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PSP Hits 10 Million Units

Posted by Zonk on from the great-screen-poor-games dept.

Gamasutra is reporting that Sony's PSP Handheld has hit 10 Million units shipped. From the article: "Broken down into regions, Asia (including Japan) has shipped 3 million units, North America 4.47 million, and Europe and other PAL regions 2.53 million. However, Sony's use of statistics for shipped units can be a little confusing to some, since these figures do vary significantly to the amount of units thus far sold in stores. Nonetheless, citing shipment numbers for consoles is common practice within the game industry, and is carried out by all three major console manufacturers."

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  1. Re:Gaming Library by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just bought a PSP...and I see nothing interesting for it. So far, I think the PSP has become what I envisioned its worst case scenario to be - a home for console ports, at console prices. It's really sad, since its a beautifully crafted piece of hardware, just nobody takes the time to make a unique game to take advantage of both its massive storage and its portability.

    As for your comment about the DS maxing out, they do have three major releases next month, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, and Mario and Luigi, all of which I played at Digital Life last weekend, and all of which are pretty freakin' sweet. And there's always the fact that a DS Zelda is in the works that will be a massive paradigm shift and DS Mario which has been long awaited. Plus, if you're really dying for a purely 2d platforming-at-its-best experience, there's Super Princess Peach.

    But I digress, this is about PSP, not DS ;)

  2. I know where 1 of those PSPs is... by thundar2000 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...sitting on my shelf gathering dust.

    1. Was sucked into the hype vortex.
    2. Under a state of hype-nosis, bought into an EB bundle deal.
    3. Got 5 games for it.
    4. All 5 sucked.
    5. Unhappiness breaks me out of hype-nosis.

    Never again will I buy into a 'bundle'... (see xbox 360 bundles for even worse deal)

    I guess this is a good time to ask, are there any games out yet that will give me a reason to dust off my PSP and hunt around for the certainly now lost power adapter?

  3. What the PSP needs by TheGuano · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Is some cheap games. I hear prices are starting to go down for some "Greatest Hits" titles, but how about a UMD full of small puzzle games, simple/ported side-scrollers, etc.? I know everyone is going to start yelling "homebrew," but honestly, I think that'd be the fastest and easiest way to make up for the slow flow of new releases.

    That, and open up the UMD format with an affordable burner, so people don't have to pay $200 for a 2GB memorystick or tack-on microdrive! I know, I know--dream on, ATRAC, dream on.