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PSP Hits 10 Million Units
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."
I would think that would be because the article is not ABOUT the DS. Just a guess though.
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Sharp eyes will catch the fact that this is "shipped" sales, not PSP's sold. Sony's good at marketing, I'll give them that.
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As ever, figures for North America remain the most obscure, although recent estimates from The NPD Group put the figure at over 2 million units.
So they haven't sold 50% of what they shipped yet... meaning 10 million shipped, but less than 5 million sold.
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They may have shipped millions of PSPs, but I still haven't seen one, and I'm not likely to buy one until I do, am I?
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The problem is, I bought PSP for its games
There is an official Tamagochi game for the DS, the sad part is it actually sells pretty well in Japan.
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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
You should play Advance Wars, and the DS hasn't maxed out. Even better games like Mario Kart DS are showing up, and the games are just getting better.
Coming Soon:
Rumored but not confirmed:
Of course, none of these may be your cup of tea. But for those of us who are Card Carrying Nintendo Fanboys, there's quite a bit to look forward to.
Now give me Super Smash Bros. DS, dammit...
It's not the one game to make me buy one, but Ready At Dawn's game, Daxter, continues to the story of Jak games, is a PSP exclusive, and actually looks better in some respects than its PS2 counterparts.
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I already have Castlevania for the DS but here is my want list. Maybe you will like some of these too:
Trauma Center
Phoenix Wright
Lost In Blue
Zoo Tycoon
Metroid Prime Pinball - 10/24/05
Mario Kart - 11/14/2005
Animal Crossing - 12/05/2005
Mario and Luigi 2 - 11/28/2005
Sonic Rush - 11/15/2005
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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?
Were any of these seventy-three billion PSPs shipped to Montana? Now, granted, the general consensus seems to be that only about half as many have sold as have shipped; but that's still over thirty-six billion, five hundred ninety-six million, six-hundred seventy eight thousand PSPs. I have yet to see one. I'm not sure they even exist. Instead, like the AMD Geode processor, they are an internet myth, designed to make me happy that someone is putting actual pressure on nintendo to make better handhelds. Oh, wait, no they aren't.
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I have thought about this recently and I've determined we're willing to give Sony the benefit of the doubt, simply because they have delivered with their consoles recently. The PSX had a massive library. The PS2 started out very very slowly, but now it has a massive library. The PS3 already has a ton of games lined up.
Contrast this with recent Nintendo; I don't give them the benefit of the doubt. Not because I don't like Nintendo. I love Nintendo. I have a Gamecube, a GBA SP, original GBA, an N64, a SNES, and a NES. But recently, starting with the N64, they simply haven't delivered the killer lineup they should be. So they will have to build it before I buy into it.
However, I haven't bought into the PSP with no games; I've been playing far too much THUG2: Remix, HSG2, and Metal Gear: Acid recently. Maybe these aren't your cup of tea; maybe none of the games are. That's too bad: there are some good ones. But if you don't like them, and you don't want the video/music features, don't buy one.
But while we're listing current and upcoming games, let's try the following, to name a few:
Four of those are RPGs, the only thing the PSP has been really lacking to this point. There are some interesting things; I'm curious as to what you're after if none of these or any other titles are to your liking.
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I picked up Trauma Center and Phoenix Wright a week ago.
I haven't even played Phoenix Wright yet because Trauma Center is so great! It really feels like you're performing surgery, the level of tension is really well done. You feel like you have to do everything quickly and well, and weird things keep happening to throw you off.
It's very linear, and they tell you every procedure to use, so you don't have to use any actual creativity, but it's still a lot of fun.
The game really shows what the stylus is good for, though - the game wouldn't be the same without it. It really gives me hope for the Revolution games.
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You realize that the DS troll is actually making fun of the DS, right?
Re-read their comment...
The DS troll is making fun of PSP and "typical" racing games you find on it.
Re-read their comment and the parent.
Which ones exactly? Lots of sports and racing games, but that's not really my thing. Grand Theft Auto might be interesting, if I hadn't played it three times already on the PS2. Lumines, the game everyone always raves about, doesn't look that interesting, plus there's a free clone available for the GBA which I have played and didn't find that much fun. I have yet to see one PSP game that looks interesting or revolutionary enough to justify spending $300 ($250 for the system + $50 for the game). Granted, I haven't seen anything on the DS that looks very interesting either, but at least its games are breaking some new ground. I think I'll stick with console gaming for now.
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.
I dont understand that statement, the closest to a racing game Ive bought was Twisted Metal.
Otherwise, I've never seen one back here in Texas. But then again, I've only seen one other DS here too... I do see a lot of the Gameboy SP, however. (I have a black one myself, love that Minish Cap and Advanced Wars 2!)
I may never really want a PSP to play, but I do dream of developing for one sometimes... mmmm...lowpoly...
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I second that notion, Trauma Center is excellent and a truly different kind of game. The sense of desperation you feel when a patient's vitals are dropping and you're balancing multiple injuries at the same time allowed me to react faster than I ordinarily thought I could (or would) for a game. This and Castlevania are all the reason I need to justify the purchase of my DS.
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I'm sorry, but didn't I already play and beat Mario 64 like 9 years ago?
PSP may be more expensive, but it can do a lot more, and frankly, a DVD player that costs under $150 is going to be crap anyways. Combine a PSP with a $100 1 GB stick, and you get 4-5 hours of video over the 1.5-2 hours on a portable video player. Plus, let's look at the facts. I'd rather have a single unified device for all my main needs when I am on the bus. I commute an hour every day on the bus, and frankly pulling out a bulky portable DVD player isn't really an option.
The DS is nice, but a different beast. If I want to play n64 ports and a few stellar titles, I am on track, but it's main strength is backwards compatability. One just has to look at the number of games (and we are talking good games) in the works for the christmas season for each system to know who wins in that department.
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2.53 Million units in Europe is pretty impressive, seeing as it's only been out here for less than two months. It'll be interesting to see what the post-Christmas figures are like. In the UK at the moment it's extremely difficult to get hold of a new (non-import) one - everywhere is sold out. I wonder if Sony will be able to meet demand in time for Christmas?
Sounds like a bad idea. GTA will most likely update your firmware to a version that won't run homebrew. Sure, there might be another exploit in there but better don't buy before you have confirmed homebrew compatibility. Or is GTA enough to keep you happy?
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Depends. They still crank out their first party titles, which have always been my motivation for buying a system during the first year. And Nintendo seems to be positioning themselves into a place where no one is really competing with them via interface differentation.
They're also cleaning up on the software/hardware sales in the land of the rising sun, have far lower development costs, and seem to have made a lot of headway in undoing the whole N64 debacle with developers and customers(The GCN is, to me, a fairly ok apology for the N64).
The DS is home to some downright odd(and fairly good) games already:
Pheonix Wright
Trauma Center
Kirby
Warioware Touched
Feel the Magic XX/XY
As well as the non-games Nintendogs, the brain training game, and Animal Crossing. And of course a new Advance Wars that kicks much ass(we've run the charge out on the DS, no mean feat, 6 or 7 times with this game already, just passing it around like a board game).
They're also getting updated N64 ports of the good titles(Mario 64, Mario Kart), the best controlled FPS for a console to date(Metroid Prime - Hunters), newly done classic Nintendo franchises(Zelda, Mario), and updated versions of various games(Probably the best side-scrolling Castlevania came out for the DS recently). Oh and on the RPG front, a new Lunar(disappointing if you weren't a die-hard lunar fan), Mario and Luigi, FF3, Xenosaga 1/2, and supposedly an FF:CC.
Add into all of that, plus that you know there's going to be a holiday bundle of the system with some at least ok game, and you'll be able to pick up a DS + 2 games for about the same amount as 3 PSP games. Not a bad bet at all if there's a few titles in the pipe that are at all interesting to you.
The irony of betting on 3rd party support is that it's largely a self-fufilling prophecy. If you, and others, stick to Sony, then Sony gets the 3rd party support. Neither the DS or the PSP seem to have any dearth of 3rd party support atm, and if anything, it looks like the DS is likely to get more attention from the staple Japanese developers given the situation atm in Japan.
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Also from nintendo australia's DS game list
Age of Empires 2
http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/games/index.ph p?action=search&pagenum=1&sortby=title&platform=DS &rating=&title=&releasedate=&genre=&search.x=47&se arch.y=7&search=search
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http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/games.aspx?all
DS:November (NOT ALL OF THEM)
- Lost In Blue
- Kingdom of Paradise
- Metroid Prime Pinball
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- GBA: Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones
PSP:NovemberDS:December
- No Good Games with details
PSP:DecemberDS:January
- No Good Games with details
PSP:January- No Games
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Too bad it has nothing more in common with AOE2 then the name. It appears to be a turn based game, not unlike games from the NES/SNES era.
Actually the site you listed for the PSP has 67 games available.
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Also you are wrong on upcoming games.
PSP
October = 3
November = 22
December = 9
http://www.us.playstation.com/newgames.aspx?id=ca
Also factor in how many movies are available for the PSP vs DS? How many games can you play Online on the PSP vs the DS?
Good games is questionable. Personally I hate sims with a passion, but it sells well.
I own a PSP and use it quite a bit, but playing PSP games on it is like 10 on the list of things I do with it, the biggest thing I like to do with it is play music videos! I can compress music videos to about two to three times the size of a MP3 (sometimes its smaller than a 320kbps MP3 of the same song!), and make them full screen. That is why the Ipod video will kick so much butt when it comes out...music videos are a great way to kill time in short burts. Also the emulators on the PSP are nothing short of amazing, I can play gameboy color games, Nintendo 8-bit, Turbo-Graphx-16 and Super nintendo games at full speed and its like having an ipod for games....thats pretty darn cool. Unfortunatley its too big to bring everywhere, but now its jacket weather I can put it in my jacket pocket and bring it with me. But the combo of a bunch of music videos, a movie and like 100 roms on one memory stick plus a game on a UMD is quite a potent combo...unfotunately all the commercial games released for the system cant hold a candle to the games I can play on the emulator...the DS has way better games than the PSP right now, hopefully that will change soon.
I think the PSP is clearly a disappointment based on several factors. The PSP was supposed to dethrone Nintendo in the handheld gaming market. The PSP was supposed to dethrone Apple in the poratable music player market. And the PSP was supposed to dethrone portable dvd players in the portable movie player market. Sony had big expectations with the PSP.
From what I understand, there's an utility that spoofs newer firmware to let you run new games AND the old firmware.
Actualy according to my count (all games not just good)
for psp
1 in October
12 in November
7 in December
Also factor in movies on psp vs dvd
How many game are online on ps2/xbox/pc vs psp
DS
20 November + 13GBA
1 December + 4GBA
1 January + 2GBA
1 Febuary + 1GBA
1 March
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