Nintendo is Japan's best-selling publisher

Nintendo remains the largest publisher in Japan, outselling its nearest competitor by 8.3 million units.

Japanese site Oolongtea compiled released figures for the publishers active in the territory, with domestic firms perhaps unsurprisingly topping the list.

Nintendo mustered 12.9 million sales, followed by Square Enix at 4.6 million. Take Two was the best-performing Western Publisher, at 278,000 units.

The DS was the most popular platform, constituting 56 per cent of all Nintendo games and 63 per cent of Square Enix's sales.

The full list is as follows:

Nintendo, 12.9 million games sold
Square Enix, 4.6 million
Namco Bandai, 3.9 million
Konami, 3.2 million
Capcom, 2.8 million
Sega, 2.1 million
Level Five, 1.1 million
Koei Tecmo, 918,000
Sony, 895,000
Marvelous Entertainment, 358,000
Spike, 308,000
Hudson, 287,000
Take Two Interactive, 278,000
EA, 220,000
Atlus, 206,000
Idea Factory, 200,000
Nihon Falcom, 172,000
D3 Publisher, 160,000
Microsoft, 130,000
Arc System Works, 115,000

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