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According to Forbes the 3 best-selling franchises are Japanese, and the two best-selling Japanese franchises sold more than all the non-Japanese games that appear on the 16 best-selling franchises list(the top non-Japanese games are: The Sims(U.S), Lineage(Korean), Madden Football(U.S), Grand Theft Auto(U.K), Age of Empires(U.S), Warcraft(U.S), Diablo(U.S), Halo(U.S))<a href="Games.html#1">[1]</a><br/<br/>

"In 2002, it is estimated that Japan accounted for nearly 50% of the world's gaming market. That has now fallen to around 10%"<a href="Games.html#2">[2]</a><br/><br/>

Some of the largest Japanese game companies worldwide include:<a href="Games.html#3">[3]</a><br/>
1. Nintendo(Japanese)<br/>
4. Sony(Japanese)<br/>
6. Konami(Japanese)<br/>
9. Square Enix(Japanese)<br/>
11. Namco Bandai(Japanese)<br/>
12. Sega Sammy Holdings(Japanese)<br/>
13. Capcom(Japanese)<br/>
20. Tecmo Koei(Japanese)<br/>
24.Atlus<br/><br/>

All of the top games listed in infoplease.com(10 games) are japanese<a href="Games.html#4">[4]</a><br/><br/>

The Top 14 Games with the highest Global sales come from Japan's Nintendo<a href="Games.html#5">[5]</a><br/><br/>

<a name="1"/>[1]<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2006/08/02/bestselling-video-games-cx_de_0802mario.html" target=_blank>here</a><br/>
<a name="2"/>[2]<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9159905.stm" target=_blank>here</a><br/>
<a name="3"/>[3]<a href="http://www.softwaretop100.org/top-25-gaming-companies-2010" target=_blank>here</a><br/>
<a name="4"/>[4]<a href="http://www.infoplease.com/science/computers/bestselling-video-games.html" target=_blank>here</a><br/>
<a name="5"/>[5]<a href="http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?page=1&results=200&name=&platform=&minSales=0&publisher=&genre=&sort=GL" target=_blank>here</a><br/>
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