By 1988, industry observers stated that the NES's popularity had grown so quickly that the market for Nintendo cartridges was larger than that for all home computer software. Compute! reported in 1989 that Nintendo had sold seven million NES systems in 1988, almost as many as the number of Commodore 64s sold in its first five years. "Computer game makers [are] scared stiff", the magazine said, stating that Nintendo's popularity caused most competitors to have poor sales during the previous Christmas and resulted in serious financial problems for some. COUNT 4
QSN1 What year did Nintendo's market surpass all computer software? ANS1 1988 QSN2 Who reported that Nintendo sold 7 million NES systems? ANS2 Compute! QSN3 When did Compute! report the number of systems sold at 7 million? ANS3 1989 QSN4 The 7 million sold almost equated to which console's five year span? ANS4 Commodore 64s