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First Week PSP Sales Results

Posted by Zonk on from the trial-by-sales dept.

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.'"

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  1. It'll be worth it... by Xlipse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  2. Well, let's see. by schild · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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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    schild
    editor, f13.net
  3. Re:Force? by nege · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I own a DS...hate it in fact. VERY few games out so far, nintendo is basically sitting on its rear. At least with the PSP you can do many more things with it like eBooks (now if we could find some eBooks), movies, pitures, mp3, etc.

    Anyone wanna buy a DS??