - 406,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 99 Kaimakuban(PS1/#10) - 727,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 6(N64/#45) - 303,000
World Stadium 3(PS1/#50) - 277,000
Gekikuukan Pro Yakyu(PS2/#16) - 465,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 7(PS2/#28) - 298,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 2000 Kaimakuban(PS1/#37) - 237,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 2000(N64/#38) - 228,000
Pawapuro-kun Pocket 2(GB/#41) - 214,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 8(PS2/#39) - 271,000
Pawapuro-kun Pocket 3(GBA/#47) - 223,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 2001(PS1/#51) - 195,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 9(PS2/#17) - 410,000
Netsu Chuu! Pro Yakyu 2002(PS2/#53) - 209,000
Pawapuro-kun Pocket 4(GBA/#54) - 209,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 10(PS2/#16) - 491,000
Netsu Chuu! Pro Yakyu 2003(PS2/#35) - 258,000
Pawapuro-kun Pocket 5(GBA/#48) - 225,000
Pro Yakyu Team O Tsukurou! 2(PS2/#61) - 201,000
Pawapuro-kun Pocket 6(GBA/#82) - 136,000
The Baseball 2003 Battle Ballpark Sengen Perfect Play Pro Yakyu(PS2/#98) - 110,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 11(PS2/#23) - 371,000
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2004(PS2/#96) - 110,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 12(PS2/#22) - 416,000
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2(PS2/#74) - 160,000
Baseball Live 2005(PS2/#88) - 115,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 13(PS2/#36) - 334,000
Jikkyou Powerful Major League(PS2/#60) - 193,000
Pro Yakyu Spirits 3(PS2/#81) - 139,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu Portable(PSP/#97) - 121,000
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 14(PS2/#38) - 271,000
Pro Yakyu Spirits 4(PS2/#64) - 162,000
The numbers speak for themselves. I'm surprised that Pawapuro-kun Pocket didn't transfer it's success over to the DS platform. Looks like DS users would rather play brain training, learn to cook, write kanji, brush up on English, etc., rather than play baseball.
I had a few surprises when writing up all this info. The first was how much more Pawapuro used to sell. This has nothing to do with the economy or anything. Games sell more now, in fact. Pawapuro 99 was Akada producer at his very best and the sales reflected that. A drop in 40,000 sales may not seen like much for such a big seller, but those lost customers really do add up after a few years. It turns you from a consistent top 20 seller to barely making top 50. For Pawapuro's sake, I really do hope they fix things. They can't turn a blind eye to those sales figures.
The other interesting thing was seeing Gekikuukan sell so much. For those who don't know, that was a Square title that was most likely one of the first games released for PS2. Since it sold so much, I can't figure out why Square didn't keep the series going. Very strange.
The final surprising thing was seeing Pawapuro Portable sell so much. I didn't even imagine that it sold more than 100,000 copies. It's outselling Pawapuro-kun Pocket, but that may change in a couple weeks. Pawapota would've probably sold even more if it had a Success Mode.