Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "1993 in video games" in English language version.
Its financial success was exceeded only by a video game with violence as its theme. "One single game–StreetFighter II–made $1.5 billion last year [1993]. Nothing, not even Jurassic Park, touched that success in the entertainment business," said screenwriter Michael Backes (quoted in Covington, 1994).
But "Street Fighter II" has none of the charm and whimsy of the "Turtle" games and none of the innocence of other martial-arts games such as the first "Double Dragon." This game, depicting only brutal street fighting, was the biggest hit of 1992 and 1993, selling a worldwide total of 8 million copies
Genesis GameGear CD‑ROM
1993 6.5 1.5 0.8
nb sales level at number 5 = 400,000 units, at number 9 = 250,000 units, at number 10 = 200,000 units
Source: Gallup-ELSPA/Electronic Arts/CTW
As for video-game software, accumulated sales of Capcom Co.'s Street Fighter II series reached 10 million units in 1993, compared with 15 million units of Enix Inc.'s Dragon Quest series and 100 million units of Nintendo's Super Mario series.
The most important new contributor to Sega is Capcom Co., producer of the phenomenally successful Street Fighter II (five million unit sales last year). Capcom is widely known as the single biggest outside contributor to the Nintendo legend, but will launch software designed for Sega this spring.
Major video game players Nintendo and Sega are both pushing hard to cash in on game spin-offs from Disney blockbuster animated feature Aladdin. In US, Sega (...) shipped 800,000 units of Virgin-developed Aladdin for Genesis/Mega Drive in same week as some 30m sell-through video units hit the street (10.8m selling through in three days). Another 800,000 units have been shipped in Europe, 50 per cent as hardware bundles.
nb 1 and 2 above were placed at 3 and 10 in the top-selling PC games of all types.
Source: PC Data (sales by 10 retail chains representing over 1,300 stores)
