Number of eroge released per year 1983 – 2007
Japanese site August Dojin Data Base has collated data on the number of eroge that were released every year from 1983 to 2007.
|
Year
|
No. of eroge
|
|---|---|
|
1983
|
22
|
|
1984
|
9
|
|
1985
|
13
|
|
1986
|
18
|
|
1987
|
51
|
|
1988
|
84
|
|
1989
|
85
|
|
1990
|
94
|
|
1991
|
99
|
|
1992
|
124
|
|
1993
|
169
|
|
1994
|
174
|
|
1995
|
227
|
|
1996
|
182
|
|
1997
|
164
|
|
1998
|
269
|
|
1999
|
408
|
|
2000
|
527
|
|
2001
|
489
|
|
2002
|
550
|
|
2003
|
599
|
|
2004
|
579
|
|
2005
|
547
|
|
2006
|
552
|
|
2007
|
549
|
The big boom in eroge following the release of the first visual novels Shizuku, Kizuato, and To Heart by Leaf (influenced by Otogirisou) in 1996 and 1997 really shows in the chart. And then followed by the nakige ancestors, ONE in 1998, Kana in 1999, and then Kanon in 2000.
Also, in comparison, I went to vgchartz and counted the total number of Japanese console game releases across all consoles for 2007 and there were only 360 games released for the year of 2007, proving that the eroge industry is indeed superior to normal games (!?)
This is of course ignoring the fact that a single title like Monster Hunter 2 for the PSP easily sells more than the total combined sales of the 549 eroge titles that were released in 2007.
