How many Pac-Man arcade machines were sold?

Gaming hard Data from 1982

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Answer in machines. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

400,000 machines

Roughly 400K.

About 400,000 Pac-Man arcade cabinets were sold, the most of any arcade game ever. In its first year of release it is estimated to have taken over a billion dollars in quarters — one coin at a time.

Where this number comes from

Source Bandai Namco historical sales figures
Figure refers to 1982
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