Steve L. Kent. The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world. Prima, 352. o. (2001). ISBN 0-7615-3643-4 „In 1982, Universal Sales made arcade history with a game called Mr Do! Instead of selling dedicated Mr Do! machines, Universal sold the game as a kit. The kit came with a customized control panel, a computer board with Mr Do! read-only memory (ROM) chips, stickers that could be placed on the side of stand-up arcade machines for art, and a plastic marquee. It was the first game ever sold as a conversion only. According to former Universal Sales western regional sales manager Joe Morici, the company sold approximately 30,000 copies of the game in the United States alone.”
Mark J. P. Wolf. The video game explosion: a history from PONG to Playstation and beyond. ABC-CLIO, 275. o. (2008). ISBN 0-313-33868-X. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 10. „What are the best-selling video games? There are a number of factors to consider when attempting to answer this question. First, there are several different types of video games, which makes comparisons difficult, or perhaps unfair. Arcade games are played for a quarter a play (although some are 50 cents, or even more), while home games are bought outright, and their systems must be purchased as well.”
Kao, John J.. Entrepreneurship, creativity & organization: text, cases & readings. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 45. o. (1989). ISBN 0-13-283011-6. Hozzáférés ideje: 2012. február 12. „Estimates counted 7 billion coins that by 1982 had been inserted into some 400,000 Pac Man machines worldwide, equal to one game of Pac Man for every person on earth. US domestic revenues from games and licensing of the Pac Man image for T-shirts, pop songs, to wastepaper baskets, etc. exceeded $1 billion.”
Jiji Gaho Sha, inc.: Asia Pacific perspectives, Japan. University of Virginia, 2003. (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 9.) „At that time, a game for use in entertainment arcades was considered a hit if it sold 1000 units; sales of Space Invaders topped 300,000 units in Japan and 60,000 units overseas.”
Ste Curran. Game plan: great designs that changed the face of computer gaming. Rotovision, 38. o. (2004). ISBN 2-88046-696-2. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 11. „When Street Fighter II′ (pronounced street fighter two dash) was released just a short time later, it sold around 140,000 units, at ¥160.000 (c. US$1300 / £820) each. The figures were beyond massive – they were simply unheard of. Capcom's Titanic wasn't sinking. Anything but. The game was a runaway success in its territory of choice, bringing Western gamers as much joy as it had in the East.”
Steven L. Kent: The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World. Prima, 2001. (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 9.) „With more than 60,000 units sold in the United States, Donkey Kong was Nintendo's biggest arcade hit. The arcade industry began its long collapse the year after Donkey Kong was released, and Nintendo's arcade fortunes eroded quickly. Nintendo released Donkey Kong Junior in 1982 and sold only 30,000 machines, 20,000 Popeye machines (also 1982), and a mere 5000 copies Donkey Kong 3 (1983).”
Jörg Ziesak. Wii Innovate – How Nintendo Created a New Market Through the Strategic Innovation Wii. GRIN Verlag, 50. o. (2009). ISBN 3640497740. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 9. „Donkey Kong was Nintendo's first international smash hit and the main reason behind the company's breakthrough in the Northern American market. In the first year of its publication, it earned Nintendo 180 million US dollars, continuing with a return of 100 million dollars in the second year.”
(1981) „Forbes, Volume 127”. Forbes, 102. o. (Hozzáférés: 2012. február 25.) „At $2000 a unit, Atari has made about $140 million from that game alone.”
"sixty-five+thousand" Arcade Mania: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers, 1st, Tokyo: Kodansha (2008). ISBN 4-7700-3078-9. Hozzáférés ideje: 2012. február 12. „Jumpman hopped over barrels, climbed ladders, and jumped from suspended platform to suspended platform as he tried to rescue a damsel from his pissed-off pet gorilla. The game was a smash, and sixty-five thousand cabinets were sold in Japan, propping up the then-struggling Nintendo and laying the groundwork for Nintendo and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto to dominate gaming throughout the 1980s and beyond.”
Computer and Video Game Law: Cases and Materials. Carolina Academic Press, 9. o. (2009). ISBN 1-59460-488-6. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 11. „Atari eventually sold more than 19,000 Pong machines, giving rise to many imitations. Pong made its first appearance in 1972 at "Andy Capp's," a small bar in Sunnyvale, California, where the video game was literally "overplayed" as eager customers tried to cram quarters into an already heavily overloaded coin slot.”
Chris Morris. „Pac Man turns 25: A pizza dinner yields a cultural phenomenon – and millions of dollars in quarters”, CNN, 2005. május 10.. [2011. május 15-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 23.) „In the late 1990s, Twin Galaxies, which tracks video game world record scores, visited used game auctions and counted how many times the average Pac Man machine had been played. Based on those findings and the total number of machines that were manufactured, the organization said it believed the game had been played more than 10 billion times in the 20th century.”
„Motorcycle game to Atari”, NewsBytes , 1985. október 1.. [2009. január 5-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2012. március 7.) „So far, Sega has shipped approx. 7,000 Hang-ons to the Japanese and overseas market. ATARI IRELAND gets 500 sets for the initial shipment, a report says.”
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Beals, Gregory. „Kings of Cool”, Newsweek, 2000. december 11. (Hozzáférés: 2012. április 19.) „Konami has sold 25,000 Beatmania machines in three years. In the arcade industry, selling 1000 units is considered a success.”
Sickinger, Ted. „The year of Mortal Kombat”, The Kansas City Star, 1995. november 6., 1. oldal (Hozzáférés: 2012. március 4.) „More than 1 billion quarters have dropped through its slots since 1992. The first two home versions sold more than 10 million copies at $50 and $60 apiece.”
„Business 1974: Industry: Space Age Pinball, Atari's PONG”, Time, 1983. október 5.. [2008. december 22-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 21.) „Typical of the new games is Pong, a popular version of electronic table tennis manufactured by two-year-old Atari, Inc. (estimated fiscal 1974 revenue: $14 million) of Los Gatos, Calif. Atari sold some 8,500 games to U.S. amusement parlors and other businesses last year.”
top-10-biggest-grossing-arcade-games-of-all-time [archivált változat], 228. o. (2013). ISBN 0-7619-2976-2. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 23. [archiválás ideje: 2013. december 31.] „Due to the relative ease of making illegal versions of Capcom's CP System boards, many pirated copies of the arcade game also existed, which would likely boost its revenue number considerably. But for obvious reasons, the actual sum will never be known.”
Chris Morris. „Pac Man turns 25: A pizza dinner yields a cultural phenomenon – and millions of dollars in quarters”, CNN, 2005. május 10.. [2011. május 15-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 23.) „In the late 1990s, Twin Galaxies, which tracks video game world record scores, visited used game auctions and counted how many times the average Pac Man machine had been played. Based on those findings and the total number of machines that were manufactured, the organization said it believed the game had been played more than 10 billion times in the 20th century.”
top-10-biggest-grossing-arcade-games-of-all-time [archivált változat], 228. o. (2013). ISBN 0-7619-2976-2. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 23. [archiválás ideje: 2013. december 31.] „Due to the relative ease of making illegal versions of Capcom's CP System boards, many pirated copies of the arcade game also existed, which would likely boost its revenue number considerably. But for obvious reasons, the actual sum will never be known.”
„Motorcycle game to Atari”, NewsBytes , 1985. október 1.. [2009. január 5-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2012. március 7.) „So far, Sega has shipped approx. 7,000 Hang-ons to the Japanese and overseas market. ATARI IRELAND gets 500 sets for the initial shipment, a report says.”
„Business 1974: Industry: Space Age Pinball, Atari's PONG”, Time, 1983. október 5.. [2008. december 22-i dátummal az eredetiből archiválva] (Hozzáférés: 2011. április 21.) „Typical of the new games is Pong, a popular version of electronic table tennis manufactured by two-year-old Atari, Inc. (estimated fiscal 1974 revenue: $14 million) of Los Gatos, Calif. Atari sold some 8,500 games to U.S. amusement parlors and other businesses last year.”
Jörg Ziesak. Wii Innovate – How Nintendo Created a New Market Through the Strategic Innovation Wii. GRIN Verlag, 50. o. (2009). ISBN 3640497740. Hozzáférés ideje: 2011. április 9. „Donkey Kong was Nintendo's first international smash hit and the main reason behind the company's breakthrough in the Northern American market. In the first year of its publication, it earned Nintendo 180 million US dollars, continuing with a return of 100 million dollars in the second year.”
