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Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 9-15: The gap closes

Posted Oct 21st 2006 11:45AM by Chris Powell
Filed under: News

If there's one thing I can say about the PSP's sales, is they've been holding steady at right around 20,000-25,000 each week for a good while now.

However, the DS Lite couldn't maintain its massive sales numbers it accumulated a few weeks ago when it sold nearly 275,000 units, which had more to do with Pokemon than anything else.

- DS Lite: 104,487 19,650 (15.83%)
- PS2: 24,727 3,537 (12.51%)
- PSP: 21,603

553 (2.63%)
- GBA SP: 2,299

767 (50.07%)
- Xbox 360: 1,743 358 (17.04%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,714

441 (34.64%)
- Gamecube: 653

165 (33.81%)
- DS Phat: 273

13 (5.00%)
- GBA: 37

25 (208.33%)
- Xbox: 3 5 (62.5%)

The PSP doesn't have too many more releases this month with only Shinobido, Hot Shots Golf for GPS, Lost Regnum and Heaven's Will. It will be interesting to see if any of those games, especially Hot Shots, helps raise PSP sales the next couple weeks.

[Source: Media Create]

Japanese hardware sales, Sept. 25 - Oct. 1: The Pokemon are back

Posted Oct 7th 2006 4:00PM by Chris Powell
Filed under: News

The recent news of Sony getting a new ad agency couldn't have come sooner because things are getting worse by the week for the PSP in Japan. Maybe this new agency can somehow spin this mess into something positive. However, this ridiculously huge increase in DS Lite sales most likely is due to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, which sold about 1.5 million copies combined. And I thought that whole Pokemon craze was over years ago.

- DS Lite: 274,389 134,554 (96.22%)
- PS2: 31,992 681 (2.08%)
- PSP: 25,319 2,201 (9.52%)
- Xbox 360: 2,195 1,086 (97.93%)
- GBA SP: 1,811334 (15.57%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,103 83 (7.00%)
- Gamecube: 523 240 (31.45%)
- DS Phat: 253 63 (19.94%)
- GBA: 10 10 (50.00%)
- Xbox: 3 5 (62.5%)

The DS Lite outsold the PSP by nearly 250,000 units. Seriously, that's not a typo. Apparently, Sony seems to think a price drop is not what it needs at this point, but thinks we need more than 100 games shoved down our throats by the end of the year. However, at this point, I believe Sony should focus on quality over quantity. If they can give us a dozen worthwhile games by year's end, I'll be a happy camper.

[Source: Media Create]

LEGO Star Wars II sells more than 1 million units in a week

Posted Sep 24th 2006 3:00PM by Chris Powell
Filed under: News, Star Wars

LEGO Star Wars II sells more than 1 million in a week

Okay, the above headline may be a bit misleading. Yes, LEGO Star Wars II did sell more than one million units worldwide in its first week of release, but those numbers include the eight current-gen consoles the game was published for. Still, that's no number to ignore.

The game, which was released Sept. 12, is now the best-selling family game of the year.

"There's definitely something for everyone in LEGO Star Wars II, and the sales and reviews so far are proving it," said Jim Ward, president of LucasArts. "This is the type of fun, accessible game everyone in the family can enjoy. It appeals to so much more than just the traditional gaming audience."

Thankfully, LEGO Star Wars II, isn't a crappy licensed game that has sold on its name alone, like a few recent games I will not name. The game has averaged about an 84-percent rating on Gamerankings, which I'm happy to say is much higher than the DS' 60-percent rating.

[Via FCS Publishing]

Japanese hardware sale chart - Sept. 4 - 10, the war in percentages

Posted Sep 15th 2006 7:39PM by Chris Powell
Filed under: News

Well, look how the mighty have fallen. The Nintendo DS Lite, which is the PSP's biggest competitor, saw a 50-percent decline in hardware sales last week. Never mind sales numbers ... who cares about those anyway? It's all about percentages, baby.

The PSP surged on with a six-percent jump in sales that can most likely be attributed to Tales of Phantasia Full Voice Edition's total domination in the software sales chart.

- DS Lite: 113,831 115,108 (50.28%)
- PSP: 29,141

1,642 (5.97%)
- PS2: 19,882 2,821 (12.43%)
- GBA SP: 2,104 647 (23.52%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,801

10 (0.56%)
- Xbox 360: 1,094 156 (12.48%)
- DS Phat: 1,058

738 (230.63%)
- Gamecube: 696 159 (18.60%)
- GBA: 13 9 (40.91%)
- Xbox: 5

5 (infinite%)
- Wii: 0

0 (0%)

The PSP needs to keep looking in its rear-view mirror, however, because the DS Phat also saw a big spike in its percentages with a whopping 230-percent increase. But, I expect this to be short lived due to its "teh suck."

Also, look at how crappy the Wii is selling. Hah hah, it's being outsold by the original Xbox and hasn't even sold a single unit! Those percentages look pretty bad.

(Via Joystiq)

DS vs. the PSP: The debate continues

Posted Apr 7th 2006 8:10PM by Rafael Espiritu
Filed under: News

It doesn't take a fanboy to know that the DS and the PSP have had a bit of a row in terms of which one is better: admirers of the DS say they have better games, while PSP owners make the argument that multifunctionality and graphics quality can't be ignored. But who really has it on straight?

Robert Workman from GameDaily sifted through the facts and found (drum roll please) that both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Tell us something we don't know, right? However, he does bring up some interesting points on how both Sony and Nintendo should use their strengths. Nintendo, he says, should consider creating a download service of classic Nintendo games (he suggests competitive Ice Climber) for the DS, a feature which could also potentially integrate with the Revolution's Virtual Console service.

As far as Sony's next move, Workman recommends that they should focus on creating a more robust online networking service, a centralized gaming hub similar to Xbox Live. He's happy that they're already working on emulating PSOne games on the PSP, although he'd like to see Sony put emphasis on creating smaller versions of these older titles to save space on uber-expensive memory cards. While more efficient downloadable files would be nice, we'd rather Sony offer some kind of significant rebate on their larger 4GB and 8GB Memory Sticks. Help out your constituents; that's all we're asking for, Sony. And could you throw in some different colors while you're at it?

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Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 9-15: The gap closes

Japanese hardware sales, Sept. 25 - Oct. 1: The Pokemon are back

LEGO Star Wars II sells more than 1 million units in a week

Japanese hardware sale chart - Sept. 4 - 10, the war in percentages

DS vs. the PSP: The debate continues

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Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 9-15: The gap closes

Japanese hardware sales, Sept. 25 - Oct. 1: The Pokemon are back

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DS vs. the PSP: The debate continues

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