PSP loves two numbers this week in Japan: the number 1 and 74,024. You see, the PSP is still number 1 this week, and it sold 74,024 systems. Yeah, see what we did there? Sales were spurred by a myriad of factors, such as the release of a new Blue system, bundled with the popular 1seg TV tuner. It also didn't help that it was a PSP, which Japanese gamers have confused with crack cocaine, apparently.
- PSP - 74,024
- DS - 54,531
- Wii - 40,803
- PS3 - 11,253
- PS2 - 9535
- 360 - 4208
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7-25-2008 @ 12:17PM
Mr.ESC said...
Remember those days when the charts showed the PSP in 3rd place and fanboys said it was going to flop big time and the Ds was teh roxxors.
I always had faith in the PSP and I'm glad is in the Number 1 spot.
Now is Loco Roco 2 going to be released soon?
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7-25-2008 @ 9:18PM
Christopher said...
Well it also helps that Sony hasn't been putting their foots in the own mouths lately by saying stupid arrogant things or insulting the fans.
I'll admit that I wanted to HATE the PSP because of Sony, but it's won me over big time. I hardly touch my DS anymore.
7-25-2008 @ 12:20PM
anarkhy said...
Blue PSP is sexy. If only we had some games to play...
oh well, back to play neogeo and cps2...
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7-25-2008 @ 12:39PM
required said...
Here is a list of UMD games http://www.metacritic.com/games/psp/alpha/
And here are some free browser based things http://www.psponme.com/list_psp.asp?cat=Arcade
Also try http://demo.pspfanboy.com/search/?q=demo
7-28-2008 @ 5:43PM
Lars said...
pwned!
7-28-2008 @ 11:09PM
anarkhy said...
pwned what? Is the same old games...
7-25-2008 @ 12:20PM
GoBob said...
What place is the PSP in for worldwide sales or NA?
I only seem to see postings for Japanese sales.
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7-25-2008 @ 12:22PM
Maya Butreeks said...
"It also didn't help that it was a PSP, which Japanese gamers have confused with crack coccaine, apparently"
...because Japanese gamers all smoke crack?
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7-25-2008 @ 4:37PM
Danny F. said...
Yes
Because the PSP is just that addictive...
7-25-2008 @ 12:31PM
omgitsthepope said...
i remember all the psp haters saying that dragon quest would turn the charts for the ds i guess not maybe next week. The psp hasn't been doing horrible in america selling like 200-300kish alot less then the ds but the wii and ds rape american sales.
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7-25-2008 @ 1:22PM
cafecito said...
Dragon quest on the PSP would be sweet as hell tho. Maybe someday....
I only wish we had so much stuff to play as the lucky japanese do.
7-25-2008 @ 1:31PM
Paulo said...
Oh, not next week, we'll have some sweet Phantasy Star Portable coming =D
7-25-2008 @ 9:21PM
Christopher said...
Yeah, well the DS is becoming one of those things people had to have, but don't necessarily use. We have THREE in my house and only one PSP, yet somehow the PSP is played much more than the 3 DS's combined.
7-25-2008 @ 12:36PM
ajiezer said...
I think this is my first port in this site, mostly I interact in PS3Fanboy but I'm really glad that the PSP is maintaining it's momentum. ItÅ› a great handheld.
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7-25-2008 @ 1:17PM
gurbinder said...
Why is 360 even in japan...
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7-25-2008 @ 1:54PM
Vidaluko said...
Great, the PSP now need around 10 years to chatch the DS in sales, and Nintendo to stop making it.....
Why they never post NA PSP sales? Because is always in #3 or #4.....
Is almost always like this:
DS
Wii
PS3/PSP
360
PS2
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7-25-2008 @ 10:07PM
tekdroid said...
because it would make the pspfanboys sad :)
7-26-2008 @ 4:20PM
farfisa said...
from vgchartz.com/
for 19th Jul 2008
Japan America Others Total
DS 61,719 152,241 251,914 465,874
Wii 43,247 159,292 165,013 367,552
PSP 79,216 77,207 71,876 228,299
X 4,567 101,967 58,446 164,980
PS3 11,396 58,145 88,449 157,990
I put in all the numbers because they're a little different all around.
Go there and check out the software numbers too--it's pretty astounding how Nintendo has sold over 26 million copies of Wii Sports.
http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php
Also of interest are the pie charts at the bottom which look at total hardware sales and total software sales. Every console except the PSP and the 360 seem to sell software in an amount directly proportionate to their hardware sales (i.e. PS3 gets roughly 11% of the hardware pie and 11% of the software pie). Then the 360 gets a bigger piece of the software pie (17% of the software sold, vs. 11% of the systems sold), and the PSP gets 15% of the hardware pie, but only 6% of the software pie. Ouch!
7-26-2008 @ 4:30PM
farfisa said...
Sorry that's messy--it didn't keep my tabs when I posted.
Check http://www.vgchartz.com/
7-25-2008 @ 1:59PM
bryansurvive said...
"Why is 360 even in japan..."
becasue they use windows.
didnt you ask us for help on headlines... i really dislike this one. lol but either great to see psp doing great.
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