Are there any numbers for total PC-Engine software sales?

[sanjo]

Specifically the Japanese market including all variants and add-ons for the PC-Engine.
So far I could only find the total for the consoles but not the software.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

No.  The only thing you'll ever get are guesses.

[SamIAm]

For software, no. Numbers from sources that seem official are all over the place.

For Tengai Makyo 2, there was a magazine that said 500k, while Hudson said 300k, the director said 200k*, and a tracking company said 160k.

PCE Magazines listed sales rankings every month, but they all had a system of "points" instead of giving concrete figures. The points were determined by dividing the actual sales number by a mystery-factor that they never published.

If someone made up a database of all the points ever awarded by one magazine, then found a rock-solid sales figure for one game, we could possibly determine that factor and multiply out all of the other games.

*I can't find the original, but according to a 2ch conversation, this statement from the director came from a three-way interview with Hideo Kojima, and the latter said at the same time that Snatcher sold 100k.

[mjsaville]

Very interesting, great project for someone, not me though