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== Sales ==
=== United States ===
Note that every row save the bottom two are sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only covered a portion of the market (estimated to be 81% of American game retailers circa 2000). In particular, Walmart did not participate in the system between [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data July 2011], dropping the official estimates for that period to 55-60% of American game retailers.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Copies sold that month !! Copies sold that year !! Total sold
|-
| 1999-12-04<ref name="TRSTSdec19">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/e4f0bf1e-3842-4bee-8f79-624fcc731eb5 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 19 - 25, 1999; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 26,849 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || " ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 1999-12-11<ref name="TRSTSdec19" /> || 32,477 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || " ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 1999-12-18<ref name="TRSTSdec19" /> || 40,025 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || " ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 1999-12-25<ref name="TRSTSdec19" /> || 51,338 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || " ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2000-07-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/bd896d2e-2e0a-4404-90e4-88ef46eef949 June 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 16,390 || 112,975 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2000-10-28<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7c8a2834-d3e7-45a7-a14d-85f895295a69 October 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 19,347 || 181,890 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2000-11-11<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/38fc3522-cd5b-4d77-81a6-2114bc2aee90 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 5 - 11, 2000; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 7,591 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-01-31<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7d0f8897-34f1-4253-939f-849a94a61f76 LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" | || 637,209
|-
| 2001-02-17<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ae5b123d-1638-434a-9314-b593d52555e1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,512 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-02-24<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/cd7bf230-f4f6-4be8-b966-5f0785344948 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,128 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-03-03<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/c46fbb68-2616-4e49-92cd-2ed8733383be NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 25 - March 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,643 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-03-31<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/5a36764b-529d-461b-879b-3286e122273d NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (March 25 - 31, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,665 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-04-07<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/e6634e02-df2b-4d3a-ad63-2d3420df2c48 March 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 13,826 || 40,645 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-05-05<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/e4a8279b-45fc-49d0-915f-382edd67f579 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (April 29 - May 5, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,746 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-05-19<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f59666d4-4f90-41a7-add7-70a80db6992a NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (May 13 - 19, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,573 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-07-07 || 1,616<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/fde9f195-3a00-4031-aaeb-54833e3e8c1c NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (July 1 - 7, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 10,012<ref name="TRSTjun2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/68590dda-8c37-49d0-855c-5d38c448e0e6 June 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between June 3 and July 7, 2001.</ref> || 69,877<ref name="TRSTjun2001" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-08-04<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/dae861bf-cf0b-42b7-997f-f127026fb18a July 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 7,774<ref group="note">Covers the period between July 8 and August 4, 2001.</ref> || 77,651 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-01 || 1,444<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/64a459d6-937c-45c8-97e7-47e4ade4b15c NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 16 - September 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 8,023<ref name="TRSTaug2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/38b67b08-a3c7-4233-8e66-b2084b77c1aa August 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between August 5 and September 1, 2001.</ref> || 85,674<ref name="TRSTaug2001" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | 
|-
| 2001-09-08<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9f3096ff-801c-40a0-830f-aec85efa059b NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,495 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-15<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a586e2d6-0065-478f-8806-418c79b81250 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 9 - 15, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,307 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-22<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/73fd7b51-b5c3-4861-85d3-e204f3ae4cc7 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,516 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-29<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9c441a49-3fca-4aa6-8961-5bc59958b0de NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,995 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-30<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7d02c720-6f0b-4514-a0ea-447172b2cfae LTD sales report up through the end of September 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" | || 750,533
|-
| 2001-10-06 || 1,596<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f6f4aba9-7773-4bab-947a-56c2bbc66749 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 30 - October 6, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 9,760<ref name="TRSTsep2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/1728344d-4dc8-47c4-ba3c-eff26945c1ce September 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between September 2 and October 6, 2001.</ref> || 95,434<ref name="TRSTsep2001" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | 
|-
| 2001-10-13<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/adcb04bf-2735-4661-960c-291ed2eb5582 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 7 - 13, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,726 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-10-27<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a44917d8-9c56-4612-aa0e-b816e3f9052f NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 21 - 27, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,647 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-11-03 || 1,634<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/5a7ce6cb-c083-4ece-8dfa-d18ad1e18d9a NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 28 - November 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 8,117<ref name="TRSToct2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ef425c13-271a-47e6-b899-ceaa24155683 October 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between October 7 and November 3, 2001.</ref> || 103,551<ref name="TRSToct2001" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |   
|-
| 2001-11-10<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c4d82ee-5ea6-4b1b-88d2-a3c082b15f04 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 4 - 10, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,299 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-11-17<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/b9a8806b-49ed-40cc-9637-ff24c9addc13 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,592 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-11-24<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/744c573d-512e-45ef-9215-a9f8ca30a97d NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 6,382 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-12-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/0258f31c-8806-4ac5-9f72-a6436e3c4fe0 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 25 - December 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 4,207 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-12-08<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f86f0578-cda1-4399-a79d-8abd00994118 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 5,526 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-12-22<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/02ed39ca-689e-452d-b877-53bdcf75c032 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 10,294 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-12-29<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/346e734d-9b21-4278-87b6-0cdf97ba0a56 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 5,169 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2002-01-12<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/cda14d63-90ca-4481-ba07-3f4898441d56 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (January 6 - 12, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,330 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2002-02-09<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/157bbff6-f87a-49ba-9145-3c64eb3a1e2b NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 3 - 9, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,535 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2002-02-16<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/292514b8-417a-43e5-ad70-14f504a7aef1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 10 - 16, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,470 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2002-03-02<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/2ef99913-7f4f-4c50-b949-6609ee67e835 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,489 ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2002-12<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 19,173 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 1,066,622
|-
| 2003-01<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030418152635/http://www.theonionring.com/01-2003-TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales]</ref><ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 6,315 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 1,072,937
|-
| ≥2004-07-10<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040710092000/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart] (archived via Wayback Machine on July 10, 2004)</ref> ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" | || 1,080,000
|-
| ≥2007-12-27<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509132932/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart] (archived via Wayback Machine on May 9, 2008)</ref> ||colspan="3;" style="background-color: gray;" | || 1,240,000
|}
=== Japan ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
|-
| 1999-11-07<ref name="nb">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/36323-pac-man-world Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref> ||colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" | 29,541 || 3
|-
| 1999-11-14<ref name="nb" /> || 9,503 || 39,044 || 14
|-
| 1999-11-21<ref name="nb" /> || 6,412 || 45,456 || 22
|-
| 1999-12-26<ref name="nb" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227142700/http://geimin.net/da/db/1999_ne_fa/index.php GEIMIN's chart detailing ''Weekly Famitsu'' sales data for 1999] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 70,518 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|}


== Websites ==
== Websites ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000407055523/https://www.playstation-europe.com/pac-man/gs_index.html Official European site] (archived via Wayback Machine on April 7, 2000)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000407055523/https://www.playstation-europe.com/pac-man/gs_index.html Official European site] (archived via Wayback Machine on April 7, 2000)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020217074405/http://www.us.playstation.com/product_detail/product_detail.jhtml?PRODID=191&CATID=121 PlayStation US listing] (archived via Wayback Machine on February 17, 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020217074405/http://www.us.playstation.com/product_detail/product_detail.jhtml?PRODID=191&CATID=121 PlayStation US listing] (archived via Wayback Machine on February 17, 2002)
== Notes ==
<references group="note" />


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 09:43, 29 July 2025

Pac-Man World is a 3D platform game and the first installment in the series of the same name.

Previews[edit]

Reviews[edit]

Sales[edit]

United States[edit]

Note that every row save the bottom two are sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only covered a portion of the market (estimated to be 81% of American game retailers circa 2000). In particular, Walmart did not participate in the system between July 2001 and July 2011, dropping the official estimates for that period to 55-60% of American game retailers.

Date Copies sold that week Copies sold that month Copies sold that year Total sold
1999-12-04[3] 26,849 "
1999-12-11[3] 32,477 "
1999-12-18[3] 40,025 "
1999-12-25[3] 51,338 "
2000-07-01[4] 16,390 112,975
2000-10-28[5] 19,347 181,890
2000-11-11[6] 7,591
2001-01-31[7] 637,209
2001-02-17[8] 2,512
2001-02-24[9] 2,128
2001-03-03[10] 1,643
2001-03-31[11] 2,665
2001-04-07[12] 13,826 40,645
2001-05-05[13] 1,746
2001-05-19[14] 1,573
2001-07-07 1,616[15] 10,012[16][note 1] 69,877[16]
2001-08-04[17] 7,774[note 2] 77,651
2001-09-01 1,444[18] 8,023[19][note 3] 85,674[19]
2001-09-08[20] 1,495
2001-09-15[21] 1,307
2001-09-22[22] 1,516
2001-09-29[23] 1,995
2001-09-30[24] 750,533
2001-10-06 1,596[25] 9,760[26][note 4] 95,434[26]
2001-10-13[27] 1,726
2001-10-27[28] 1,647
2001-11-03 1,634[29] 8,117[30][note 5] 103,551[30]
2001-11-10[31] 2,299
2001-11-17[32] 2,592
2001-11-24[33] 6,382
2001-12-01[34] 4,207
2001-12-08[35] 5,526
2001-12-22[36] 10,294
2001-12-29[37] 5,169
2002-01-12[38] 2,330
2002-02-09[39] 2,535
2002-02-16[40] 2,470
2002-03-02[41] 2,489
2002-12[42] 19,173 1,066,622
2003-01[43][44] 6,315 1,072,937
≥2004-07-10[45] 1,080,000
≥2007-12-27[46] 1,240,000

Japan[edit]

Date Copies sold that week Total sold Chart position
1999-11-07[47] 29,541 3
1999-11-14[47] 9,503 39,044 14
1999-11-21[47] 6,412 45,456 22
1999-12-26[47][48] 70,518

Websites[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. Covers the period between June 3 and July 7, 2001.
  2. Covers the period between July 8 and August 4, 2001.
  3. Covers the period between August 5 and September 1, 2001.
  4. Covers the period between September 2 and October 6, 2001.
  5. Covers the period between October 7 and November 3, 2001.

References[edit]

  1. IGN article (October 12, 1999)
  2. Official Japanese site (archived via Wayback Machine on January 25, 2000)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 19 - 25, 1999; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  4. June 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  5. October 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  6. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 5 - 11, 2000; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  7. LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  8. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  9. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  10. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 25 - March 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  11. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (March 25 - 31, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  12. March 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  13. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (April 29 - May 5, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  14. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (May 13 - 19, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  15. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (July 1 - 7, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  16. 16.0 16.1 June 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  17. July 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  18. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 16 - September 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  19. 19.0 19.1 August 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  20. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  21. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 9 - 15, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  22. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  23. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  24. LTD sales report up through the end of September 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  25. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 30 - October 6, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  26. 26.0 26.1 September 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  27. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 7 - 13, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  28. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 21 - 27, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  29. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 28 - November 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  30. 30.0 30.1 October 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  31. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 4 - 10, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  32. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  33. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  34. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 25 - December 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  35. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  36. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  37. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  38. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (January 6 - 12, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  39. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 3 - 9, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  40. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 10 - 16, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  41. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  42. Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales
  43. Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales
  44. Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)
  45. The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart (archived via Wayback Machine on July 10, 2004)
  46. The Magic Box's US Platinum Chart (archived via Wayback Machine on May 9, 2008)
  47. 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts
  48. GEIMIN's chart detailing Weekly Famitsu sales data for 1999 (archived via Wayback Machine)