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| 1978 | June | Company is founded with \3,000,000 in capital as Success Achievement Tokyo, Ltd. |
| Taito begins selling "Space Invaders" | ||
| 1980 | January | Company begins operation of game machines |
| 1981 | February | Name changed to Success, Ltd. |
| 1982 | January | Company moves to Kamiosaki, in Shinagawa-ku and begins developing game software |
| March | Success become a publicly traded corporation. | |
| 1983 | July | Nintendo begins selling the "Famicom" |
| 1985 | January | Company moves to the Maruyama Building in Ebisu, Shibuya-ku |
| 1988 | August | Capital increased by \12,000,000 |
| 1989 | April | Nintendo begins selling the "Game Boy" |
| 1990 | November | Nintendo begins selling the "Super Famicom" |
| 1993 | May | Company moves to the Kinokuniya Bldg., in front of JR Ebisu Station |
| 1994 | November | Sega begins selling the "Saturn" |
| December | Sony Computer Entertainment begins selling the "PlayStation" | |
| 1996 | January | Company moves to the Yuu Building in Eastern Shibuya |
| June | Nintendo begins selling the "Nintendo 64" | |
| 1999 | September | Vector begins selling games for download at their website. |
| 2000 | February | Capital increased by \48,000,000 |
| March | Company moves to Seiei Building in Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku | |
| Capital increased by \60,000,000 | ||
| Success begins developing mobile content for J-phone | ||
| Sony Computer Entertainment begins selling the "PlayStation 2" | ||
| May | Capital increased by \65,000,000 | |
| August | Company's stock splits | |
| October | Capital increased by \135,500,000 | |
| 2001 | March | Nintendo begins selling the "Gameboy Advance" |
| May | Capital increased by \182,750,000 | |
| June | Capital increased by \254,750,000 | |
| July | Capital increased by \326,500,000 | |
| September | Nintendo begins selling the "Gamecube" | |
| October | GS24, the online game service begins | |
| 2002 | February | GS24 online game service begins selling premium content |
| Microsoft begins selling the "Xbox" | ||
| 2003 | February | Company begins selling English Space 24 as English learning materials |
| 2004 | December | Nintendo begins selling the "Nintendo DS" |
| Sony Computer Entertainment begins selling the "PSP" | ||
| 2005 | September | Success logo is changed |
| December | Microsoft begins selling the "Xbox 360" | |
| 2006 | March | Nintendo begins selling the "Nintendo DS Lite" |
| December | Nintendo begins selling the "Wii" | |
| 2007 | February | Mobile division is split from company and Success Networks Corporation is founded |
| May | Online games division is split from company and Gamespace 24 Corporation(now known as VerX) is formed | |
| 2008 | February | Capital decreased by \65,300,000 |
| March | Capital increased by \130,990,000 | |
| September | A part of Game machines division is split from company and Success Amusement Corporation is founded | |
| November | ArtClip, the online service begins | |
| Nintendo begins selling the "Nintendo DSi" | ||
| 2009 | August | mixi (Social Networking Service) platform for open |
| October | Capital decreased by \100,000,000 | |
| November | Minna de Kurasou Hitsujimura, the web browser game servise begins | |
| December | METAL SAGA -New Frontiere-, the web browser game servise begins | |
| 2010 | February | GREE (Social Networking Service) platform for open |
| October | Yahoo!Mobage (Social Networking Service) platform for open |