At the same time, Sega was looking to get into the video game console industry as well, having been a successful arcade game manufacturer but due to the downturn in arcade game business, looked to use that expertise for the home market.[12] They released the SG-1000 console in Japan the same day as the Famicom in 1983, but sold only 160,000 units of the SG-1000 in its first year.[13]