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First Week PSP Sales Results
Gamespot has results from the first week of PSP sales. Unit sales have already cracked 600,000, generating in the neighborhood of $US 150 million for Sony. From the article: "Sony would only say that the device sold 'over half a million units' during its first 48 hours on the market, meaning it sold only approximately 100,000 units continent-wide over the next five days--at best. Still, Sony said the tally was enough to 'further validate PSP as the most anticipated product of 2005 and an industry-altering force.'"
I didn't anticipate it.
Anyone know if they are any good or with good games? I'm considering getting one.
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Frankly.. the PSP is great for Sony and not so great for the comsumers - considering all the extra money you have to spend beyond the initial purchase price.
:(.
Call me a GBA fanboy, but I've spent a total of $30, MAYBE $40 TOTAL on "EXTRA" things for my GBA besides what comes with the unit and games. Sony seems to want to milk us for everything we're worth
I'd consider it a LITTLE better value when the unit drops down to $150 and comes with a decent game. Probably won't happen until after XMas 2005 though.
Also I would love to see how many of these users own a DS too.
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All in all, not bad for a non-holiday season launch. Early enough to get some units into gamers hands before the summer vacation/car trips hit and enough of a lead on Xmas 2005 to allow the developers to really put out some kick-ass games for the holidays.
I hope these sales figures are enough for studios to devote more time to AAA PSP titles... the one title I was really looking forward to (Death Jr.) has already been pushed back to July 2005.
I believe they shipped 1 million units to America, which means they sold just over half of their stock in the first week. While this isn't bad, all the media outlets were reporting forecasts of being totally sold out and impossible to find. I know there were 11 units at Target when I went there last week, and 5 at another, more local chain of retail stores. Not too impressive, overall.
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1. It was the end of March - not the christmas season ANYWHERE.
2. It was $250.
3. It had very little advertising compared to the Touching is Good campaign last October and November.
4. It had triple the number of games Nintendo had out after 4 months at launch.
5. Despite getting some of the lowest ratings, the top-selling game was a decent Diablo clone.
6. Stores are still able to stock it and people still want it.
There's no doubt in my mind that Sony can sell any PSPs they ship. It may take a while. But they'll sell. As more and more online-enabled games come out and more killer apps start to appear (GTA and Infected anyone? Maybe even Advent Rising if you buy into the hype.) they're just going to sell better. All things considered, they came into a market dominated by Nintendo and are outselling the Nintendo DS by I'd say a margin very close to 2:1. That, by any measurement, is monstrous success.
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Isnt that scheduled to come out in 2005? I'd suspect that it is leaps and bounds more anticipated than the PSP will ever be.
The PSP did not sell out in its debut. It was not even close. Shouldn't that headline read first WEAK PSP sales results?
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Sony said the tally was enough to 'further validate PSP as the most anticipated product of 2005 and an industry-altering force While many people anticipated it, I certainly whouldn't say it was the most anticipated... Did it sell better than Halo 2? hmmm.... I don't know the numbers, but I imagine quite a few more copies of halo 2 got sold than PSPs.
To be honest I think the market strategy for the PSP hasnt been very good, they started sales all the way til april (When they should have been released in xmas or wait 'til e3) they refused to sell the unit opened (to check for dead pixels) and on top of all, they sold the complete collectors package only (which makes the entire purchase even more expensive) and STILL they did got sold out in a lot ot stores (and they are sold out here too) just imagine what would have happened if the launch had been "successful"? The psp is not much to see now, but wait for the first price drop and the summer launch arrives (GTA, MIDNIGHT CLUB) this isnt over guys.
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First Weak PSP Sales Results
I can't help but wonder how many units were returned with dead pixels. Anyone have figured for the return rate yet?
"We gave it our best shot." The most anticipated product of 05? That's the biggest crock of 05 maybe. Not only was the general populous NOT looking forward to it, they gave it a nice luke-warm reception. I declare DS the victor, not out of fanboyism, but out of hard core numbers.
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But have you seen the hype around this thing? I'm not talking about ads or reviews, I'm talking about every gamer I know (and that's a LOT of gamers) that has touched one saying "wow" or "I'm drooling." Throw in the modding capabilities with an already fast-growing community, and the PSP is something special. And I haven't even touched it yet. I'm glad I'm not gonna be one of those guys that saw "not sold out" and immediately started predicting doom. The PSP is going to be a phenomenon, just wait and see.
I am actually hoping for games that will never reach consoles. For example GBA has the best sidescrolling 2D Castlevania games. You just can't buy them on console anymore. Maybe PSP will pick those games up.
I like how we have daily articles about the "weak" PSP launch here on /. yet their sales by all accounts so far have been better than DS.
Where are the "weak DS sales" articles? Thanks.