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PSP, PS2 Sales Skyrocket

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-imagine-why dept.

Spurred by the scarcity of the PlayStation 3, hungry consumers are buying all the PSP and PS2 units they can get their hands on. The PSP's sales have shot up by 280 percent over last year, while the PS2 was up a respectable 115 percent. From the Eurogamer article: "Additionally, sales of first-party software are also up, according to SCEA. PS2 game sales rose by 120.6 per cent, with PSP software sales increasing by almost 168 per cent. Sony has yet to publish figures for exactly how many PlayStation 3 units have been sold in North America since the console launched there on 17th November."

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  1. Poor kids not getting what they want... by JoostSchuttelaar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poor kids getting a PlayStation 2 for XMas.... :)

    1. Re:Poor kids not getting what they want... by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Buying your consoles once they get to be one generation old saves a ton of money. I can't believe that a PS2 today can possibly be less fun than it would have been in 2001. There are more games, plus all the reviews are out and people really know what the best games for PS2 really are.

      If you aren't rich, it sounds like a good plan to me.

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      Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
  2. Is this from the PS3 by HappySqurriel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just as a question, is this really from interest in the PS3 or could it be something else? I don't know about the PSP but The PS2 has had Final Fantasy XII and Guitar Hero II released in November with Okami and Bully released not too long ago. Could the sales actually be more directly releated to the fact that these systems are providing more gaming content for far less money than any of the "Next Generation" competition? Seriously, with budget games you could buy a PS2 a second controller and 4 or 5 games for the price of a Wii; compared to the XBox 360/PS3 you could probably get close to 20 games ...

  3. PSP game sales by lpangelrob · · Score: 4, Funny

    So... PSP software sales increased from 100 total units to 268? Or am I being generous?

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    -Rob

    Biblical fiscal responsibility

  4. Massive Numbers Of Quality PS2 Titles by RichardMarks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just off the top of my head:

    Okami
    Final Fantasy XII
    Guitar Hero II
    Bully

    are new major releases. And God of War 2 is on the horizon. And then you have the massive number existing PS2 titles - the single greatest game library for a console ever all at cheap prices now. Huge numbers of major PS2 titles can be bought for 19.99 now.

    All that for 130 dollars.

    And PSP sales are most likely going to continue to go up now that the PS3 has arrived and has so many PS3/PSP connectivity features - remote viewing of your PS3 over wireless and soon remote play of PS3 games on your PSP.

  5. Re:Irony by HappySqurriel · · Score: 4, Interesting
    PS3's strongest contender is the PS2.
    How sweet is that ?

    Not to reduce your obvious excitement, but it is highly likely that through the holiday season the system sales will likely go:

    1. Nintendo DS
    2. Playstation 2
    3. XBox 360
    4. Nintendo Wii
    5. PSP
    6. GBA
    7. Gamecube
    8. Playstation 3
    9. XBox


    (I admit that the order could be shuffled, but the "general placement" is probably nearly correct)

    Until the Playstation 3's supply increases it will likely be outsold by nearly every other console on the market, and it would be selling in the range of the Gamecube; even if the undersupply reports are false it is likely that the PS3 will be selling in the range of the GBA. It remains to be seen what the PS3 will sell like when the supply issues are worked out, but being that most system sales happen after the system costs less that $200 I expect the $500/$600 PS3 will not be in the league of the $130 PS2.